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zi¹
- /ˈzi/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Classical Latin diēs (“day”), back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel e was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). May have been inherited from an intermediate Vulgar Latin *dilla , hence why the definite form ziua, but due to -ua dropping in indefinite forms, the indefinite form became zi. Compare Spanish día, Portuguese dia, uncommon Italian dì, archaic French di.
noun zile · zi · ziua · zilele
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day
Opposite: noapte
zi²
- /ˈzi/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Latin dīc, the 2nd person singular imperative of Latin dīco, with the final -c being dropped as part of a loss of all final consonants in Proto-Romanian. Compare Italian dì, which also went through the same sound shift.
verb d̦i · d̦iua · ziuă · zuao · zâ · zâua
- second-person singular imperative of zice
In English
Talk about this word "zi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/zi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. zi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/zi "zi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/zi.Cite this
@misc{zi_2026,
title = {zi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/zi},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
