diere

Noun

diere

1. plural of dier

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian dieri, from Arabic دِيَار (diyār), plural of دَار (dār, “house, building, structure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛre
• Hyphenation: diè‧re

Noun

diere m (plural dieri)

1. (architecture) Sicilian rupestrian house carved into the limestone rock, found on the Hyblaean Mountains

Further reading

• Category:Dieri on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “diere, dure (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “diere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Alternative forms

• dīore — Northumbrian
• dȳre, dēore

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian diūre, Old Saxon diuri, Old Dutch diuri, Old High German tiuri, Old Norse dýrr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi͜yː.re/

Adjective

dīere

1. (West Saxon) expensive

   Sweord bēoþ swīðe dīeru wǣpnu and torbeġīetu.

   Swords are very expensive weapons, and hard to get.

2. (West Saxon) dear, precious

Adverb

dīere

1. expensively, for a lot of money
2. dearly

Noun

diere

1. dative/locative singular of diera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjeɾe/ [ˈd̪je.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eɾe
• Syllabification: die‧re

Verb

diere

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of dar

Etymology

From Middle Dutch diere, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

diere (comparative dierder, superlative dierste)

1. expensive