di-
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Prefix
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di-
- Two.
- Double, twice the quantity.
- diglossia is the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue, dicatalectic is doubly catalectic, at both the middle and the end of the verse, dichoree is a double choree
- A pair.
- Both, possessing two distinct (possibly opposing) qualities.
- dikinetic is having both metakinetic and mesokinetic joints, dialetheism is the theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense, dianalytic is describing a function that is analytic or antianalytic with regards to both the domain and codomain
Translations
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Prefix
di-
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from Ancient Greek δῐά (diá, “through”).
Prefix
di-
- Alternative form of dia-: across or through, before a vowel.
- diactinic is capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light, dielectric is an electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, ie its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field
Derived terms
- diarginate
- dianhydride
- diandry
- dianion
- diacetate
- dianilido
- diacetyl
- diamidino
- diarginine
- diactivated
- dialkylated
- dialkylation
- dialkene
- dianhydride
- diamide
- diamidine
- diacetal
- diacetoxylation
- diaromatic
- diangle
- diarchy
- diarch
- diallelic
- diamniotic
- diactinal
- diarchy
- diandry
- diantimony
- diarsenic
- dibarium
- diberyllium
- dicadmium
- dicerium
- didysprosium
- dierbium
- dieuropium
- digadolinium
- digallium
- digermanium
- dihafnium
- dihalo
- dihelium
- diholmium
- dihydro
- diindium
- diiridium
- diiron
- dilanthanum
- dilead
- dilithium
- dilutetium
- dimagnesium
- dimanganese
- dimercury
- dimolybdenum
- dineodymium
- dineptunium
- diniobium
- dialuminium
- dichlorine
- dihydroxo
- diadenosine
- dibutyryl
- dicarbamoyl
- dichloro
- dicyano
- didodecyl
- diepoxy
- diethoxy
- diethylene
- diethynyl
- digalactose
- digalactosyl
- digeranyl
- diglycosyl
- diguanosine
- diheptyl
- dihexyl
- diisobutyl
- diisodecyl
- diisononyl
- dilactyl
- dilauroyl
- dilauryl
- dimethylene
- dimyristoyl
- dimyristyl
- dinonyl
- dilactone
- dilaurate
- dimethacrylate
- dimycocerosate
- diacrylate
- dicarboxamide
- diacridine
- dibesylate
- dicarbamate
- diferulate
- dilactate
- diadenylate
- dialkoxide
- dibehenate
- dicarboxaldehyde
- didecenoate
- diepoxide
- digalacturonate
See also
References
- “di-”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “di-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Derived terms
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [di]
- Hyphenation: di
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English di-), ultimately from Ancient Greek δι- (di-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi-/, [ˈdi-]
Derived terms
German
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “di-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay di-, from Classical Malay di-, from Late Old Malay di-, from Early Old Malay ni-, from Proto-Malayic *ni-, a metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in- (“verb perfective infix for object focus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
Audio (file)
Prefix
di-
- (transitive) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
- dimakan ― to be eaten
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
- Hyphenation: di-
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diː/, [d̪iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di/, [d̪i]
Usage notes
Occurs before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, sc, sp, st, v, and occasionally before consonantal i.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from δίς (dís, “twice, doubly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di/, [d̪ɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di/, [d̪i]
Derived terms
Descendants
→ English: di-
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
- (with consonant-initial stem) IPA(key): [di-]
- (with vowel-initial stem) IPA(key): [diʔ-]
Prefix
di- (Jawi spelling د-)
- (third person) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
- Pintu itu dibuka oleh ayah.
- That door was opened by dad.
- Pintu itu dibuka ayah.
- That door was opened by dad.
Usage notes
Frequently but erroneously called "passive voice", can optionally be accompanied with oleh, and is exclusively used in the third-person.
Derived terms
Navajo
Etymology 1
Represents multiple homophonous thematic and aspectual prefixes of position I and VI, whose exact meaning and etymology remain mostly speculative.
Prefix
di- (position I)
- fire, near or into it
- diidiłjeeh ― to make a fire
► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix di-
di- (position VI)
Young and Morgan (1987) identify 14 or so thematic prefixes, among others:
- fire, light
- diidiłjeeh ― to make a fire
- arms and legs
- dilʼéés ― to step, to place one's foot
- extension, elongated shape
- noise, sound, oral, food, sensory
- dilwosh ― to shout
- disééh ― to belch
- yidiitsʼį́į́h ― to hear it
- color (see also dini-)
- dinilgai ― whitish
- relinquishment, relief
- yą́ą́ʼdíłgééd ― to uncover it by digging
- bidizóóh ― to subtract it
- sanctity
- diyin ― holy
- Unclassified, often entering in the formation of other prefix compounds
Four modal-aspectual uses are also distinguished:
- Forms a number of inceptive verbs, with a (∅/si) paradigm.
- dighááh ― to start to go
- Forms a number of inchoative verbs, with prepounded dah and a transitional (yii/yii) paradigm.
- dah diighááh ― to start off, to set out, to leave
- Forms the future mode of all active verbs along with the progressive yi-.
- doogááł ― he will go
- didoogááł ― he will start to go
- dah didoogááł ― he will start off
- Forms a number of neuter adjectivals.
- dijool ― spherical, chubby
► Navajo verbs with prefix di-
Etymology 2
Probably cognate with a prefix of similar shape occurring in other Athabascan languages a reflexive possessive pronoun.
Probably cognate with classifier -d- marking passive and reflexive verbs.
Prefix
di- (position IV)
- Personal prefix used in combination with the prefix of position I à-, marking the reflexive verbs. It always triggers a classifier shift (∅ → d, ł → l).
- yishchʼid ― I'm scratching it
- nishchʼid ― I'm scratching you
- ádíshchʼid ― I'm scratching myself
- ánáádíshchʼid ― I'm scratching myself again
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
di-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: di
Derived terms
Further reading
- di- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Derived terms
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
di-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “di-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *di.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdiʔ/ [ˈdiʔ]
- Rhymes: -iʔ
- Syllabification: di-
Derived terms
- di-maaari
- di-maabot
- di-maalam
- di-mabasa
- di-mabata
- di-makaugaga
- di-makauwi
- di-makaya
- di-makilala
- di-nabubulok
- di-pagkakaunawaan
- di-pangkaraniwan
- diigkasin
- disaluyan
Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
di-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Welsh
Etymology
Proto-Celtic *dī- (“from, of”), from Proto-Indo-European *de. Cognate with Cornish di-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdiː/, /dɪ/
Usage notes
The negative prefix di- indicates a lack of something and is most often attached to a noun in a similar manner to English -less, e.g. dienw (“anonymous, nameless”), di-waith (“unemployed (“workless”)”), diobaith (“hopeless”). In contrast, af- and an- simply denote the negative form of the following root rather than the lack of it.
Derived terms
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
di- | ddi- | ni- | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “di-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪i/
Pronoun
di-
See also
independent | possessive prefix | |
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1st person singular | de | ti |
2nd person singular | ni | ni |
3rd person singular | me | mVan., dVinan. |
1st person plural inclusive | ene | nV |
1st person plural exclusive | imi | mi |
2nd person plural | ini | fi |
3rd person plural | eme | di |
- V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.