dia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

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Translingual

Etymology

From English Dia.

Symbol

dia

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dia terms

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay dia.

Pronoun

dia

1. he, she (3rd-person singular personal pronoun)

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• dir (German spelling)
• da (unstressed form)

Etymology

Cognate with German dir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥iɐ̯/

Pronoun

dia

1. you (dative, singular)

See also

Bavarian personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2nd person singular	informal	du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
	formal	Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

Betawi

Alternative forms

• diah, jiah (Bekasi)
• die (Tanah Abang)
• diè (Meester)

Etymology

From Malay dia, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

• (Literary) IPA^(key): /di.ˈ(j)a/

  • Audio:

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• (Meester) IPA^(key): /di.ˈ(j)ɛ/

  • Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a, -ɛ
• Hyphenation: di‧a

Pronoun

dia

1. he; she (third-person singular pronoun)

   Dia lagi ngelempus.

   He is sleeping now.

   Dia demen ama tu orang.

   She loves him/that person.

Synonyms

• ni orang
• tu orang

Catalan

Alternative forms

• día (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Gascon dia and Spanish día.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈdi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdi.a]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

dia m (plural dies)

1. day (period of 24 hours)
   • 2011, Tobies Grimaltos Mascarós, Idees i paraules: Una filosofia de la vida quotidiana, Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 41:

     Avui és un dia normal. És un dia en el qual no res (m')ha passat especialment remarcable.

     Today is a normal day. It's a day in which nothing especially remarkable happened (to me).

2. day (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)

   Antonym: nit

   • 2011, Cinto Niqui Espinosa, Fonaments i usos de tecnologia audiovisual digital, Editorial UOC, →ISBN, page 362:

     En ona llarga durant el dia, a Catalunya, es poden escoltar les emissores Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC), als 216 kHz o Ràdio Alger, als 252 kHz.

     In long wave during the day, in Catalonia, you can hear the broadcasters Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC) at 216 kHz or Ràdio Alger, at 252 kHz.

Synonyms

• jorn

Derived terms

• a dies
• adiar
• avui dia
• avui en dia
• bon dia
• Dia de la Mare
• dia feiner
• dia i nit
• dia laborable
• dia per altre
• diada
• migdia
• qui dia passa, any empeny

Related terms

• diari
• diürn

See also

• days of the week: dies de la setmana (appendix): dilluns · dimarts · dimecres · dijous · divendres · dissabte · diumenge ^[edit]

Further reading

• “dia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “dia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish día (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/, [ˈd̪i.a]
• Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia

1. day

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of diapositief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dia
• Rhymes: -iaː

Noun

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje n)

1. (photography) slide

   Synonym: diapositief

Derived terms

• diapresentatie
• diaprojectie
• diaprojector
• diaraam
• diascoop
• diatheek
• kleurendia

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian diobor.

Esperanto dio

Esperanto -a

Esperanto dia

From dio + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: di‧a

Adjective

dia (accusative singular dian, plural diaj, accusative plural diajn)

1. godly, divine (of or pertaining to God or gods)

Further reading

• “dia”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “dia”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Etymology

Shortened from diapositiivi, probably after the international example.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɑ/, [ˈdiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): di‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): dia

Noun

dia

1. (photography) slide

Declension

Inflection of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		dia	diat
genitive		dian	diojen
partitive		diaa	dioja
illative		diaan	dioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dia	diat
accusative	nom.	dia	diat
	gen.	dian
genitive		dian	diojen diain rare
partitive		diaa	dioja
inessive		diassa	dioissa
elative		diasta	dioista
illative		diaan	dioihin
adessive		dialla	dioilla
ablative		dialta	dioilta
allative		dialle	dioille
essive		diana	dioina
translative		diaksi	dioiksi
abessive		diatta	dioitta
instructive		—	dioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diani diani accusative nom. diani diani gen. diani genitive diani diojeni diaini rare partitive diaani diojani inessive diassani dioissani elative diastani dioistani illative diaani dioihini adessive diallani dioillani ablative dialtani dioiltani allative dialleni dioilleni essive dianani dioinani translative diakseni dioikseni abessive diattani dioittani instructive — — comitative — dioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diasi diasi accusative nom. diasi diasi gen. diasi genitive diasi diojesi diaisi rare partitive diaasi diojasi inessive diassasi dioissasi elative diastasi dioistasi illative diaasi dioihisi adessive diallasi dioillasi ablative dialtasi dioiltasi allative diallesi dioillesi essive dianasi dioinasi translative diaksesi dioiksesi abessive diattasi dioittasi instructive — — comitative — dioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diamme diamme accusative nom. diamme diamme gen. diamme genitive diamme diojemme diaimme rare partitive diaamme diojamme inessive diassamme dioissamme elative diastamme dioistamme illative diaamme dioihimme adessive diallamme dioillamme ablative dialtamme dioiltamme allative diallemme dioillemme essive dianamme dioinamme translative diaksemme dioiksemme abessive diattamme dioittamme instructive — — comitative — dioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dianne dianne accusative nom. dianne dianne gen. dianne genitive dianne diojenne diainne rare partitive diaanne diojanne inessive diassanne dioissanne elative diastanne dioistanne illative diaanne dioihinne adessive diallanne dioillanne ablative dialtanne dioiltanne allative diallenne dioillenne essive diananne dioinanne translative diaksenne dioiksenne abessive diattanne dioittanne instructive — — comitative — dioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative diansa diansa accusative nom. diansa diansa gen. diansa genitive diansa diojensa diainsa rare partitive diaansa diojaan diojansa inessive diassaan diassansa dioissaan dioissansa elative diastaan diastansa dioistaan dioistansa illative diaansa dioihinsa adessive diallaan diallansa dioillaan dioillansa ablative dialtaan dialtansa dioiltaan dioiltansa allative dialleen diallensa dioilleen dioillensa essive dianaan dianansa dioinaan dioinansa translative diakseen diaksensa dioikseen dioiksensa abessive diattaan diattansa dioittaan dioittansa instructive — — comitative — dioineen dioinensa

Synonyms

• (slide): diakuva, kuultokuva (dated)

Derived terms

compounds

• diaesitys
• diafilmi
• diaheitin
• diakehys
• diakuva
• diaprojektori
• diasarja

See also

• nega
• negatiivi

Further reading

• “dia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Interjection

dia

1. yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left

   Antonym: hue

Derived terms

• à hue et à dia

Further reading

• “dia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈd̪i.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: dí‧a

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

1. reintegrationist spelling of día

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese dia. Cognate with Kabuverdianu dia.

Noun

dia

1. day (period of 24 hours)
2. day (period between sunrise and sunset)

Hungarian

Etymology

Ellipsis of diapozitív (“diapositive”), after the German Diapositiv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdijɒ]
• Hyphenation: dia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

dia (plural diák)

1. (photography) slide, diapositive (transparent plate used with a projector for projecting images)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dia	diák
accusative	diát	diákat
dative	diának	diáknak
instrumental	diával	diákkal
causal-final	diáért	diákért
translative	diává	diákká
terminative	diáig	diákig
essive-formal	diaként	diákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	diában	diákban
superessive	dián	diákon
adessive	diánál	diáknál
illative	diába	diákba
sublative	diára	diákra
allative	diához	diákhoz
elative	diából	diákból
delative	diáról	diákról
ablative	diától	diáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	diáé	diáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	diáéi	diákéi

Possessive forms of dia

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	diám	diáim
2nd person sing.	diád	diáid
3rd person sing.	diája	diái
1st person plural	diánk	diáink
2nd person plural	diátok	diáitok
3rd person plural	diájuk	diáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• diafelvétel
• diafilm, diafilmvetítő
• diakép
• diakocka
• diavetítő

Further reading

• dia in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diaʔ/

Adverb

dia

1. there (not very far from the speaker)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈdi.a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: di‧a

Etymology 1

From Malay dia, cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

• False cognate of Swabian dia (“third person plural pronoun; they”), which is cognate to English they.

Pronoun

dia

1. he

   Dia bisa berbahasa Inggris.

   He can speak English.

2. she

   Dia mempunyai kegemaran menari.

   She has a passion for dancing.

Alternative forms

• ia
• doi (colloquial)
• doski (colloquial)

Synonyms

• beliau

Etymology 2

From Rote

Verb

dia

1. to fold lontar leaves into haik

Further reading

• “dia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲiə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit दे॒व (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

Noun

dia m (genitive singular dé, nominative plural déithe)

1. a god

Declension

Declension of dia (irregular)

bare forms singular plural nominative dia déithe vocative a dhia a dhéithe genitive dé déithe dative dia déithe déithibh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an dia na déithe genitive an dé na ndéithe dative leis an dia don dia leis na déithe leis na déithibh (archaic, dialectal)

• Alternative vocative singular: dé
• Archaic nominative plural: dée
• Alternative genitive plural: dia
• Alternative dative plural: déibh

Derived terms

• aindia m (“false god”)
• bandia m (“goddess”)
• diaga (“divine”)
• dialathach (“theocratic”)

Related terms

• Dia (“God”) (as a proper noun)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish día (“day”), from Proto-Celtic *dyīus (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Noun

dia

1. (literary) day

Derived terms

• Dé (“on (a day of the week)”)
• dialann (“diary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dia	dhia	ndia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día (‘God’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 día (‘day’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “dia”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 237
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “dia”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: dì‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs. Doublet of die.

Noun

dia m or f (Old Italian, chiefly in poetry)

1. day

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dia f

1. feminine singular of dio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dia

1. inflection of dare:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Ida, adì, dai

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese dia.

Noun

dia

1. day

Kituba

Verb

dia

1. to eat

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

dia

1. to eat

Ladino

Noun

dia m (Hebrew spelling דיאה)

1. alternative spelling of diya
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[2], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 11:

     En mi corason esta tu memoria santa
     Dia i noce de mi no se aparta

     In my heart lies your holy memory, day and night it separates not from me.

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.a]

Adjective

dīa

1. inflection of dīus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.aː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.a]

Adjective

dīā

1. ablative feminine singular of dīus

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals.

Pronunciation

• (Western, Milanese) IPA^(key): /ˈdia/
• Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia m (feminine deja, masculine plural dia, feminine plural deje) (New Lombard Orthography)

1. god, deity

   Synonym: dee

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese dia.

Noun

dia (plural dia-dia)

1. day

   todo dia ― always; every day (literally, “all day”)

Derived terms

• dia-a-dia (“day by day, by the day”)

Malagasy

Etymology 1

From Malay liar.

Adjective

dia

1. wild

   Synonym: haolo

Etymology 2

Possibly connected with Swahili njia.

Noun

dia

1. step
2. journey
3. mark, track, imprint

Malay

Alternative forms

• Dia (referring to God)
• die (schwa-variety pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From di +‎ ia. Originally a result of the preposition di merging with the third-person pronoun, especially when used in objective or emphatic positions.

Compare daku (from di + aku) and dikau (from di + kau), which follow the same formation pattern, often appearing after the preposition akan (e.g., akan dia).

Cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

• False cognate of Swabian dia (“third person plural pronoun; they”). The true cognate would be English they.

Pronunciation

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdijə/ [ˈdi.jə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -iə, -ə
• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdija/ [ˈdi.ja]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: di‧a

Pronoun

dia (Jawi spelling دي)

1. Genderless third person pronoun; he, she, it.

   Dia adik lelaki saya.

   He is my younger brother.

Affixations

• diakan

Compounds

• dia orang (“they”)

Descendants

• Ambonese Malay: dia
• Betawi: dia
• Indonesian: dia

See also

Malay personal pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st person	saya1 aku3	kita4 kami2 & 5 kita orang3 & 5
2nd person	awak1 anda2 awda8 (eng)kau3 kamu3	(2nd person) + semua6 kalian2 (eng)kau orang3
3rd person	dia ia beliau7 -nya2	mereka2 dia orang3

¹ Polite.
² Formal.
³ Informal.
⁴ Includes the listener (inclusive).
⁵ Excludes the listener (exclusive).
⁶ Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
⁷ Honorific.
⁸ Formal (Brunei).

Notes:

• This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within the Klang Valley area.
• The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The enclitic -nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
• The second person pronoun kamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

• "dia" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mandarin

Romanization

dia

1. nonstandard spelling of diǎ

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̠ʲiə̯/

Determiner

dia (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. of/from his/her/its/their

Quotations

• c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

  Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.

  Ailbe was the dog’s name, and Ireland was full of his fame.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English their.

Determiner

dia

1. their
   • 2025 April 24, “Wetin dey cause NiMet strike wey dey affect airlines and passengers”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[3], archived from the original on 27 April 2025:

     As e be so dem don withdraw dia services for all airports across di kontri and dis action dey affect some passengers and airlines.

     As they have withdrawn their services for all airports across the country and this action is affecting some passengers and airlines.

Further reading

• “dia” in Naija Guru, 2026.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• diet

Verb

dia

1. simple past and past participle of die

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gascony):

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Noun

dia m (plural dias)

1. day

Derived terms

• uei lo dia

References

• Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, page 56.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• diia, dija, dya

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

1. daytime

   Antonym: noite

2. day (period of 24 hours)
3. day (observance)

   Dia dos Santos Innocentes ― Day of the Holy Innocents

Derived terms

• ante dia
• bon dia
• bon dia vosco
• cada dia
• de dia
• dia de cras
• Dia de Pascoa
• Dia do Juyzo
• Dia dos Innocentes / Dia dos Santos Innocentes
• grave dia
• mal dia
• meyo dia
• negro dia
• oje dia
• outro dia
• todo o dia

Descendants

• Fala: día
• Galician: día
• Portuguese: dia (see there for further descendants)

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “dia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “dia”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “dia”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “dia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Determiner

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. of/from his/her/its/their

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Etymology 2

di (“of/from”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Pronoun

dïa·

1. of/from whom/which

Conjunction

dïa

1. (with preterite) when
3. (with subjunctive, positive only) if

   Synonym: má

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Usage notes

The conjunction is followed by the appropriate dependent verbal form, applying the nasal mutation to it. Unlike modern Irish, no factual-counterfactual distinction exists in the use of má and dïa; they are completely interchangeable.

Descendants

• Middle Irish: dia
  • Irish: dá
  • Manx: dy
  • Scottish Gaelic: nan

Etymology 3

Univerbation of do (“to/for”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Determiner

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. to/for his/her/its/their

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Etymology 4

do (“to/for”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Pronoun

dïa·

1. to/for whom/which

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲiːa̯/

Noun

dia m

1. alternative spelling of día (“god”)

Further reading

• (conjunction): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 día n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• di m

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs.

Noun

dia m or f

1. day (period of 24 hours)

Descendants

• Occitan: dia

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “dīes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 71

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• dya (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Old Occitan dia and Old Galician-Portuguese dia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

1. day
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4v:

     Qvãdo lo ſopo labã al dia t̃cero. q̃ ſe ẏua priſo de ſos amẏgos. E fue trã Jacob. Andadura .vij. dias. e alcãçol en el mõte de galaath.

     [Quando lo sopo Laban al día tercero, que se iva priso de sos amigos, e fue tras Jacob, andadura siete días, e alcançó-l en el monte de]

     When Laban came to know on the third day that he was fleeing, he took his relatives and went after Jacob, walking seven days, and he overtook him on the hill of Gilead.

Antonyms

• noche f

Descendants

• Ladino: diya
• Spanish: día
  • Papiamentu: dia

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese dia and Spanish día and Kabuverdianu dia.

Noun

dia

1. day

Plautdietsch

Adjective

dia

1. expensive, dear

Pom

Noun

dia

1. water

References

• The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, reformed from the accusative diem, from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous (“day, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Distantly related to Deus, Zeus and Jove.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia m (plural dias, diminutive diazinho)

1. day
   2. period between sunrise and sunset
      • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, “Canto Quinto [Canto the Fifth]”, in Os Luſiadas [The Lusiads], Lisbon: Casa de Antonio Gõçaluez, page 90v:

        Trazia o Sol o dia celebrado / Em que tres Reis das partes do Oriente […]

        The Sun brought the celebrated day / In which three Kings from the Eastern parts […]

   4. period from midnight to the following midnight
   6. period of 24 hours
      • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, “Canto Quinto [Canto the Fifth]”, in Os Luſiadas [The Lusiads], Lisbon: Casa de Antonio Gõçaluez, page 84v:

        Mas logo ao outro dia ſeus parceiros / Todos nús, & da cor da eſcura treua […]

        But just the other day, his partners / All naked, and of a deep dark complexion […]

   8. (astronomy) rotational period of a planet
   10. (in phrases) date celebrating a particular thing, usually an event, profession or person
   11. (in phrases) an unspecified period of time either in the past or in the future

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “period of daylight”): noite (“night”)

Derived terms

• adiar
• dia-a-dia

Related terms

• diário
• diurno
• jeira
• jorna
• jornada
• jornal
• jornalismo
• jornalista

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: dia
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: dia
• Macanese: dia

Further reading

• “dia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit दे॒व (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲia/

Noun

dia m (genitive singular dè, plural diathan or dèe)

1. god, deity

Declension

Declension of dia (irregular)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	dia	diathan, (obsolete) dèe
genitive	dhè	dhia, (obsolete) dhèe
dative	dia	diathan, (obsolete) dèe, (obsolete) dèibh, (obsolete) diathaibh
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) dia	(na) diathan, (obsolete) dèe
genitive	(an) dè	(nan) dia, (obsolete) dèe
dative	(an) dia	(na) diathan, (obsolete) dèe, (obsolete) dèibh, (obsolete) diathaibh
vocative	dhè, dhia	dhiatha

Derived terms

• ban-dia

Mutation

Mutation of dia

radical	lenition
dia	dhia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “dia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• dìa (diacritic variant)
• ria, rìa (rhotacized, dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Gascon dia, Spanish dia and Italian dia~dì.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/, [ˈdi.a], [ˈɾi.a]
• Hyphenation: dì‧a

Noun

dia (m)

1. (dated) day (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)

   Antonym: notti

Synonyms

• jornu

Derived terms

• dumìnica dia
• jovi dia
• luni dia
• marti dia
• mèrcuri dia
• sàbbatu dia
• vèniri dia

See also

• days of the week: jorna dâ simana (appendix): luni~lunidìa · marti~martidìa · mèrcuri~mercuridìa · jovi~jovidìa · vènniri~venniridìa · sàbbatu~sabbatudìa · dumìnica~duminicadìa ^[edit]

Spanish

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

1. misspelling of día
2. obsolete spelling of día

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English deer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dia/, [dia̠], [diɑ̟]

Noun

dia

1. deer
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[4], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:

     Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’

     [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']

     Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِيَة (diya).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

dia class IX (plural dia class X)

1. bloodwite, wergeld, diyya

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish di, dia, from Proto-Germanic *dijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

Verb

dia (present diar, preterite diade, supine diat, imperative dia)

1. to suckle

Conjugation

Conjugation of dia (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	dia		dias
supine	diat		diats
imperative	dia		—
imper. plural1	dien		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	diar	diade	dias	diades
ind. plural1	dia	diade	dias	diades
subjunctive2	die	diade	dies	diades
present participle		diande
past participle		diad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• dibarn
• digivning
• dikalv
• diko
• dilamm

Related terms

• di

See also

• amma (“breastfeed”)
• spene (“teat”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dia, short for diapositive. First attested in 1964.

dior [slides]

Noun

dia c

1. (photography) a slide (or possibly a diapositive more generally)

   Synonyms: diabild, diapositiv

   dior och negativ

   slides and negatives

Declension

Declension of dia

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dia	dias
	definite	dian	dians
plural	indefinite	dior	diors
	definite	diorna	diornas

Derived terms

• diabild
• diaprojektor
• stordia

See also

• negativ

Further reading

• “dia”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “dia”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dia”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tolai

Alternative forms

• diat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

dia

1. they (many), them (many) (third-person plural pronoun)

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1

¹⁾ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/

Verb

go dia

1. to delay

Umbrian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dowjō. Compare also 𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌖 (titu) and cognate Latin dō.

Verb

dia (late Iguvine) (third-person singular subjunctive present)

1. (transitive) to give

References

• Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “dia”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 12