dhi
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðiː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *aidzijā, cognate to Ancient Greek αἴξ (aíx) and Old Armenian այծ (ayc, “goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”).[1] The word may also be an ancient adjective like Ancient Greek αἴγειος (aígeios).[2]
Noun
dhi f (plural dhi, definite dhia, definite plural dhitë)
- goat, she-goat, nanny goat
- Coordinate term: cjap (“he-goat”)
References
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 160
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
Further reading
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “capra — ξia”
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɪ/[1]
- (Aran also) IPA(key): /jiː/
- (Cois Fharraige also) IPA(key): /ɣiː/, /iː/
Pronoun
dhi (emphatic dhise)
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 83
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝi/, /ʝiː/
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