dir
Translingual
Symbol
dirCategory:Translingual lemmas#DIRCategory:Translingual symbols#DIRCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#DIRCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
See also
English
Alternative forms
Noun
dir (plural dirs)Category:English lemmas#DIRCategory:English nouns#DIRCategory:English countable nouns#DIRCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Adjective
dir (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#DIRCategory:English adjectives#DIRCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#DIRCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Adverb
dirCategory:English lemmas#DIRCategory:English adverbs#DIRCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#DIR dicere.
Verb
dirCategory:Aragonese lemmas#DIRCategory:Aragonese verbs#DIRCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- to say
Asturian
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#DIR īre. The forms beginning with /b/ derive from corresponding conjugations of LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#DIR vādere; those beginning with /f/ derive from forms of LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#DIR esse.
Verb
dirCategory:Asturian lemmas#DIRCategory:Asturian verbs#DIRCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- to go
Conjugation
Bavarian
Pronoun
dirCategory:Bavarian lemmas#DIRCategory:Bavarian pronouns#DIRCategory:Bavarian personal pronouns#DIRCategory:Bavarian terms with redundant script codes#DIRCategory:Bavarian entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- alternative spelling of dia (“you”, dative)
Breton
Pronunciation
Noun
dir mCategory:Breton lemmas#DIRCategory:Breton nouns#DIRCategory:Breton entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Breton masculine nouns#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#DIR dīcere, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Italic#DIRCategory:Catalan terms derived from Proto-Italic#DIR *deikō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#DIRCategory:Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DIR *déyḱeti (“to show, point out”). Compare Occitan dire or díser, French dire, and Spanish decir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdi]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#DIR
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈdiɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#DIR
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#DIRAudio (Catalonia): (file)
Verb
dir (first-person singular present dic, first-person singular preterite diguí, past participle dit)Category:Catalan lemmas#DIRCategory:Catalan verbs#DIRCategory:Catalan mixed conjugation verbs#DIRCategory:Catalan verbs with velar infix#DIRCategory:Catalan irregular verbs#DIRCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#DIR, intransitiveCategory:Catalan intransitive verbs#DIR) to say, to pronounce
- (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#DIR) to say, to tell
- Va dir una mentida.
- She told a lie.
- Li dèiem que cuinés el sopar.
- We told him to cook dinner.
- (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#DIR) to call, to refer to as
- (reflexiveCategory:Catalan reflexive verbs#DIR) to be named, to be called
- Com et dius? ― What's your name?Category:Catalan terms with usage examples#DIR
Conjugation
| infinitive | dir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | dient | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | dit | dita | |||||
| plural | dits | dites | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | dic | dius | diu | diem | dieu | diuen | |
| imperfect | deia | deies | deia | dèiem | dèieu | deien | |
| future | diré | diràs | dirà | direm | direu | diran | |
| preterite | diguí | digueres | digué | diguérem | diguéreu | digueren | |
| conditional | diria | diries | diria | diríem | diríeu | dirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | digui | diguis | digui | diguem | digueu | diguin | |
| imperfect | digués | diguessis | digués | diguéssim | diguéssiu | diguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | digues | digui | diguem | digueu | diguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no diguis | no digui | no diguem | no digueu | no diguin | |
Balearic has deis and Valencian has dis as the second-person plural present indicative form. This is similar to French dire having dites as the standard form instead of the expected disez, and contemporary Italian dire having dite as the standard form in place of the expected dicete.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “dir”, 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
- “dir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “dir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#DIRCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#DIR dir, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#DIRCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#DIR dir, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#DIRCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#DIR *þiʀ, from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DIRCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DIR *þiz.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /diːɐ̯/Category:German 1-syllable words#DIRCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#DIR
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#DIRAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -iːɐ̯Category:Rhymes:German/iːɐ̯#DIRCategory:Rhymes:German/iːɐ̯/1 syllable#DIR
- (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA(key): /dɐ/, /də/Category:German 1-syllable words#DIRCategory:German 1-syllable words#DIRCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#DIR
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#DIRAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Pronoun
dirCategory:German non-lemma forms#DIRCategory:German pronoun forms#DIRCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- (personal) dative of du; you, to you.
- (reflexive pronounCategory:German reflexive pronouns#DIR) dative of du; yourself, to yourself.
Further reading
- “dir” in Duden online
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Haitian Creole terms inherited from French#DIRCategory:Haitian Creole terms derived from French#DIR dire (“to say”).
Verb
dirCategory:Haitian Creole lemmas#DIRCategory:Haitian Creole verbs#DIRCategory:Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- (Saint-DomingueCategory:Saint Dominican Creole French#DIR) to say, to tell
- Mo prié vou tant seulement vou pas dir personne à rien. ― I just ask that you don't tell anyone a thing.Category:Haitian Creole terms with usage examples#DIR
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: di
References
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
dir (apocopated)Category:Italian non-lemma forms#DIRCategory:Italian verb forms#DIRCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
- der (unstressed)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old High GermanCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German#DIR dir.
Pronoun
dirCategory:Luxembourgish lemmas#DIRCategory:Luxembourgish pronouns#DIRCategory:Luxembourgish personal pronouns#DIRCategory:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- second-person singular, dative: you; thee
- Ech hunn dir e Bréif geschéckt.
- I have sent you a letter.
Etymology 2
From Old High GermanCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German#DIR ir. The d- is through unetymological segmentation of the ending -t of a preceding verb (*stitt ir → *stiddir → stitt dir). This development was assisted by a parallelism with the 1st person, in which the dative singular mir is also the nominative plural (this latter development occurred for a similar reason, but was earlier and is widespread throughout High German).
Pronoun
dirCategory:Luxembourgish lemmas#DIRCategory:Luxembourgish pronouns#DIRCategory:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Derived terms
- Dir (singular and plural polite form)
Declension
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||||||
| singular | 1st person | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | |||
| 2nd person | informal | du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | |||
| formal | Dir | Der | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | ||||
| 3rd person | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |||
| f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||||
| n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||||
| plural | 1st person | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | |||
| 2nd person | dir | der | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | ||||
| 3rd person | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech | ||||
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a contraction of LatinCategory:Old Occitan terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Old Occitan terms derived from Latin#DIR dīcō, dīcere.
Verb
dirCategory:Old Occitan lemmas#DIRCategory:Old Occitan verbs#DIRCategory:Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- to say
Descendants
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High GermanCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German#DIRCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German#DIR dir, from Old High GermanCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German#DIRCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German#DIR dir, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#DIRCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#DIR *þiʀ, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DIRCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DIR *þiz. Compare German dir.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dirCategory:Pennsylvania German non-lemma forms#DIRCategory:Pennsylvania German pronoun forms#DIRCategory:Pennsylvania German personal pronouns#DIRCategory:Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Declension
| Number | singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person/ Gender |
1st | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| familiar | polite/formal | m | f | n | |||||
| nominative | ich | du de1 |
dihr der1 Sie |
er | sie se1 |
es | mir mer1 |
dihr der1 |
sie |
| dative | mir mer1 |
dir der1 |
eich Ihne Ne1 |
ihm em1 |
ihre re1 |
ihm em1 |
uns | eich | ihne ne1 |
| accusative | mich | dich | eich Sie |
ihn en1 |
sie se1 |
es | sie | ||
1 unstressed
Romansh
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Romansh terms derived from Latin#DIR dūrus.
Adjective
dirCategory:Romansh lemmas#DIRCategory:Romansh adjectives#DIRCategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR m (feminine singular dira, masculine plural dirs, feminine plural diras)
- (SursilvanCategory:Sursilvan Romansh#DIR, SutsilvanCategory:Sutsilvan Romansh#DIR, Rumantsch GrischunCategory:Rumantsch Grischun#DIR) hard
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From a contraction of LatinCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Romansh terms derived from Latin#DIR dīcō, dīcere, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Proto-Italic#DIRCategory:Romansh terms derived from Proto-Italic#DIR *deikō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#DIRCategory:Romansh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DIR *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”). The origin of some forms starting with sch- likely result from regular elisions of unstressed syllables: dīcēbam → *dcéβa → scheva.
Verb
dirCategory:Romansh lemmas#DIRCategory:Romansh verbs#DIRCategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- to say
Conjugation
| infinitive | dir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | schend | |||||
| past participle | ditg | |||||
| singular | plural | |||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | di | dis | di | schain | schais | din |
| imperfect | scheva | schevas | scheva | schevan | schevas | schevan |
| future | vegnel a dir | vegns a dir | vegn a dir | vegnin a dir | vegnis a dir | vegnan a dir |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | schess | schesses | schess | schessen | schesses | schessen |
| future | vegness a dir | vegnesses a dir | vegness a dir | vegnessen a dir | vegnesses a dir | vegnessen a dir |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | dia | dias | dia | dian | dias | dian |
| future | vegni a dir | vegnies a dir | vegni a dir | vegnîen a dir | vegnîes a dir | vegnien a dir |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| di | schai | |||||
| infinitive | dir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | dend | |||||
| past participle | detg | |||||
| singular | plural | |||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | ditgel | dias | di | schein | scheis | dian |
| imperfect | devel | devas | deva | devan | devas | devan |
| future | vegnel a dir | vegns a dir | vegn a dir | vegnin a dir | vegnis a dir | vegnan a dir |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| direct present | schess | schesses | schess | schessen | schesses | schessen |
| indirect present | schessi | schessies | schessi | schessien | schessies | schessien |
| direct future | vegness a dir | vegnesses a dir | vegness a dir | vegnessen a dir | vegnesses a dir | vegnessen a dir |
| indirect future | vegnessi a dir | vegnessies a dir | vegnessi a dir | vegnessien a dir | vegnessies a dir | vegnessien a dir |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | ditgi | ditgies | ditgi | scheien | scheies | ditgien |
| past | devi | devies | devi | devien | devies | devien |
| future | vegni a dir | vegnies a dir | vegni a dir | vegnîen a dir | vegnîes a dir | vegnien a dir |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| di | schei | |||||
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Noun
dir mCategory:Romansh lemmas#DIRCategory:Romansh nouns#DIRCategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Romansh masculine nouns#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR (plural dirs)
- (anatomyCategory:rm:Anatomy#DIR, Rumantsch GrischunCategory:Rumantsch Grischun#DIR, SursilvanCategory:Sursilvan Romansh#DIR, SutsilvanCategory:Sutsilvan Romansh#DIR) liver
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Somali
Verb
dirCategory:Somali lemmas#DIRCategory:Somali verbs#DIRCategory:Somali entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
Tolai
Pronoun
dirCategory:Tolai lemmas#DIRCategory:Tolai pronouns#DIRCategory:Tolai entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- Third-person dual pronoun: they two, them two
Declension
Venetan
Etymology
From a contraction of LatinCategory:Venetan terms inherited from Latin#DIRCategory:Venetan terms derived from Latin#DIR dīcere (compare Italian dire), present active infinitive of dīcō.
Verb
dirCategory:Venetan lemmas#DIRCategory:Venetan verbs#DIRCategory:Venetan entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- (transitiveCategory:Venetan transitive verbs#DIR) to say, tell
- (transitiveCategory:Venetan transitive verbs#DIR) to affirm
Conjugation
Category:Requests for attention concerning Venetan#DIR * Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
| infinitive | dir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | déndo | |||
| past participle | dito, dixésto | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | do | (te) di, (te) dixi | (el/ła) de | démo | dì | (i/łe) de |
| imperfect | déa | (te) divi, (te) dixivi | (el/ła) déa | dévimo | divi | (i/łe) déa |
| future | darò | (te) darè | (el/ła) darà | darémo | darè | (i/łe) darà |
| conditional | darìa | (te) darisi | (el/ła) darìa | darìsimo | darisi | (i/łe) darìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | da | (te) di | (el/ła) da | démo | dì | (i/łe) da |
| imperfect | dése | (te) disi | (el/ła) dése | désimo | disi | (i/łe) dése |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) di | (el/ła) da | démo | dì | (i/łe) da | |
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːr/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#DIR
- Homophone: durCategory:Welsh terms with homophones#DIR (South Wales)
Etymology 1
Adjective
dir (feminine singular dir, plural dir, equative dired, comparative dirach, superlative diraf)Category:Welsh lemmas#DIRCategory:Welsh adjectives#DIRCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIRCategory:Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines#DIRCategory:Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines#DIRCategory:Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines#DIR
- (obsoleteCategory:Welsh terms with obsolete senses#DIR) sure, certain, true
- Synonyms: sicr, gwir, gwirioneddol
- (obsoleteCategory:Welsh terms with obsolete senses#DIR) inevitable, inexorable
Derived terms
- dirio (“to compel”)
Mutation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dirCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#DIRCategory:Welsh mutated nouns#DIRCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#DIRCategory:Pages with entries#DIRCategory:Pages with 18 entries#DIR
- soft mutation of tir (“land”)Category:Welsh soft-mutation forms#TIR
Mutation
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “dir”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “dir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies