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{{also|Dey|để ý|deþ}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/deɪ/|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪ|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|day}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|deye}}, {{m|enm|deie}}, {{m|enm|daie}}, from {{inh|en|ang|dǣġe||maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*daigijā}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*daigijǭ||kneader of bread, maid}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-||to knead, form, build}}. Cognate with {{cog|sv|deja}}, {{cog|is|deigja||dairy-maid}}; compare {{m|en|dairy}}, {{m|en|dough}}, {{m|en|lady}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|daie}}, {{l|en|deie}}, {{l|en|deye}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|UK|_|dialectal|Scotland}} A [[servant]] who has charge of the [[dairy]]; a [[dairymaid]].

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|dairy}}
* {{l|en|lady}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|en|fr|dey}}, from {{der|en|ota|دایی}} (modern {{cog|tr|dayı}}).

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|historical}} The ruler of the [[w:Regency of Algiers|Regency of Algiers]] (now [[Algeria]]) under the [[Ottoman Empire]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1977|author=w:Alistair Horne|title=A Savage War of Peace|location=New York|publisher=Review Books|year_published=2006|page=29
|passage={{...}} the reigning '''Dey''' of Algiers (half of whose twenty-eight predecessors are said to have met violent ends) lost his temper with the French consul, struck him in the face with a fly-whisk, and called him ‘a wicked, faithless, idol-worshipping rascal’.}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronoun====
{{en-pron}}

# {{pronunciation spelling of|en|they|from=dialects with {{w|th-stopping}} in}}
# {{pronunciation spelling of|en|there|from=African American Vernacular English or Caribbean}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Up in Mahaica: Stories from the Market People (ebook)|author=G. Modele ''Dale'' Clarke|publisher=Xlibris|year=2012|passage=“Boy, is horrors over '''dey''', for so,” he said, obviously excited and anxious to be the bearer of extraordinary news. “Wat happen, somebody dead?”}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{bor|en|ta|டேய்|t=hey!|tr=-}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|deh}}, {{l|en|dei}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|[ˈde(ː)]|a=SG}}

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|Singapore|Malaysia|slang|rare|between friends}} {{n-g|A familiar [[term of address]] conveying extra [[emphasis]] at the end of sentences.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Sandra Leong|newspaper=[[w:The Straits Times]]|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings Limited|location=Singapore|date=10 September 2007|page=6|oclc=8572659|quoted_in=Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, ''[http://www.mysmu.edu/faculty/jacklee/singlish_D.htm A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English]''|passage=If a player makes a silly mistake, he doesn’t wail when told to “wake up [[lah]], '''dey'''”.}}

=====Usage notes=====
Used after {{m|en|lah#Etymology 2|lah|pos=Sense 1}} in most cases.

===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Online Etymology Dictionary}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dey|Dye|d'ye|dye|ye'd|yed}}

{{C|en|People|Algeria}}
[[Category:Singlish]]
[[Category:Manglish]]

==Cameroon Pidgin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|wes|/de/}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etymid|wes|there}}
From {{der|wes|en|there}}.

====Predicative====
{{head|wes|predicative}}

# [[there is]], [[there are]], {{n-g|indicates presence in a [[location]]}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alter|wes|deiy}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|wes|na|pos=copula for noun phrases, indicating existence}}

===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|wes|they}}
From {{der|wes|en|they}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|wes|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# [[they]], {{n-g|3rd person plural subject personal pronoun}}

=====See also=====
{{wes-personal pronouns}}

===Etymology 3===
{{etymid|wes|day}}
From {{der|wes|en|day}}.

====Noun====
{{head|wes|noun}}

# [[day]]

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alter|wes|dei}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|ota|دایی|tr=dayı}}, from {{der|fr|fa|دایی|tr=dâyi|t=maternal uncle}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-dey.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|dey}} {{gloss|ruler of the {{w|Regency of Algiers}}}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==German==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|de|en|they}}, adjusted to German phonology and suppleted with plural forms of demonstrative pronoun {{m|de|die}}.

{{m|de|dem}}, {{m|de|demm}} are {{bor+|de|en|them|nocap=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/dɛɪ̯/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|de|pronoun}}

# {{lb|de|neologism}} [[they]] {{qualifier|singular}}. {{n-g|[[gender-neutral|Gender-neutral]] third-person singular subject pronoun.}}

====Declension====
* Nominative: '''dey'''
* Accusative: {{l|de|demm}} or '''dey''' or {{l|de|dem}} {{qualifier|with a short vowel}}
* Dative: {{l|de|denen}} or {{l|de|demm}} or {{l|de|dem}}  {{qualifier|with a short vowel}} 
* Genitive: {{l|de|deren}}
* Possessive: {{l|de|deren}}

==Icelandic==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|is|/teiː/}}
* {{rhymes|is|eiː|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{head|is|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|is|deyja||1|s|pres|ind|;|2|s|imp}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|it|ota|دایی|tr=dayı}}, from {{der|it|fa|دایی|tr=dâyi|t=maternal uncle}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|dèi<r:Olivetti><r:DiPI>}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{l|en|dey}} {{gloss|ruler of the {{w|Regency of Algiers}}}}

===References===
<references />

==Kalasha==

===Etymology===
From {{der|kls|fa|ده|tr=deh}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kls|noun}}

# [[village]]
#: {{syn|kls|grom}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|day}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronoun====
{{head|enm|pronoun}}

# {{alt form|enm|þei|t=they|id=they}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|dee}}

==Nigerian Pidgin==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|pcm|deh}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|pcm|ig|dị}}.

===Verb===
{{head|pcm|verb}}

# to [[be]]
#* {{quote-web|pcm|title=Count animals|author1=Zanele Buthelezi|author2=Thembani Dladla|author3=Clare Verbeek|site= Storybooks African Languages|url=https://storybooksafricanlanguages.net/stories/pcm/0327/|passage=
One elephant '''dey''' go drink water.|t=One elephant '''is''' going to drink water.}}

==Old Norse==

===Verb===
{{head|non|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|non|deyja||1|s|pres|act|ind|;|2|s|pres|act|imp}}

==Sranan Tongo==

===Noun===
{{head|srn|noun}}

# {{alternative spelling of|srn|dei}}.

==Yola==

===Noun===
{{head|yol|noun}}

# {{alt form|yol|die||day}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=A YOLA ZONG|number=2|page=84|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=Ch'am a stouk, an a donel; wou'll leigh out ee '''dey'''.|translation=I am a fool and a dunce; we'll idle out the '''day'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH|title=APPENDIX|page=131|passage=Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other '''dey'''?|translation=[Why didn't you come to us on some other '''day'''?]}}

===References===
* {{R:Poole 1867}}

==Zaghawa==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|zag|/dey/}}

===Noun===
{{head|zag|noun}}

# [[foot]], [[leg]]
# [[footstep]]

===References===
* ''[http://www.tchad.org/zaghawa/Beria-Eng-BDict.pdf Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary] [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad''

{{c|zag|Anatomy}}