Etymology

Influenced by the (disputed) pronunciation /ˈdaɪ.əs/;^{[en 1]} cf. bias.

Noun

diasCategory:English non-lemma forms#DIASCategory:English misspellings#DIASCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

1. Misspelling of daisCategory:English misspellings#DIAS.^{[en 1]}
   • 1878, John Ruskin, “Carpaccio's Princess”, in Louisa C. Tuthill, editor, Pearls for Young Ladies, New York: John Wiley, page 138:

     The princess's shield is at the head of it, and the feet are raised entirely above the floor of the room, on a dias which projects at the lower end so as to form a seat, on which the child has laid her crown.

     Category:English terms with quotations#DIAS

   • 1981 September 29, John Darnton, “POLISH DISSIDENTS DISBAND KEY GROUP”, in The New York Times‎, page A4:

     A wizened figure who moved slowly up the steps of the dias but who spoke in a booming voice, he seized on the occasion to read the dissident group's "last will and testament" and to tell the assembled delegates about a different vision of socialism.

     Category:English terms with quotations#DIAS

References

Noun

dias n (singular definite diasset, plural indefinite dias)Category:Danish lemmas#DIASCategory:Danish nouns#DIASCategory:Danish nouns with red links in their headword lines#DIASCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Danish neuter nouns#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

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

Etymology 1

From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#DIASCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#DIAS días.^[1]

Etymology 2

From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#DIASCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#DIAS dïas.^[3]

Etymology 3

From Dia +‎ -asCategory:Irish terms suffixed with -as#DIAS.

Mutation

References

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.aːs]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#DIASCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAS
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.as]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#DIASCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAS

Adjective

dīāsCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DIASCategory:Latin adjective forms#DIASCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

1. accusative feminine plural of dīus

References

• "dias", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Irish entries#DIAS

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.əs/Category:Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAS
  • (Blasse) [ˈd̠ʲi.as]
  • (Griffith) [ˈd̠ʲi.əs]

Noun

dïas fCategory:Old Irish lemmas#DIASCategory:Old Irish nouns#DIASCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Old Irish feminine nouns#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

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

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:dias.

Mutation

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 388, page 244; reprinted 2017

Noun

dias m plCategory:Old Spanish non-lemma forms#DIASCategory:Old Spanish noun forms#DIASCategory:Old Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

1. plural of dia

Etymology

Inherited from Old PolishCategory:Polish terms inherited from Old Polish#DIASCategory:Polish terms derived from Old Polish#DIAS dyjas. Compare Czech ďas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjas/Category:Polish 1-syllable words#DIASCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAS
• Rhymes: -asCategory:Rhymes:Polish/as#DIASCategory:Rhymes:Polish/as/1 syllable#DIAS
• Syllabification: dias

Noun

dias m animal (diminutive diasek)Category:Polish lemmas#DIASCategory:Polish nouns#DIASCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Polish masculine nouns#DIASCategory:Polish animal nouns#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

1. (euphemisticCategory:Polish euphemisms#DIAS, rareCategory:Polish terms with rare senses#DIAS, folkloreCategory:pl:Folklore#DIAS) devil, fiend

   Synonyms: bies, czart, diabeł, licho

Further reading

• dias in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “djabeł”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#DIAS
• Hyphenation: di‧as

Noun

diasCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#DIASCategory:Portuguese noun forms#DIASCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

1. plural of dia

Etymology

From Old IrishCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish#DIASCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish#DIAS días.

Noun

dias f (genitive singular dèise, plural dèisean)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#DIASCategory:Scottish Gaelic nouns#DIASCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIASCategory:gd-noun 2

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

   dias coirce ― ear of cornCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples#DIAS

   dias Innseanach ― corn on the cobCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples#DIAS

2. piece of barley chaff
3. handsome fellow, suitor

   an d'fhuair thu dias aig a' dannsa? ― did you pick up a handsome fellow at the dance?Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples#DIAS

Noun

dias m plCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#DIASCategory:Spanish noun forms#DIASCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

1. plural of dia

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Swedish terms with audio pronunciation#DIAS

Verb

diasCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#DIASCategory:Swedish verb forms#DIASCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

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

Noun

diasCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#DIASCategory:Swedish noun forms#DIASCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#DIASCategory:Pages with entries#DIASCategory:Pages with 11 entries#DIAS

1. indefinite genitive singular of dia