di-

• IPA^(key): /daɪ/

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Borrowed from Latin di-, from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “two”).

di-

1. Two, twice or double.

   Synonyms: duo-, bi-, bis-

   carbon dioxide

• dwi-
• twi-

Borrowed from Latin dis-.

di-

1. Alternative form of dis-, shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from Ancient Greek δῐά (diá, “through”).

di-

1. Alternative form of dia-, before a vowel.

   diactinic, dielectric

• Thesaurus:number

• “di-”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “di-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• -id, I'd, I-D, I.D., ID, id, id.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).

di-

1. di-

di-

1. two

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).

• IPA^(key): /di/

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di-

1. Meaning two, twice, or double.

   dioxide

   dioxide

   dipool

   diople

Derived from Latin di-.

• IPA^(key): [di]
• Hyphenation: di

di-

1. di-

Internationalism (see English di-), ultimately from Ancient Greek δι- (di-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi-/, [ˈdi-]

di-

1. di- (double, twin)

   Synonyms: bi-, kaksois-

di-

1. di-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).

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di-

1. di-

• “di-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Malay di-, from Classical Malay di-, from Late Old Malay di-, from Early Old Malay ni-, from Early Proto-Malayic *ni-, a metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in- (“verb perfective infix for object focus”).

• IPA^(key): /di/

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di-

1. (transitive) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.

   dimakan ― to be eaten

• IPA^(key): /di/
• Hyphenation: di-

From Latin de- (“indicating removal or descent”).

di-

1. de-

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).

di-

1. di-

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diː/, [d̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di/, [d̪i]

dī-

1. Alternative form of dis-

Occurs before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, sc, sp, st, v, and occasionally before consonantal i.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from δίς (dís, “twice, doubly”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di/, [d̪ɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di/, [d̪i]

di-

1. Two, double; di-.

→ English: di-

From Early Old Malay ni-.

• IPA^(key): /di/

di- (Jawi spelling د-‎)

1. (third person) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.

   Pintu itu dibuka oleh ayah.

   That door was opened by dad.

   Pintu itu dibuka ayah.

   That door was opened by dad.

Frequently but erroneously called "passive voice", can optionally be accompanied with oleh, and is exclusively used in the third-person.

Represents multiple homophonous thematic and aspectual prefixes of position I and VI, whose exact meaning and etymology remain mostly speculative.

di- (position I)

1. fire, near or into it

   • diidiłjeeh ― to make a fire

► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix di-

di- (position VI)

Young and Morgan (1987) identify 14 or so thematic prefixes, among others:

1. fire, light

   • diidiłjeeh ― to make a fire

2. arms and legs

   • dilʼéés ― to step, to place one's foot

3. extension, elongated shape
4. noise, sound, oral, food, sensory

   • dilwosh ― to shout
   • disééh ― to belch
   • yidiitsʼį́į́h ― to hear it

5. color (see also dini-)

   • dinilgai ― whitish

6. relinquishment, relief

   • yą́ą́ʼdíłgééd ― to uncover it by digging
   • bidizóóh ― to subtract it

7. sanctity

   • diyin ― holy

8. Unclassified, often entering in the formation of other prefix compounds

   • kʼiidilé ― to plant it
   • yidiséí ― to crumble it
   • hadii- ― from end to end
   • díní- (prolongative)
   • tádi- (diversative)
   • bibadi- ― to exhaustion

Four modal-aspectual uses are also distinguished:

1. Forms a number of inceptive verbs, with a (∅/si) paradigm.

   • dighááh ― to start to go

2. Forms a number of inchoative verbs, with prepounded dah and a transitional (yii/yii) paradigm.

   • dah diighááh ― to start off, to set out, to leave

3. Forms the future mode of all active verbs along with the progressive yi-.

   • doogááł ― he will go
   • didoogááł ― he will start to go
   • dah didoogááł ― he will start off

4. Forms a number of neuter adjectivals.

   • dijool ― spherical, chubby

► Navajo verbs with prefix di-

Probably cognate with a prefix of similar shape occurring in other Athabascan languages a reflexive possessive pronoun.

Probably cognate with classifier -d- marking passive and reflexive verbs.

di- (position IV)

1. Personal prefix used in combination with the prefix of position I à-, marking the reflexive verbs. It always triggers a classifier shift (∅ → d, ł → l).

   yishchʼid ― I'm scratching it

   nishchʼid ― I'm scratching you

   ádíshchʼid ― I'm scratching myself

   ánáádíshchʼid ― I'm scratching myself again

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

di-

1. Class 8 noun prefix.

• dy-

From Latin di-.

• IPA^(key): /di/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: di

di-

1. di-

   Synonyms: bi-, dwu-

   ‎di- + ‎chromatyczny → ‎dichromatyczny

• di- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).

di-

1. di- (two, twice or double)

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

di-

1. Class 8 noun prefix.

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).

di-

1. di-

   Synonyms: bi-, duo-

From Latin dis or Latin di.

di-

1. dis-

• “di-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Proto-Philippine *di.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiʔ/, [ˈdiʔ]

dî- (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

1. non-; un-; de-

• 'di
• hindi

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

di-

1. Class 8 noun prefix.

Proto-Celtic *dī- (“from, of”), from Proto-Indo-European *de. Cognate with Cornish di-.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiː/, /dɪ/

di-

1. intensifying prefix

   ‎di- + ‎goddef → ‎dioddef

   ‎di- + ‎golwch → ‎diolch

2. without, -less, de-, a-, negative prefix

   Synonyms: af-, an-, dis-

   ‎di- + ‎enw (“name”) → ‎dienw (“anonymous”)

   ‎di- + ‎paid (“pause, respite”) → ‎di-baid (“ceaseless, incessant”)

   ‎di- + ‎swydd (“job, office”) + ‎-o → ‎diswyddo (“dismiss, discharge, sack, make redundant”)

The negative prefix di- indicates a lack of something and is most often attached to a noun in a similar manner to English -less, e.g. dienw (“anonymous, nameless”), di-waith (“unemployed (“workless”)”), diobaith (“hopeless”). In contrast, af- and an- simply denote the negative form of the following root rather than the lack of it.

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

• IPA^(key): /d̪i/

di-

1. third-person plural possessive prefix, their

   di oma ― their children

2. (polite) third-person singular possessive prefix, his, her

   mene de ti deto di musala ― this is my grandmother's mat

di-

1. (inanimate) alternative form of da- (“its”) when preceded by a root-initial i

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics