• (roman numeral):DI,CCCCCI,ccccci

di

1. A Roman numeral representingfive hundredone (501).

• Previous:d (five hundred,500)
• Next:dii (five hundredtwo,502)

Imitative.

IPA^(key):/di/

di

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   The chorus goes like this: "didididi dum, dadi da".

• Id,I'd,id.,I-D,id,I.D.,-id,ID

di

1. Obsolete spelling ofdie.

di

1. Obsolete spelling ofdie.

• IPA^(key):[ⁿdi]

di

1. wet

• Leenhardt, M. (1935)Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R., &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946)Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R., &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

• IPA^(key):/di/

FromProto-Albanian*dīja, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰeyh₂- (compareSanskritध्याति(dhyāti,“to observe, feel”)).^[1]

di (aoristdita,participleditur)

1. toknow

   Nuk edi.

   I don't know.

   Do të dojatë dija më shumë rreth teje.

   I'd liketo know more about you.

• ndiej
• dituri
• dije
• dijës
• dijetar

• njoh
• dihet

The 3rd person singulardin. FromProto-Albanian*dine, denominative ofProto-Indo-European*dey-no-(“day”). Seedin for more.

• dihet(medio-passive)

di (aoristdiu,participledirë)

1. (Tosk) todawn (daylight)

• gdhin

• gdhi,gdhij,gdhin

FromLatindē. CompareRomaniande.

di

1. of
2. from

• IPA^(key):[dí]

di

1. togive

• 2007.The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Cognate withGermandich.

di

1. you(accusative, singular)

di

1. the

di

1. continuous tense marker;-ing

• It tends to immediately precede the verb that it modifies.

• mi-di

di

1. also

• Antoinette Schapper,The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 160

• IPA^(key):[dì]

dì

1. town,settlement
2. land

• 2007.The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• IPA^(key):/di/

di

1. (auxiliary)imperfective orprogressiveaspectmarker

di

1. first-personsingularpreteriteindicative ofdar

di

1. not

• dei,dein(Moselle Franconian)

FromMiddle High Germandīn.

• IPA^(key):/diː/,/di/
• Homophone:die

di (masculinedengeordinge,feminine and pluraldengording)

1. (Ripuarian)your,thy(second-person singular possessive)

   Wo häs de danndi Jlas henjestallt?

   Where did you putyour glass?

• The formdeng/ding is used for the neuter when strongly stressed:Dat esding Jlas!(“That'syour glass!”) Contrariwise, the formdi may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives:di Papp (“your father”, but less common thandenge Papp).

• de(Sette Comuni)

di

1. (Luserna)the;definite article for four declensions:
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. accusative singular feminine
   3. nominative plural
   4. accusative plural

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013)Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

di

1. water

• F. Jacquesson (2008)A Dimasa Grammar‎^[2], page46
• P. R. T. Gurdon (1903)The Morāns (in Dimasa)

di

1. water

• James Richardson Logan,Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1970)

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

di

1. tosearch

di

1. water
2. river

Duane A. Clouse,Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya (1997), page 172

FromLatindē.

di

1. of
2. from
3. by

di

1. inflection ofdicir:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection ofdizer:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

FromPortuguesede. Cognate withKabuverdianudi.

di

1. of
2. at
3. from

FromSaint Dominican Creole Frenchdir, fromFrenchdire.

• IPA^(key):/di/

di

1. tosay
2. totell

• vle di

Borrowed fromItaliandi.

di

1. of(indicating possession)

   La domodi mea matro

   The houseof my mother

• de(“from, of”)(where an amount is indicated)
• da(“by”)

Inherited fromMalaydi, fromProto-Malayic*di, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*i, fromProto-Austronesian*i.Doublet of-i.

• IPA^(key):/di/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-i
• Hyphenation:di

di

1. on
   1. positioned at theupper surface of,touching fromabove

      Gelasnyadi meja.

      The glass ison the table

   2. positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to

      Ada luka besardi punggungnya.

      There is a big woundon his back.

   3. at or in (a certain region or location)
   4. near; adjacent to; alongside; just off
   5. (with certain modes of transport, especially public transport) inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling

      Kami makan cukup banyak saatdi kereta.

      We ate quite a lot whileon the train

   6. at thedate of
2. in
   1. contained by

      Ada sedikit sisa airdi botolku.

      There is a little water leftin my bottle.

   2. within the bounds or limits of

      Ada banyak pohondi taman itu.

      There are many treesin the park.

   3. surrounded by;among;amidst

      Kita adadi kemah musuh.

      We arein the enemy's camp.

   5. during (a period of time)

      Ulang tahunkudi bulan Januari.

      My birthday isin January.

3. at
   1. (indicating time)indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.
   2. holding a givenspeed orrate
   3. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) on thesubject of;regarding
4. (dialect)to(in thedirection of, so as toarrive at)
5. (dialect, especially in Central Sumatra)about;of(used as a function word to indicate what is dealt with as the object of thought, feeling, or action)
6. (dialect, especially in Central Sumatra)from

• “di” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• dhi

FromOld Irishdí.

• IPA^(key):/dʲɪ/^[1]
• (Aran also)IPA^(key):/dʲiː/
• (Cois Fharraige also)IPA^(key):/d̪ˠiː/

di (emphaticdise)

1. third-personsingularfeminine ofde:from/ofher,from/ofitf
2. third-personsingularfeminine ofdo:to/forher,to/foritf

FromLatindē.^[1] Cognate with Englishto.

• IPA^(key):/di/
• Rhymes:-i
• Hyphenation:di

di

1. used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner;of;’s

   L’iradi Apollo ―Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)

   la codadel cane ―the dog’s tail

   Cantodello sciatore ―Song of the skier

   Dichiarazione Universaledei Dirittidell’Uomo

   Universal declaration of the Rights of the Man

   Simbolodegli Apostoli ―Signsof the Apostles

   Manifestodella cucina futurista ―Manifestoof the futurist kitchen

   Dei delitti edelle pene

   Of crimes and punishments

   (literally, “Of the crimes and of the punishments”)

2. from

   Lei èdi Monreale in Sicilia, ma adesso vive a Roma

   She'sfrom Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome

3. by,of,’s

   La mia canzone preferitadegli U2? 'One' !

   My favorite songby U2? 'One'!

   La Divina Commediadi Dante Alighieri

   The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri

4. than

   Jack è più altodi sua moglie, Joan.

   Jack is tallerthan his wife, Joan.

   Biden ha detto che l'economia USA è in condizioni peggioridi quanto pensasse

   Biden says US economy is in worse shapethan he thought.

5. used in superlative forms;in,of

   Pont Neuf è il più antico pontedi Parigi

   Pont Neuf is the oldest bridgein Paris.

6. about,on,concerning

   Euclide scrisse diversi libridi matematica.

   Euclid wrote many bookson mathematics.

   Parliamodi sentimenti. ―Let's talkabout feelings.

7. expresses composition;of,made of,in or more often omitted

   Sei Nazioni: la Scozia gioca con l'Italia in un incontro decisivo per il cucchiaiodi legno.

   Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.

   Ho comprato una collanad'oro bianco.

   I bought a white gold necklace.

8. (followed by an infinitive)to or omitted

   Lei ha dettodi non preoccuparsi.

   She said notto worry.

   Che devo fare se pensodi avere un virus nel mio computer?

   What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?

9. used with the definite article inpartitive constructions;some

   Vuoidell'acqua? ―Would you likesome water?

10. used in some expressions in apartitive-like function, often without article

    pensodi sì ―I think so

    nientedi meglio ―nothing better

    Che c’èdi nuovo? ―What's new?

• When followed by the definite article,di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:

di + article	Combined form
di +il	del
di +lo	dello
di +l'	dell'
di +i	dei
di +gli	degli
di +la	della
di +le	delle

• Thei can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to formd'.

• da

FromLatindē(the name of the letterD).

• IPA^(key):^**/ˈdi/^*
• Rhymes:-i
• Hyphenation:dì

di f (invariable)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterD/d.;dee

• (Latin-script letter names)lettera;a,bi,ci,di,e,effe,gi,acca,i,gei /i lunga,cappa,elle,emme,enne,o,pi,cu,erre,esse,ti,u,vu /vi,doppia vu,ics,ipsilon /i greca,zeta

• de

Derived fromEnglishthe.

• IPA^(key):/ˈdi/

di

1. the

   Is a riddim mi love from birth.Di harmonies,di lyrics; everything perfect. ―It's a rhythm I've always loved. The harmony, the lyrics ... everything's perfect.

• di at majstro.com

di

1. Thekatakana syllableディ(di) inHepburn-like romanization.

di

1. in

   Synonym:deg

   di yexxam-inu

   in my house

   Izeddeɣdi Lezzayer.

   He livesin Algeria.

2. during

FromEnglishthe.^[1]

dì

1. the

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

di

1. water

de +‎i

di

1. ofthe (masculine plural)

dī m pl

1. nominative/vocativeplural ofdeus
   • 63BCE,Cicero,Catiline Orations‎^[3]:

     Odi immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.

     O ye immortalgods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city are we living?

• "di", inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "di", inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

• IPA^(key):/di/

di

1. Contraction ofdei.;ofthe(masculine plural)

• IPA^(key):/di/
• Rhymes:-i

Inherited fromFrenchdire(“to say, to tell”).

di (invariable)

1. tosay, totell

Inherited fromFrenchdix(“ten”).

di

1. ten

• Precedes consonant-initial words. See usage notes atdis.

• d'(optionally, before certain words starting with a vowel)

FromPortuguesede, fromOld Galician-Portuguesede(“of”), fromLatindē(“of”).

di

1. of(indicates the semantic relation between two elements: such as possession, origin, place)

   guíndedi águ ―jugof water

   Uidi bôm! ―Very good!

   Êle pôssadi grándi! ―He is very big!

   Êle bemdi capaz! ―He is really clever!

• Note that the usage ofdi is more flexible compared toPortuguesede, and may be followed not necessarily by nouns.

• di-frónt(“in front, ahead”)
• ui-di(“very”)

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

• IPA^(key):/di/ [di]
• Rhymes:-i

First attested in theKedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*di,*i, fromProto-Austronesian*di,*i.

di (Jawi spelling before consonant-initial wordsد,Jawi spelling before vowel-initial wordsدأ)

1. in

   di Kuala Lumpur ―in Kuala Lumpur

2. at

   di sungai ―at the river

3. on

   di jalan ―on the road

• dekat(informal)

FromEnglishdee.

di (pluraldi-di)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterD/d.

• dè(Indonesian)
• dal(Jawi letter name)

• (Latin-script letter names)huruf;e,bi,si,di,i,ef,ji,hec,ai,je,ke,el,em,en,o,pi,kiu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dabel yu,eks,way,zed

• “di” inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

di (di⁵ /di⁰,Zhuyin˙ㄉㄧ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of得

di

1. Nonstandard spelling ofdī.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofdí.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofdǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling ofdì.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

di

1. not

FromOld Dutchthī, fromProto-Germanic*þiz.

• IPA^(key):/diː/,/di/

di

1. accusative/dative ofdu

• “di”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000

di

1. Alternative form ofdee

FromOld Saxonthī, fromProto-Germanic*þiz.

• IPA^(key):/diː/

dî

1. (second person singular dative)you,thee
2. (second person singular accusative)you,thee

di

1. water

• P. R. T. Gurdon (1903)The Morāns (in Moran)

FromEnglishthe.

di

1. the

FromOld Frisianthī, fromProto-Germanic*þiz.

di(Föhr-Amrum,Sylt)

1. Object case ofdü:you,thee;yourself,thyself

• de(Mooring)

FromOld Frisianthī, derived from forms ofProto-Germanic*sa, fromProto-Indo-European*só.

di

1. (Mooring,Sylt)the(masculine singular, full form)

   Coordinate term:(reduced form, Mooring)e

2. (Sylt)the(feminine singular)
3. (Sylt)the(plural)

• (masculine):de(Föhr-Amrum)
• (feminine):det(Föhr-Amrum),jü(Mooring)
• (plural):dön(Föhr-Amrum),da(Mooring)

Akin toCentral Kurdishدە(de),Zazakide,Persianدر. For the second sense compareZazaki-en (used for the present tense but after the stem) which is a cognate ofNorthern Kurdishli andEnglishin, probably initially used for present continuous much likePersianمی.

di

1. in
2. Used to mark present tense put before the stem of the verb.

   -bêj- >di bêjim - I say (=I am in saying)

   -k- >di ke - does (=is in doing)

   -ê-, -hê- >t'ê, di hê - comes (=is in coming)

• In a lot of positions,bi anddi may not be read unlikeji andli. When the noun comes after the verb with these prepositions, it becomes an-e instead (eg.xiste navê, "put inside"; not*xist di navê). Coming after nouns, they become-î (eg.mayî min kir, "interfered with me"; mostly not*may di min kir).
• Unlikeji andli, which lose theschwa before any vowel;bi anddi lose it only before long vowels (ie.a,ê,î).di becomest' in those positions.
• In the second sense mostly separated from the prepositional use in modern Kurdish script but it is essentially no different from it. Seems to be originally written separately sinceEhmedê Xanî.

• di ... de
• di ... re
• di ... ve

FromOld Norseþín.

di

1. femininesingular ofdin

di

1. imperative ofdie

• “di” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromOld Norseþví,þí, the neuter singular dative of the determinersá, fromProto-Germanic*sa. Akin to theEnglish comparative correlativethe, derived fromOld Englishþȳ. Other cognates includeNorwegian Bokmålti. Other determiners and pronouns also derive from there, such asden,det,dei, anddess.

• IPA^(key):/diː/

di

1. Used as a comparative correlative.

   Synonym:dess

   1. the;With multiplecomparatives (ormeir(“more”) with verb phrases), establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

      Synonym:jo

      Di sterkare,di betre

      The strongerthe better

   2. With a single adverbialmeir(“more”) orcomparative, establishes an often inverse correlation with a preceding comparative or stated degree.

      Han sa lite, men tenktedi meir

      He said little, but thought more (than he didn't speak)

2. (literary,poetic)because

di

1. (literary)because
2. Used especially in more common compound adverbs and conjunctions.

• av di
• difor
• etter di
• fordi,for di
• med di

FromOld Norseþín, feminine singular nominative ofþinn(“your, yours”). See main entry for more.

• IPA^(key):/diː/

di

1. femininesingular ofdin(“your”)

di

1. femininesingular ofdin(“yours”)

Pronunciation spelling and/oreye dialect of various pronouns and determiners. See the etymology of the respective main entries.

di

1. Eye dialect spelling ofde.
2. Eye dialect spelling ofdei.

di

1. Eye dialect spelling ofdei.

• “di” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ID,id

Inherited fromClassical Latindiēs.

dioblique singular, m (oblique pluraldis,nominative singulardis,nominative pluraldi)

1. day (period of 24 hours)

• Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIX^e auXV^e siècle (1881) (di)

dī m

1. Alternative form ofdei

• de

FromProto-Celtic*dī, fromProto-Indo-European*de; cognate withLatindē.

• IPA^(key):/dʲi/

di (with dative)

1. of,from

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:di.

Combinations with a definite article:

• din(d),dint;den,don,dun sg
• dinaib,donaib pl

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

• dim(“from my”)
• dit(“from yoursg”)
• dia,dua(“from his/her/its/their”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

• dia(“from which; when, if”)

• dí-(prefix)

• Irish:de
• Manx:jeh
• Scottish Gaelic:de

di

1. Alternative spelling ofdí:to/fromher

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 de, di”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940)D. A. Binchy andOsborn Bergin, transl.,A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,→ISBN,§§ 435, 831,pages 274, 504–6; reprinted2017

From earlier Prussian enclitic*-di, from dialectal Baltic*-di, probably from Proto-Indo-European enclitic*-di („he”, „she”).^[1] Cognate withAvestandim („him, her”).^[2]

di n (third-person only,pluraldīsordī,accusative singulardin,accusative pluraldins)

1. (anaphoric)he,she,it,self;
   • (Can wedate this quote?),III katekizmas, page93, line14:

     kai Sara Abraham po
     klūſmai bhe / bebillēdin Rikijs

     As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naminghim lord.

   • (Can wedate this quote?),III katekizmas, page89, line 8:

     turri
     tidins ſte mijls ſtēiſon dīlas paggan

     And have a high opinion ofthem in love because of their work.

2. (indefinite, indeclinable, also speltdei) (it)self,one(indefinite pronoun denoting unspecified subject)^[1][3][4]

• Appeared either as a suffix or standalone, the latter being usually stressed.
• Besides the enclitic function, it also served as an impersonal pronoun, similarly to Germanman.
• The suffix form merged with prepositions, creating new ones with function analogical to Englishthereby (there +by),herein (here +in), etc. Such forms still underwent declension.

Mažiulis named some of the attested forms of the declinable variant.^[2]

FromProto-Brythonic*di, fromProto-Celtic*dū(“to”).

• IPA^(key):/ði/

di (triggers soft mutation)

1. to
2. for

• 3rd-person singular masculine:didu

• Middle Welsh:y
  • Welsh:i

FromPortuguesede andSpanishde andKabuverdianudi.

di

1. of,ofthe
2. from,fromthe

• gi(Sursilvan,Sutsilvan)
• de(Surmiran)

Inherited fromClassical Latindiēs.

di m (pluraldis)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Puter,Vallader)day

• IPA^(key):/di/

di

1. (Campidanese)Alternative form ofde

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006)Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

• d'(apocopic, used before vowel sounds)

FromLatindē, fromProto-Italic*dē, ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*de.

• IPA^(key):/di/

di

1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner;of;'s

   Lu canidi Pàuru ―Paul's dog

   Edda è un'amiggadi mamma ―She's a friendof mother's

2. Used to indicate origin;from

   Eu soggudi Sàssari ―I'mfrom Sassari

3. Used in comparisons;than

   La poltrona è più còmudadi la caddrea ―The armchair is more comfortablethan the chair

4. Used to indicateauthorship;by,of,'s

   Canne al vento è un librudi Gràzia Deledda ―Canne al vento is a bookby Grazia Deledda

5. about,on,concerning

   E eddi cosa ni pènsanidi te? ―What do they thinkabout you?

6. Used in superlative forms;in,of

   Edda è la più beddadi tutti ―She's the most beautiful (of all)

7. Expresses composition;of,made of,in or more often omitted

   Un'ampulladi veddru ―A glass bottle (literally, “A bottleof glass”)

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006)Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

• IPA^(key):/tʲi/,/tʲiː/

di

1. Alternative form ofdhi

From earliergdi.

di (Cyrillic spellingди)

1. (Chakavian,Ikavian, chieflyCroatia,colloquial)where(interrogative)

   Di si ti cili božji dan? ―Where on earth have you been the whole day?

2. (Chakavian,Ikavian, chieflyCroatia,proscribed,colloquial)whither,where,whereto

   Di si išao jučer? ―Where did you go yesterday?

di (Cyrillic spellingди)

1. (Chakavian,Ikavian, chieflyCroatia)where

• Originally of Chakavian-Ikavian origin, the word is today colloquially used throughout Croatia and other countries to a lesser extent.

• gdje(Standard)

FromLatindē.

• IPA^(key):/di/
• IPA^(key):/di/(Apocopic form)
• Rhymes:-di
• Hyphenation:di

di

1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner;of;’s

   A raggiadi Apollu ―Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)

   a cudadû cani ―the dog’s tail

   Dichiarazziuni Univirsalidî Dirittidi l’Omu

   Universal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man

   Sìmmuludi l'Apòstuli ―Signsof the Apostles

   Manifestudâ cucina futurista ―Manifestoof the futurist kitchen

   Di li dilitta edi li peni

   Of [the] crimes and [of the] punishments

2. from

   Iḍḍa èdi Murriali, 'n Sicilia, ma ora campa a Ruma

   She'sfrom Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome

3. by,of,’s

   A me canzuni prifirutadî Pink Floyd? 'Echoes' !

   My favorite songby Pink Floyd? 'Echoes'!

   A Divina Cummediadi Danti Aligheri

   The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri

4. than

   Jack è cchiù autudi so mugghieri, Joan.

   Jack is tallerthan his wife, Joan.

   Biden dissi ca l'ecunumìa USA è 'n cunnizziuna pijuridi quantu pinzassi

   Biden says US economy is in worse shapethan he thought.

5. Used in superlative forms;in,of

   Pont Neuf è u ponti cchiù anticudi Parisi

   Pont Neuf is the oldest bridgein Paris.

6. about,on,concerning

   Euclidi scrissi diversi libbradi matimàtica.

   Euclid wrote many bookson mathematics.

   Parramudi sintimenta. ―Let's talkabout feelings.

7. Expresses composition;of,made of,in or more often omitted

   Sei Nazziuna: a Scozzia joca cu l'Italia nni nu ncontru dicisivu pâ cucchiaradi lignu.

   Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.

   Acchattai na cuḍḍanad'oru jancu.

   I bought a white [madeof] gold necklace.

8. (followed by an infinitive)to or omitted

   Iḍḍa dissidi nun priuccupàrisi.

   She said notto worry.

   Ch'avissi a fari si penzud'aviri nu virus nnô me cumputer?

   What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?

9. Used in some expressions in apartitive-like function, often without article.

   Ca penzudi se ―I think so

   Nentidi megghiu ―nothing better

   Chi cc’èdi novu? ―What's new?

• When followed by a definite article,di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:

di + article	Combined form
di +u	dû
di +lu	di lu
di +a	dâ
di +la	di la
di +i	dî
di +li	di li
di +l'	di l'

• Thei can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to formd'.