día
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dia (reanalyzed as a 1st declension noun), from Latin diēs (“day”).
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia (reanalyzed as a 1st declension noun), from Latin diēs (“day”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd̪iɐ]
Antonyms
- (period of light): noite
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲiːa̯/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *dīyos (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Cognate with Latin diēs.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”).
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | día | díaL | déL |
Vocative | dé | díaL | deuH |
Accusative | díaN | díaL | deuH |
Genitive | déL | día | díaN |
Dative | díaL | déib | déib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
día | día pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndía |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “2 día (‘god’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “3 día (‘day’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- dia (obsolete)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dīa, from Latin diēs (“day”) (reanalyzed as a 1st declension noun), back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Akin to Catalan and Portuguese dia, etc. Not etymologically related to English day, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz. Compare English dial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdia/, [ˈd̪ia]
- Rhymes: -ia
Noun
día m (plural días)
Derived terms
- adiar
- al día
- buenos días
- día a día
- día y noche
- el otro día
- hoy día
- hoy en día
- mediodía
Further reading
- “día” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.