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dia

a god

NounMasculineA1/dʲiə/

"dia" means "a god" in Irish (masculine noun). Pronounced /dʲiə/. Mutation forms: Séimhiú → dhia, Urú → ndia.

Mutation forms

In Irish, the first letter of "dia" changes depending on the grammatical context. These are the mutated forms:

MutationForm
Base formdia
Séimhiúdhia
Urúndia

"dia" in context

Dia duit.

Hello!

A1

Dia duit, a Siocágo!

Hello, Chicago!

A2

Buíochas le Dia nach raibh aon duine gortaithe.

Thank God that nobody was hurt.

B2

Dia duit! Cé chaoi a bhfuil tú?

Hi! How are you?

B1

Buíochas le Dia gur tháinig tú orm.

Thank God you found me.

B1

Further reading

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