дий

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *di. Functionally resembles an imperative 2p. form of unattested *diti. Compare synonymous Polish wio from Polish wiać (“to run, to flee”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dij]
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Interjection

дий • (dij)

  1. giddy up, go (call to spur a harness animal (typically a horse or a donkey))

Alternative forms
  • ди (di) — as a call

Derived terms
  • ди́кам (díkam, “to make an urge call, to spur up”)

References
  • “дий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “дий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ди, дий”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 380
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