A threshing-floor or, by extension, the act or season of threshing; a place or context where the removal of grain from chaff takes place post-harvest. The term chiefly refers to the physical space designated for threshing, but can imply the process or period in which threshing occurs.

Etymology Derived from the root דּוּשׁ (dûsh), meaning 'to thresh.' דַּיִשׁ (dayish) is a noun formation, most commonly indicating the physical place used for threshing, or, less frequently, the occasion or process of threshing itself.

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Kikongo dísa to thresh grain -dis-
Kimbundu kudisa to thresh (grain) -dis-
Kongo disa to thresh; to separate the chaff from grain disa