dei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dei"

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Demisa.

Symbol

dei

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Demisa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Demisa terms

English

Interjection

dei

1. (Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”).

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/ [d̪ei̯]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ei̯
• Hyphenation: dei

Noun

dei inan

1. call, appeal
2. call (telephone conversation)
3. announcement
4. (law) summons

Declension

Declension of dei (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	dei	deia	deiak	deiok
ergative	deik	deiak	deiek	deiok
dative	deiri	deiari	deiei	deioi
genitive	deiren	deiaren	deien	deion
comitative	deirekin	deiarekin	deiekin	deiokin
causative	deirengatik	deiarengatik	deiengatik	deiongatik
benefactive	deirentzat	deiarentzat	deientzat	deiontzat
instrumental	deiez	deiaz	deiez	deiotaz
innesive	deitan	deian	deietan	deiotan
locative	deitako	deiko	deietako	deiotako
allative	deitara	deira	deietara	deiotara
terminative	deitaraino	deiraino	deietaraino	deiotaraino
directive	deitarantz	deirantz	deietarantz	deiotarantz
destinative	deitarako	deirako	deietarako	deiotarako
ablative	deitatik	deitik	deietatik	deiotatik
partitive	deirik	—	—	—
prolative	deitzat	—	—	—

Verb

dei

1. Short form of deitu.

Further reading

• “dei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “dei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos. Cognates include German dein, Yiddish דײַן (dayn), obsolete Dutch dijn, archaic English thine and thy, Old Norse þínn, Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥ɑɛ̯/
• IPA^(key): /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Determiner

dei

1. (possessive) thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)

Declension

Declension of dei

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dei	dei	dei	deine
dative	deim	deiner	deim	deine
accusative	dein	dei	dei	deine

Derived terms

• deiner
• deinige

See also

Bavarian possessive pronouns

			attributive (nominative case)		independent
			singular	plural
singular	1st person		mei	meine	meins
	2nd person	informal	dei	deine	deins
		formal	Eahna	Eahnare	Eahnas
	3rd person	m, n	sei	seine	seins
		f	ihr	ihre	ihrs
plural	1st person		unsa	unsare	unsas
	2nd person		eia	eire	eias
	3rd person		eahna	eahnare	eahnas

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

1. a god

See also

• Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdej]

Noun

dei m (plural deis)

1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Edopi

Noun

dei

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Galician

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Ido

Noun

dei

1. plural of deo