dis
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dis"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪs/
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect.
Verb
dis (third-person singular simple present disses, present participle dissing, simple past and past participle dissed)
- (informal) Alternative spelling of diss
Translations
diss — see diss
Translations
diss — see diss
Noun
dis (plural disir)
- Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
- 1851, Thorpe, Benjamin, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116:
- In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.
- 1993, Davidson, Hilda Ellis, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, page 113:
- A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir
- 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 67)
- Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.
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Etymology 3
Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation of this.
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəs/
Cimbrian
References
- “dis” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Danish
Dutch
Alternative forms
- disch (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch disch, from Old Dutch disk, from Proto-Germanic *diskuz (“table; dish; bowl”), from Latin discus. Cognate with English dish and German Tisch (“table”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dis
- Rhymes: -ɪs
- Homophone: diss
Noun
dis m (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)
Derived terms
- bruiloftsdis
- dismeester
- feestdis
- opdissen
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdis/, [ˈdis̠]
Declension
Inflection of dis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | dis | disit | |
genitive | disin | disien | |
partitive | disiä | disejä | |
illative | disiin | diseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | dis | disit | |
accusative | nom. | dis | disit |
gen. | disin | ||
genitive | disin | disien | |
partitive | disiä | disejä | |
inessive | disissä | diseissä | |
elative | disistä | diseistä | |
illative | disiin | diseihin | |
adessive | disillä | diseillä | |
ablative | disiltä | diseiltä | |
allative | disille | diseille | |
essive | disinä | diseinä | |
translative | disiksi | diseiksi | |
instructive | — | disein | |
abessive | disittä | diseittä | |
comitative | — | diseineen |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
Audio (file)
Galician
German
Ladin
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːs/
Etymology 1
Contracted form of dīves.
Adjective
dīs (genitive dītis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | dīs | dīs | dītēs | dītia | |
Genitive | dītis | dītis | dītium | dītium | |
Dative | dītī | dītī | dītibus | dītibus | |
Accusative | dītem | dīs | dītēs | dītia | |
Ablative | dītī | dītī | dītibus | dītibus | |
Vocative | dīs | dīs | dītēs | dītia |
Etymology 2
Inflected form of deus (“god”).
References
- dis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to give thanks to heaven: grates agere (dis immortalibus)
- (ambiguous) to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus
- (ambiguous) with the help of the gods: dis bene iuvantibus (Fam. 7. 20. 2)
- (ambiguous) to sacrifice: rem divinam facere (dis)
- (ambiguous) to give thanks to heaven: grates agere (dis immortalibus)
- dis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Norman
Novial
Swedish
Declension
Declension of dis | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | dis | diset | — | — |
Genitive | dis | disets | — | — |
Synonyms
- dimslöja
Volapük
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