dy

From Middle English dyen, variant of dien (“to die”). More at die.

dy

1. Obsolete form of die.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]

Clipping of already.

dy

1. (text messaging) already

Abbreviation of deputy.

dy

1. (India, attributive) Abbreviation of deputy.
   • 2024 July 4, Mahesh Buddi, “SBI dy manager in police net for helping cyber cons, 15th banker to be held this yr”, in Times of India‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2024:

     SBI dy manager in police net for helping cyber cons, 15th banker to be held this yr

• dy-no-mite (etymologically unrelated)

• yd., Y/D, yd

From Dutch dij, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.

• IPA^(key): [də̟i̯]

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dy (plural dye, diminutive dytjie)

1. thigh

Albanian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dy     Ordinal : dytë

From Proto-Albanian *duwō masc, *duwai fem, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.^[1] Matzinger reconstructs *duu̯a.^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): /dy/

dy

1. two

• dytë

• IPA^(key): /dz/

dy (upper case Dy)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Uncertain, possibly from Middle Low German dōgen (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Germanic *daugijaną, cognate with Dutch dogen (dialect).

dy (past tense dyede, past participle dyet)

1. (reflexive) to restrain oneself, to help oneself
   • 2012, Richard Russo, Åndernes rige, Klim, →ISBN:

     Han er egentlig for klog til det, men han kan ikke dy sig.

     He is actually too clever for it, but he cannot help himself.

   • 2010, Mette Winge, Et udestående: - en provisorietidsroman, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Han var lige ved at tilføje at der ikke havde været anført noget om sagen i de franske aviser, men han dyede sig, for politiinspektøren hørte ikke til dem man opmuntrede med vitser.

     He was just about to add that there had been no note of the case in the French papers, but he restrained himself, for the police inspector did not belong to those people that one cheered up with jokes.

   • 2009, Hanne Reintoft, Hjertebånd, ArtPeople, →ISBN:

     De havde dyet sig og nøjedes med den tilmålte ration uden at stikke fingrene hverken i slunkne melsække eller halvtomme sulekar.

     They had restrained themselves and made do with the measured ration without sticking their fingers in lacking flour bags, nor in half-empty meat jars.

• “dy” in Den Danske Ordbog

dy

1. Alternative transliteration of dj.

Judeo-Tat numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: dy     Ordinal: dyjymyn

Inherited from Classical Persian دو (dō).

• IPA^(key): /dy/

dy

1. two

• Нафталиев, М. Н. (2015), “dy”, in Е. М. Назарова, editor, Еврейско (джуури)-русский словарь [Juhuri–Russian Dictionary]‎^[2], Moscow: СТМЭГИ, page 133a

• IPA^(key): /dɨ/

dy

1. alternative form of gdy

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “dy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “dy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From a conflation of three Old Irish prepositions:

1. do (“to, for”) from Proto-Celtic *dū.
2. di (“of, from”) from Proto-Celtic *dī.
3. co (“to, toward”) from Proto-Celtic *kʷuts which also yields dys, gy and gys.

• IPA^(key): /də/

dy

1. to

   hed y chloan dy schoill mairagh ― the children will go to school tomorrow

2. from, of

   poagey dy hollan ― a bag of salt

3. to, in order to (with a verbal noun)

   haink ee riyr dy akin oo ― she came last night to see you

From Old Irish co, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with German ge- (“with”) (collective prefix) and gegen (“toward, against”), English gain-, Spanish con (“with”), Russian ко (ko, “to”). Compare Irish go and Scottish Gaelic gu.

• IPA^(key): /də/

dy (triggers nasalisation of voiceless stops and /f/, takes dependent form of verbs)

1. that (introduces a subordinate clause)

   Dooyrt ee dy beagh ee maynrey dy liooar loayrt rhyt ― She said that she would be happy enough to speak with you

2. forms the optative mood

   Dy vod fys ve ayd cren aght nee oo ymmyd jeh ― May you know how to make use of it

   Dy der Eshyn e aggle ayns ny creeaghyn ain ― May He put his fear into our hearts

   Aigh vie dy row lhiat! ― May you have good luck

3. used to make adverbs from adjectives

   dy aalin ― beautifully

   dy slane ― wholly

   dy bieau ― quickly

   dy lhean ― broadly

The form of the verb ve used in the optative is dy row.

From Old Irish dïa (“if, when”).^[1] Cognate with Irish dá and Scottish Gaelic nan, nam.

• IPA^(key): /də/, /da/

dy (with the conditional)

1. if

   Veign my vreagerey dy niarrin dy beagh fys aym ― I would be a liar if I said I knew

   Dy rhoin stiagh sy valley, cha jinnin fakin ee ansherbee ― If I went into town, I wouldn't see her anyway

• Used in counterfactual conditionals, my is used elsewhere.

dy

1. alternative form of dee

dy

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of deyen (“to die”)

dy

1. first-person singular present indicative of dire

dy

1. Shetland form of day

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪ
• Syllabification: dy

dy

1. alternative form of gdy

• dy in silling.org

From Old Norse dý, related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”), from Proto-Germanic *dūjan- (“to tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist”).

dy c

1. mud, mire, sludge

• dyblöt
• dybotten
• dyig
• dypöl
• dyvåt

• gyttja
• lera

• “dy”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• dy in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Inherited from Romani duj.

dy

1. two

• dypansj

• “dy” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “dy” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

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dy (definite, feminine and plural form of dyr)

1. The; declined form of dyr

• d' (before vowels)
• 'th (after vowels)

From Proto-Celtic *towe (“your”); compare Cornish dha, Breton da, Irish do. See ti (“you”).

• IPA^(key): /də/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /də/, (before a vowel) /d/
• Rhymes: -ə

dy (triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)

1. your (familiar singular)

   Beth sy yn dy dŷ di?

   What's in your house?

dy (triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)

1. you (familiar singular; as the direct object of a verbal noun)

   Beth sy'n dy gnoi di?

   What's worrying/annoying you?

• After the noun or verbnoun which dy precedes, di is often added (or ti after bod when used to initiate a content clause). In formal language, this is done to emphasise the determiner or pronoun. In colloquial language, it is not necessarily an indicator of emphasis, and is often included with the determiner and always included with the pronoun. The exception to the latter case is in passive constructions employing cael, where di is never used.
• In formal Welsh, contractions of dy include d' before a vowel-initial words in poetic language and 'th after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, these contractions are not used in writing although dy /də/ is often pronounced /d/ before vowel-initial words in rapid speech and so essentially becoming d'.
• Pronomial dy can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial 'th is found only in literary language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for 'th for more information.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “dy”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-West Germanic *siz, from Proto-Germanic *sa (“that, the”). Compare Dutch die, English the.

• IPA^(key): /dɘ/

dy

1. that, those

• Common singular: dy
• Neuter singular: dat
• Plural: dy

• “dy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /dɛi̯/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /di/

dy

1. object of do ("thou"), thee

• “dy (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

• IPA^(key): /d̠̥ʲʱ/

dy (upper case Dy)

1. A digraph in Xhosa orthography.