dir

See also: Dir, Dir., dir-, dír-, and dîr

dir - English

Alternative forms

Noun

dir (plural dirs)

  1. Abbreviation of direction.
  2. (computing) Abbreviation of directory.
  3. Abbreviation of director.

Adjective

dir (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of direct.

Adverb

dir

  1. Abbreviation of directly.

Anagrams

dir - Aragonese

Verb

dir

  1. to say

dir - Asturian

Verb

dir

  1. to go

Conjugation

infinitive dir
gerundive diendo
participle m diú, f día, n dío, m pl díos, f pl díes
person first singular yo second singular tu third singular él/elli first plural nosotros/nós second plural vosotros/vós third plural ellos
indicative present vo/voi vas va vamos vais van
preterite imperfect diba dibes diba díbamos/díbemos dibais/dibeis diben
preterite indefinite fui fosti/fuesti/fuisti fo/foi fomos/fuemos/fuimos fostis/fuestis/fuistis foron/fueron
pluperfect fora/fore/fuera/fuere foras/fores/fueras/fueres fora/fore/fuera/fuere fóramos/fóremos/fuéramos/fuéremos forais/foreis/fuerais/fuereis foran/foren/fueran/fueren
subjunctive present fora/vaiga/vaya foras/vaigas/vayas fora/vaiga/vaya vaigamos/vayamos vaigáis/vayáis foran/vaigan/vayan
preterite imperfect fora/fore/fuera/fuere foras/fores/fueras/fueres fora/fore/fuera/fuere fóramos/fóremos/fuéramos/fuéremos forais/foreis/fuerais/fuereis foran/foren/fueran/fueren
potential future diré dirás dirá diremos diréis dirán
conditional diría diríes diría diríamos/diríemos diríais/diríeis diríen
imperative ve díi

From http://ast.oslin.org/index.php?action=lemma&lemma=17232.

dir - Bavarian

Pronoun

dir

  1. Alternative spelling of dia (you, dative)

dir - Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diʁ/

Noun

dir m

  1. steel

dir - Catalan

Alternative forms

  • dire (Northern Catalan, Algherese)
  • diure (Algherese)

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA: /ˈdi/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /ˈdiɾ/

Verb

dir (first-person singular present dic, past participle dit)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to say, to pronounce
  2. (transitive) to say, to tell
    • Va dir una mentida.
      • She told a lie.
    • El dèiem que cuinés el sopar.
      • We told him to cook dinner.
  3. (transitive) to call, to refer to as
  4. (reflexive) to be named, to be called
    • Com et dius?What's your name?

Conjugation

infinitive dir
present participle 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
digues digui diguem digueu diguin

Balearic has deis 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

dir - German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA: /diːɐ̯/
  • (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA: /dɐ/, /də/

Pronoun

dir

  1. (personal) dative of du; you, to you.
  2. (reflexive) dative of du; yourself, to yourself.

dir - Haitian Creole

Verb

dir

  1. (Saint-Domingue) 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.

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: di

dir - Italian

Verb

dir (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of dire

dir - Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

  • der (unstressed)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diːr/, [diə̯], [ˈdiː.ɐ]
  • Homophones: dier, Dier, Dir

Pronoun

dir

  1. second-person singular, dative: you; thee
    • Ech hunn dir e Bréif geschéckt.
      • I have sent you a letter.

Pronoun

dir

  1. second-person plural, nominative: you; you all; ye
    • Hutt dir gutt geschlof?
      • Have you slept well?

Derived terms

  • Dir (singular and plural polite form)

Declension

nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech mech mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal) du de dech dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal) Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular 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
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) eis (ons) eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

dir - Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Verb

dir

  1. to say

Descendants

dir - Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diːɐ̯/

Pronoun

dir

  1. to you

Declension

Nominative Accusative Dative
1st - Singular ich mich mir mer (unstressed)
2nd - Singular du de (unstressed) dich dir der (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Masculine er ihn en (unstressed) ihm em (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Feminine sie se (unstressed) sie se (unstressed) ihre re (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Neuter es es ihm em (unstressed)
1st - Plural mir mer (unstressed) uns uns
2nd - Plural dihr der (unstressed) eich eich
3rd - Plural sie sie ihne ne (unstressed)
2nd - Polite Sie Sie Ihne Ne (unstressed)

dir - Romansch

Adjective

dir m (feminine singular dira, masculine plural dirs, feminine plural diras)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Rumantsch Grischun) hard

Alternative forms


Verb

dir

  1. 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

  • dir (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)
  • gir (Sutsilvan)
  • deir (Surmiran)

Noun

dir m (plural dirs)

  1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) liver

Alternative forms

Synonyms

dir - Somali

Verb

dir

  1. send

dir - Tolai

Pronoun

dir

  1. Third-person dual pronoun: they two, them two

Declension

singular dual paucal plural
1st person exclusive iau amir mir amital mital avet ave1
1st person inclusive - dor datal dat da1
2nd person u amur mur amutal mutal avat ava1
3rd person ia i dir di dital diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

dir - Venetian

Verb

dir

  1. (transitive) to say, tell
  2. (transitive) to affirm

Conjugation

  • Venetian 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 (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 mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present 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 (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 (i/łe) da

dir - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diːr/
  • Homophone: dur (South Wales)

Noun

dir

  1. Soft mutation of tir (land).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tir dir nhir thir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Meaning and Definition of dir
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