dâ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "da"

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Irish dea-).

Adjective

dâ

1. good

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō (“give”).

Verb

dâ

1. (transitive) to give

Conjugation

This is an irregular verb with some regular -â paradigms.

Conjugation of dâ (first conjugation, irregular)

infinitive			dâ
gerund			dânt
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		dât		dâts
		feminine		dâde		dâdis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o doi	tu dâs	al/e da	o din	o dais	a dan
	imperfect	o davi	tu davis	al/e dave	o davin	o davis	a davin
	simple past	o dei	tu deris	al/e dè	o derin	o deris	a derin
	future	o darai	tu darâs	al/e darà	o darìn	o darês	a daran
conditional		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o darès	tu daressis	al/e darès	o daressin	o daressis	a daressin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o dedi	tu dedis	al/e dedi	o dedin	o dedis	a dedin
	imperfect	o dàs	tu dassis	al/e dàs	o dassin	o dassis	a dassin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	de	–	dìn	dait	–

Related terms

• dât

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of do (“I give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː/

Verb

dâ

1. (transitive) to give

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dâ (first conjugation)

infinitive	dâ
auxiliary verb		avéi		gerund		dàndo
present participle		dànte		past participle		dæto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	lê o/a	noî, niâtri	voî, viâtri	lô, liâtri
present	dàggo	ti dæ	da	démmo	dæ	dàn
imperfect	dâva, dâvo	ti dâvi	dâva	dâvimo	dâvi	dâvan
future	daiö	ti daiæ	daiâ	daiêmo	daiéi	daiàn
conditional	mi	ti	lê o/a	noî, niâtri	voî, viâtri	lô, liâtri
present	daiéiva, daiæ	ti daiêsci	daiéiva, daiæ	daiêscimo	daiêsci	daiéiva
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che lê o/a	che noî, che niâtri	che voî, che viâtri	che lô, che liâtri
present	dàgghe	ti dàgghi	dàgghe	démmo, dàgghimo†	dæ, dàgghi†, dagæ†	dàggan, dàgghen
imperfect	désse	ti désci	désse	déscimo	désci	déssan
imperative		ti	lê o/a	noî, niâtri	voî, viâtri	lô, liâtri
	—	dànni	dàgghe	démmo	dæ	dàggan, dàgghen

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese dar.

Verb

dâ

1. to give

   dâ cara ― to give consideration to (literally, “to give face”)

   dâ cavaco ― to take offence

   dâ comê ― to feed, to give feed

   dâ comê gente ― to supply food, accept orders for food

   dâ co falta ― to notice the lack

   dâ co queixo ― to expire

   dâ côr di si ― to give the news

   dâ côti ― to have a cramp

   dâ fundo ― to stop (literally, “to give the bottom”)

   dâ vestí ― to help dress (literally, “to give dressing”)

   dâ lembrança ― to send regards to (literally, “to give memories”)

   dâ mordecim ― to annoy

   Dios dâ graça ― God be with you (literally, “God give you thanks”)

   Diabo dâ capa, diabo dâ campenha

   The criminal will always leave a clue that will incriminate him

   (literally, “If the devil gives you a cloak, he will also give you a bell”)

Usage notes

• Some extended usages of the verb are likely calques from Cantonese. For example, dâ cara is a calque of Cantonese 畀面 (bei² min^6-2), and probably not related to Spanish dar la cara (“to face up to, to face the consequences”).

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Sicilian

Preposition

dâ

1. Contraction of di la (“of the”).

Welsh

Adjective

dâ

1. Obsolete spelling of da (“good”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dâ	ddâ	nâ	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.