дий

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *di. Functionally resembles an imperative 2p. form of unattested *diti. Compare synonymous Polish wio from Polish wiać (to run, to flee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dij]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ij

Interjection

дий • (dij)

  1. giddy up, go (call to spur a harness animal (typically a horse or a donkey))

Alternative forms

  • ди (di)as a call

Derived terms

  • ди́кам (díkam, to make an urge call, to spur up)

References

  • дий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ди, дий”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 380

Ket

Etymology

derived from Proto-Yeniseian *dʲ-abij ~ *dij (load, lay down, infinitive verb),[1][2] which is itself composed of the following parts: Proto-Yeniseian *dʲ ( thematic consonant) + Proto-Yeniseian *kʷ (thematic consonant) + Proto-Yeniseian *-ij (infinitive verb suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹dij/, [diˑʝ˧]

Verb

дий (dīj) (action nominal)

  1. putting, the act of putting; putting down, the act of putting down

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=673&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 236

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 188-189, 192-193
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 147