dica

Albanian

Alternative forms

• disa

Etymology

From disa, with the dialectic alteration of the leading sibilant into an affricate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diˈt͡sa]

Pronoun

dica (dative dicave)

1. some; several

   Synonym: ca

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin de hinc ad, cognate with Galician deica, Asturian dica and Gascon dinca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdika/
• Syllabification: di‧ca
• Rhymes: -ika

Preposition

dica

1. until, till (time)
2. to, up to (place)
3. up to (amount)

Derived terms

• dica ara/agora
• dica dimpués
• dica luego
• dica manyana

Asturian

Alternative forms

• deica (Western, dialectal)
• dicá (Northwestern, dialectal)
• diquiá (Central)
• diaquí, dequí (Eastern)

Etymology

From Latin de hinc ad, cognate with Galician deica, Aragonese dica and Gascon dinca. By surface analisis de + equí + a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdika/ [ˈd̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: di‧ca

Preposition

dica (Western)

1. from here to

   Foi dica'l cruce

   He went from here to the cross

2. from now until

Derived terms

• diquiá poco
• diquiá un poco

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “dica”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: dì‧ca

Verb

dica

1. inflection of dire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -cida, Ciad, cadi, cadì

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der.

Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē)bor.

Latin dica

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “custom; order; judgement”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.ka]

Noun

dica f (genitive dicae); first declension

1. (law) trial; lawsuit; prosecution

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dica	dicae
genitive	dicae	dicārum
dative	dicae	dicīs
accusative	dicam	dicās
ablative	dicā	dicīs
vocative	dica	dicae

Derived terms

• dicam scribō

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪ.kaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.ka]

Verb

dicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dicō

References

• “dica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "dica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “dica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) so to speak (used to modify a figurative expression): ut ita dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) not to mention..: ut non (nihil) dicam de...
    
  • (ambiguous) to say nothing further on..: ut plura non dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) not to say... (used in avoiding a stronger expression): ne dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to say the least..: ne (quid) gravius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to put it briefly: ut breviter dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to use the mildest expression: ut levissime dicam (opp. ut gravissimo verbo utar)
    
  • (ambiguous) to express myself more plainly: ut planius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to put it more exactly: ut verius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to say once for all: ut semel or in perpetuum dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) I will give you my true opinion: dicam quod sentio
    
  • (ambiguous) this I have to say: haec habeo dicere or habeo quae dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) there is something in what you say; you are more or less right: aliquid (τι) dicis (opp. nihil dicis)
    
  • (ambiguous) what do you mean: quorsum haec (dicis)?
    
  • (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
    

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.t͡ʃɑ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.kɑ/

Noun

dīċa

1. genitive plural of dīċ

Noun

dīca

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of dīċ

Portuguese

Etymology

Originated in Brazilian Portuguese. Ultimately from indicar (“to indicate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧ca

Noun

dica f (plural dicas)

1. tip (piece of helpful information)

Further reading

• “dica”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “dica”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “dica”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “dica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “dica”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026