dy
English
Verb
dy
- Obsolete form of die.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto XII:
- The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dij, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [də̟i̯]
Albanian
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Cardinal : dy Ordinal : dytë | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy/
Danish
Verb
dy (imperative dy, infinitive at dy, present tense dyr, past tense dyede, perfect tense har dyet)
- (reflexive) to restrain oneself, to help oneself
- 2012, Richard Russo, Åndernes rige, Klim →ISBN
- Han er egentlig for klog til det, men han kan ikke dy sig.
- He is actually too clever for it, but he cannot help himself.
- 2010, Mette Winge, Et udestående: - en provisorietidsroman, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
- Han var lige ved at tilføje at der ikke havde været anført noget om sagen i de franske aviser, men han dyede sig, for politiinspektøren hørte ikke til dem man opmuntrede med vitser.
- He was just about to add that there had been no note of the case in the French papers, but he restrained himself, for the police inspector did not belong to those people that one cheered up with jokes.
- 2009, Hanne Reintoft, Hjertebånd, ArtPeople →ISBN
- De havde dyet sig og nøjedes med den tilmålte ration uden at stikke fingrene hverken i slunkne melsække eller halvtomme sulekar.
- They had restrained themselves and made do with the measured ration without sticking their fingers in lacking flour bags, nor in half-empty meat jars.
- 2012, Richard Russo, Åndernes rige, Klim →ISBN
Egyptian
Middle French
Swedish
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
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Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də/
West Frisian
Etymology 1
Compare Dutch die.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
Inflection
- Common singular: dy
- Neuter singular: dat
- Plural: dy
Further reading
- “dy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse því, possibly from the instrumental interrogative Proto-Germanic *hwī (“how, with what”), with the initial h- replaced by the þ- from the forms of *sa. The modern Westrobothnian form with d- instead of t- (see tykken) probably evolved thus: við því → við ðví → modern ve ‿ dy/di "with that".
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