Dacian

English

Etymology

From Dacia +‎ -an, from Latin Dacia (“Dacia”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪsɪən/, /ˈdeɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Dacian (plural Dacians)

1. (historical) a member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia.
2. (obsolete) a Dane, Denmark having been known as Dacia in Medieval Latin.
3. (rare, poetic) a Romanian.

Translations

member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia

• Albanian: dak (sq)
• Catalan: daci m
• Dutch: Daciër (nl)
• Finnish: daaki, daakialainen
• French: Dace (fr)
• Galician: dacio (gl) m
• German: Daker (de) m, Dakerin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Δάκης m (Dákēs)

• Hungarian: dák (hu)
• Irish: Dáiciach m
• Italian: daco m
• Latin: Dacus
• Marathi: डेसियन (ḍesiyan)
• Portuguese: dácio m
• Romanian: dac (ro) m
• Spanish: dacio (es) m

Proper noun

Dacian (uncountable)

1. An extinct Indo-European language spoken by the people of Dacia.

Derived terms

• Thraco-Dacian

Translations

language

• Dutch: Dacisch
• Finnish: daakia, daakian kieli
• German: Dakisch n
• Hungarian: dák (hu)
• Irish: Dáicis f
• Marathi: डेसियन (ḍesiyan)
• Portuguese: dácio m
• Romanian: limba dacă f
• Russian: дакский (ru) (dakskij)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Dacian terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code xdc (SIL)

Adjective

Dacian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.
2. (rare, poetic) Of or pertaining to Romania or Romanians.
3. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to Denmark or the Danes.

Synonyms

• Daco-

Translations

Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians

• Catalan: daci
• Galician: dacio (gl)
• German: dakisch (de)
• Hungarian: dák (hu)
• Irish: Dáiciach
• Marathi: डेसियन (ḍesiyan)
• Portuguese: dácio
• Spanish: dacio (es)

See also

• Thracian

Anagrams

• Candia

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈdat͡sian/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈdat͡sian/

Proper noun

Dacian m pers (related adjective Dacianóv)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Dacian (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Dacian	Daciany	Daciani, Dacianové
genitive	Daciana	Dacianú	Dacianóv
dative	Dacianu, Dacianovi	Dacianoma	Dacianóm
accusative	Daciana	Daciany	Daciany
vocative	Daciane	Daciany	Daciani, Dacianové
locative	Dacianu, Dacianovi	Dacianú	Dacianiech
instrumental	Dacianem	Dacianoma	Daciany

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Dacian”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění