די
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܕܝ
Etymology
Related to Arabic ذُو (ḏū).
Conjunction
דִּי • (dī)
- that
See also
- דְּ־
Hebrew
Adverb
דַּי • (dái) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- enough, sufficient, adequate
- דַּי לָאַלִּימוּת ― dái la'alimút ― enough with the violence
- a. 217 C.E., Haggadah of Passover
- אִלּוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם / וְלֹא עָשָׂה בָהֶם שְׁפָטִים / דַּיֵּנוּ[H 1]
- If He had brought us out of Egypt / but had not executed justice upon them [the Egyptians] / [even that would have been] enough for us.
Usage notes
- Sometimes used with suffixed pronouns.
Synonyms
- (enough): מספיק
Derived terms
- יוֹתֵר מִדַּי
- כדאי
- מִדַּי
References
- H1767 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Interjection
דַּי • (dái)
- stop!, enough!, cease!
Adverb
דֵּי • (déi)
- quite, fairly
- דֵּי טוֹב ― déi tov ― fairly good
References
- דיינו at Zemereshet
Ladino
Preposition
די (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling de)
- of
- 1910, Ben Yitzhak Saserdoti, Refael i Miriam, page 3:
- אירה אונה די אקילייאס מאדֿרוגאדֿאס פֿריסקאס אי טיירנאס אין איל מיס די סיפטימברי, אינטרי ראש השנה אי יום כפור.
- Era una de akelyas maḏrugaḏas freskas i tiernas en el mes de septembre, entre Rosh Ashana i Yom Kippur.
- It was one of those fresh, tender early mornings in the month of September, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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Yiddish
Alternative forms
- דיא (di)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [di]
Determiner
די • (di)
- nominative singular feminine of דער (der)
- accusative singular feminine of דער (der)
- nominative plural of דער (der)
- accusative plural of דער (der)
- dative plural of דער (der)
Usage notes
While Yiddish as standardized in the 20th century retains gender systems, among many native speakers of Yiddish this is only reflected to a limited degree, with די (di) being the only definite article ("the") in most situations.
Declension
masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | |
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nominative | דער (der) | דאָס (dos) | די (di) | די (di) |
accusative | דעם (dem) | דאָס (dos) | די (di) | די (di) |
dative | דעם (dem) | דעם (dem) | דער (der) | די (di) |