dir
Venetian
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to say, tell
- (transitive) to affirm
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dīcere (say).
Origin
Latin
dīcere
Gloss
say
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
言
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dīcere Latin
- benedire Italian
- contraddire Italian
- diceria Italian
- dire Italian
- ridire Italian
- sdire Italian
- dire French
- decir Spanish, Castilian
- predicar Spanish, Castilian
- *déyḱti Proto-Indo-European
- dire Old French
- dir-se Catalan, Valencian
- dicir Galician
- zice Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dizer Old Portuguese
- *deikō Proto-Italic
- dicir Asturian
- dî Friulian
- dir Old Occitan
- dire Old Occitan
- dî Ligurian
- dicro Dalmatian
- dezir Ladino
- dicere Neapolitan
- dezir Mirandese
- dîr Emilian
- dì Romagnol