dei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dei"

Interjection

dei

(Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”)

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /dei̯/, [d̪e̞i̯]

Noun

dei inan

call, appeal
call (telephone conversation)
announcement
(law) summons

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	dei	deia	deiak
ergative	deik	deiak	deiek
dative	deiri	deiari	deiei
genitive	deiren	deiaren	deien
comitative	deirekin	deiarekin	deiekin
causative	deirengatik	deiarengatik	deiengatik
benefactive	deirentzat	deiarentzat	deientzat
instrumental	deiez	deiaz	deiez
inessive	deitan	deian	deietan
locative	deitako	deiko	deietako
allative	deitara	deira	deietara
terminative	deitaraino	deiraino	deietaraino
directive	deitarantz	deirantz	deietarantz
destinative	deitarako	deirako	deietarako
ablative	deitatik	deitik	deietatik
partitive	deirik	—	—
prolative	deitzat	—	—

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Declension of dei (inanimate, ending in vowel)

Verb

dei

Short form of deitu (“to call”).

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos. Cognates include German dein, Yiddish דײַן (dayn), obsolete Dutch dijn, archaic English thine and thy, Old Norse þínn, Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̥ɑɛ̯/
IPA^(key): /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Determiner

dei

(possessive) thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)

Declension

More information Declension of, masculine ...

Declension of dei
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	dei	dei	dei	deine
dative	deim	deiner	deim	deine
accusative	dein	dei	dei	deine

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Derived terms

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

a god

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdej]

Noun

dei m (plural deis)

dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Noun

dei

cassowary

Verb

dei

first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Noun

dei

plural of deo

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

de' (truncation)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdej/, ^°/ˈdej/^[1]
Rhymes: -ej
Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

Contraction of di i.; of the, from the
1. some
  Abbiamo dei libri nell'apartamento. ― We have some books in the apartment.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

dèi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) ^*/ˈdɛj/^[1]^[2]
Rhymes: -ɛj
Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl (archaic dii)

plural of dio

Usage notes

The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.
Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

debbi (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/, /ˈdej/^[1]^[3]
Rhymes: -ɛj, -ej
Hyphenation: dèi, déi

Verb

dei

(archaic, poetic or colloquial Tuscan) Alternative form of devi, second-person singular present indicative of dovere

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɛj
Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m (invariable)

Alternative form of dey (“dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)”)

References

[1]
dei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[2]
dei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
[3]
dei in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

-ide, die, diè

Romanization

dei

Rōmaji transcription of でい

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.iː/, [ˈd̪eiː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.i/, [ˈd̪ɛːi]

Noun

deī

inflection of deus:
1. nominative/vocative plural
2. genitive singular

Verb

deī

second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

Noun

dei

bunch; cluster

Alternative forms

de

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

Alternative form of de

Romanization

dei

Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Etymology 1

Noun

dei

Alternative form of day

Etymology 2

Pronoun

dei

Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 3

Noun

dei

Alternative form of dee

Adverb

dei

up, upward

Related terms

deigo

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛɪː/, (unstressed) /dɛɪ/, /dɪ/

Article

dei

the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Determiner

dei

those; plural of den

Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)

they
Veit du kvar dei er?
Do you know where they are?
those
Dei der borte?
Those over there?

References

“dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

dei oblique singular, m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
- c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:
  Un anel d'or trait de sun dei
  she removed a gold ring from her finger

Alternative forms

dī

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dag.

Noun

dei m

day

Inflection

More information Declension of (masculine a-stem), singular ...

Declension of dei (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	dei	degar, dega
accusative	dei	degar, dega
genitive	deis	dega
dative	dei	degum, degem

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Descendants

North Frisian: däi
Föhr-Amrum: dai
Saterland Frisian: Dai
West Frisian: dei

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German din. Compare German dein, English thy.

Determiner

dei

(possessive) your

Declension

More information Declension of, masculine ...

Declension of dei
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	dei	dei	dei	dei
dative	deim	deinre	deim	deine
accusative	dei	dei	dei	dei

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Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdej/ [ˈdeɪ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐj/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdej/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdej/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde/

Hyphenation: dei

Verb

dei

first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Alternative forms

dee (more common)

Etymology

From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.

Verb

dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

(Southern Scots) to die

Alternative forms

dii

Noun

dei m

plural of deu
plural of diu

Etymology

From English day.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dei̯/

Noun

dei

day

Derived terms

deinen

Etymology

Borrowed from English day.

Noun

dei class IX (plural dei class X)

(Kenya) day
Synonym: siku

Usage notes

This word is only used for some holidays and not generally to refer to regular days.

Derived terms

Jamhuri Dei (“Jamhuri Day”)
leba dei (“Labor Day, May Day”)
Madaraka Dei (“Madaraka Day”)
Mashujaa Dei (“Mashujaa Day”)

Alternative forms

deui (literary)
doi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dei̯/

Verb

dei

second-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Mutated forms of *dei*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dei	ddei	nei	unchanged

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Noun

dei

Soft mutation of tei.

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Mutated forms of *tei*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tei	dei	nhei	thei

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Etymology

From Old Frisian dei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/

Noun

dei c (plural dagen)

day
date

Derived terms

hjoeddeisk

Noun

dei

Alternative form of die

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35

[dipi-1] [1]
dei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[2] [2]
dei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

[3] [3]
dei in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

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[2]

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		attributive (nominative case)		independent
		singular	plural	independent
1^st person singular		mei	meine	meins
2^nd person singular (informal)		dei	deine	deins
2^nd person singular (formal)		Eahna	Eahnare	Eahnas
3^rd person singular	m, n	sei	seine	seins
3^rd person singular	f	ihr	ihre	ihrs
1^st person plural		unsa	unsare	unsas
2^nd person plural		eia	eire	eias
3^rd person plural		eahna	eahnare	eahnas

person	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	eg, je¹	du		han	ho	det, dat²
accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom²	ho, henne²	det, dat²
dative²	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di²
genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes¹	dess³
case	plural
nominative	me, vi	de, dokker			dei
accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		dei, deim²
dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		deim²
genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin		deira, deires¹

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