"Dia" meaning in Irish

See Dia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /dʲiə/
Etymology: From Old Irish Día, from Proto-Celtic *deiwos. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|Día}} Old Irish Día, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*deiwos}} Proto-Celtic *deiwos Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|Dé|||||||altform=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} Dia m (genitive Dé), {{ga-proper noun|m|Dé}} Dia m (genitive Dé) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dia [indefinite, nominative, singular], a Dhia [indefinite, singular, vocative], [genitive, indefinite, singular], Dia [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Dia [definite, nominative, singular], an Dé [definite, genitive, singular], leis an Dia [dative, definite, singular], don Dia [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dia [error-unrecognized-form], Dhia [error-unrecognized-form], nDia [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. God Tags: masculine Related terms: dia (english: a god)
    Sense id: en-Dia-ga-name-nFRNlrDI Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Christianity, God, Judaism Derived forms: ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam, bail ó Dhia ort (english: God bless you), bóín Dé (english: ladybird), bolgach Dé (english: smallpox), Dia an Mac (english: God the Son), Dia an Spiorad Naomh (english: God the Holy Ghost), Dia an tAthair (english: God the Father), Dia dhuit (english: hello), Dia duit (english: hello), Dia linn (english: bless you (response to a sneeze)), diamhasla (english: blasphemy), diamhaslaigh (english: to blaspheme), dias (english: deism), go mbeannaí Dia duit (english: God bless you), go ngnóthaí Dia duit (english: goodbye)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam"
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        {
          "english": "God bless you",
          "translation": "God bless you",
          "word": "bail ó Dhia ort"
        },
        {
          "english": "ladybird",
          "translation": "ladybird",
          "word": "bóín Dé"
        },
        {
          "english": "smallpox",
          "translation": "smallpox",
          "word": "bolgach Dé"
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        {
          "english": "God the Son",
          "translation": "God the Son",
          "word": "Dia an Mac"
        },
        {
          "english": "God the Holy Ghost",
          "translation": "God the Holy Ghost",
          "word": "Dia an Spiorad Naomh"
        },
        {
          "english": "God the Father",
          "translation": "God the Father",
          "word": "Dia an tAthair"
        },
        {
          "english": "hello",
          "translation": "hello",
          "word": "Dia dhuit"
        },
        {
          "english": "hello",
          "translation": "hello",
          "word": "Dia duit"
        },
        {
          "english": "bless you (response to a sneeze)",
          "translation": "bless you (response to a sneeze)",
          "word": "Dia linn"
        },
        {
          "english": "blasphemy",
          "translation": "blasphemy",
          "word": "diamhasla"
        },
        {
          "english": "to blaspheme",
          "translation": "to blaspheme",
          "word": "diamhaslaigh"
        },
        {
          "english": "deism",
          "translation": "deism",
          "word": "dias"
        },
        {
          "english": "God bless you",
          "translation": "God bless you",
          "word": "go mbeannaí Dia duit"
        },
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          "english": "goodbye",
          "translation": "goodbye",
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          "english": "May God help them.",
          "text": "Go gcuidí Dia leo.",
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      "word": "ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam"
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    {
      "english": "God bless you",
      "translation": "God bless you",
      "word": "bail ó Dhia ort"
    },
    {
      "english": "ladybird",
      "translation": "ladybird",
      "word": "bóín Dé"
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    {
      "english": "smallpox",
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      "word": "Dia an Mac"
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    {
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      "translation": "God the Holy Ghost",
      "word": "Dia an Spiorad Naomh"
    },
    {
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      "translation": "God the Father",
      "word": "Dia an tAthair"
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    {
      "english": "hello",
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      "word": "Dia dhuit"
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      "english": "hello",
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      "word": "Dia duit"
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      "translation": "bless you (response to a sneeze)",
      "word": "Dia linn"
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      "english": "blasphemy",
      "translation": "blasphemy",
      "word": "diamhasla"
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      "english": "to blaspheme",
      "translation": "to blaspheme",
      "word": "diamhaslaigh"
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      "english": "deism",
      "translation": "deism",
      "word": "dias"
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      "english": "God bless you",
      "translation": "God bless you",
      "word": "go mbeannaí Dia duit"
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Download raw JSONL data for Dia meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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