dis
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪs
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
Translations
Noun
dis (plural disir)
- (Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
- 1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116:
- In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.
- 1993, Hilda Ellis Davidson, 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’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 67:
- Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.
Etymology 3
Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.
Alternative forms
See also
- dis legomenon (etymologically unrelated)
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- 'is (Cape Afrikaans)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəs/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
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
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]
- Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification(key): dis
Usage notes
Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
Declension
Inflection of dis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | disittä | diseittä | ||
instructive | — | disein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
Audio (file)
Verb
dis
- inflection of dire:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- first/second-person singular past historic
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
German
Ladin
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːs/, [d̪iːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dis/, [d̪is]
Etymology 1
Contracted form of dīves.
Adjective
dīs (genitive dītis, comparative dītior, superlative dītissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | dīs | dītēs | dītia | ||
Genitive | dītis | dītium | |||
Dative | dītī | dītibus | |||
Accusative | dītem | dīs | dītēs | dītia | |
Ablative | dītī | dītibus | |||
Vocative | 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Louisiana Creole
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Cardinal : dis | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis/
- Rhymes: -is
Usage notes
Middle Dutch
Middle English
Norman
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Low German dis.
Related terms
References
- “dis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From German Low German dis.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse dís f, form Proto-Germanic *dīsiz (“(demi-)goddess; virgin”)
Adjective
dis (singular and plural dis)
Antonyms
References
- “dis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis/
Etymology 2
From the verb dire.
Verb
dis
- inflection of dire:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular present imperative
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: dis
Further reading
- dis in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Low German dis (“haze”), of West Germanic origin (compare Dutch dijs (“mist, fog”), West Frisian diish), of uncertain origin; possibly from Middle Low German dûnster, from Old Saxon *thinstar, from Proto-West Germanic *þimstr (“dusky, dark”). If so, related to modern Dutch deemster (“twilight”).[1]
Declension
Declension of dis | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | dis | diset | — | — |
Genitive | dis | disets | — | — |
Synonyms
- dimslöja
References
- “disa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
Further reading
- dis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- dis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)