dias

See also: días and Dias

Danish

Noun

dias n (singular definite diasset, plural indefinite dias)

1. slide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen; a slide in a computer presentation)

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish días.

Noun

dias f (genitive singular déise, nominative plural diasa)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant), cob

   Synonym: croithleog

   dias arbhair ― corn cob

   dias eorna ― ear of barley

   dias seagail ― head of rye

2. (botany) spike (kind of inflorescence)
3. point of a weapon

   dias claímh ― point of a sword

4. scion (descendant)

   Synonyms: buinneán, beangán

Declension

Declension of dias

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dias diasa Vocative a dhias a dhiasa Genitive déise dias Dative dias déis (archaic, dialectal) diasa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dias na diasa Genitive na déise na ndias Dative leis an dias leis an déis (archaic, dialectal) don dias don déis (archaic, dialectal) leis na diasa

Alternative forms

• déas, déis, léas
• deus (obsolete)

Derived terms

• diasach
• diasóg
• diasra

Further reading

• “dias”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 días”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dias”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 239
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dias”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dïas.

Noun

dias f (genitive singular déise, nominative plural diasa)

1. Alternative form of dís (“pair, couple”)
2. (tennis) deuce (tie, both players able to win by scoring two additional points)

Declension

Declension of dias

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dias diasa Vocative a dhias a dhiasa Genitive déise dias Dative dias déis (archaic, dialectal) diasa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dias na diasa Genitive na déise na ndias Dative leis an dias leis an déis (archaic, dialectal) don dias don déis (archaic, dialectal) leis na diasa

Further reading

• “dias”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 días”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dias”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 239
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dias”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 3

From Dia +‎ -as.

Noun

dias m (genitive singular diais)

1. deism

Declension

Declension of dias

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative dias Vocative a dhiais Genitive diais Dative dias

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dias Genitive an diais Dative leis an dias don dias

Derived terms

• diasaí
• diasaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dias	dhias	ndias
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Adjective

diās

1. accusative feminine plural of dius

References

• dias 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)
• “dias”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲi.əs/

Noun

dïas f

1. pair, couple (used of persons only, whereas déde is used of things)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	diasL	—	—
Vocative	diasL	—	—
Accusative	diïsN, díïs	—	—
Genitive	de(i)sseH	—	—
Dative	diïsL, díïs	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

A dative plural de(i)ssib is also attested.

Descendants

• Irish: dís
• Manx: jees
• Scottish Gaelic: dithis

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dïas	dïas pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndïas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 388, page 244

Old Spanish

Noun

dias m pl

1. plural of dia

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dyjas. Compare Czech ďas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: dias

Noun

dias m animal (diminutive diasek)

1. (euphemistic, rare, folklore) devil, fiend

   Synonyms: bies, czart, diabeł, licho

Declension

Declension of dias

	singular	plural
nominative	dias	diasy
genitive	diasa	diasów
dative	diasowi	diasom
accusative	diasa	diasy
instrumental	diasem	diasami
locative	diasie	diasach
vocative	diasie	diasy

Related terms

adjectives

• diabelny
• diabelski
• diabli

 

nouns

• diabelec
• diabelstwo
• diabeł
• diablę
• diablica
• diablik

 

interjections

• co u diaska
• do diaska

 

Further reading

• dias in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “djabeł”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.as/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: di‧as

Noun

dias

1. plural of dia

Spanish

Noun

dias m pl

1. plural of dia

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

dias

1. inflection of dia:
   1. infinitive passive
   2. present passive

Noun

dias

1. indefinite genitive singular of dia