da

See also Appendix:Variations of "da"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Symbol

da

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix deca-, indicating to the tenth power.

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Article) IPA: /də/, /dæ/, X-SAMPA: /d@/, /d{/
• (UK, Noun) IPA: /dɑː/, X-SAMPA: /dA:/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of dad

Noun

da (plural das)

1. (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Father.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 55:

     Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?

Synonyms

• pa, Pa
• daddy

Etymology 2

From Russian да (da).

Adverb

da (not comparable)

1. (slang) (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) “yes”, in Russian.

Antonyms

• nyet

Noun

da (plural das)

1. (slang) A Russian yes; an affirmative response.

Etymology 3

Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.

Article

da

1. Eye dialect spelling of the.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Anagrams

• ad , ad., AD

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Basque

Verb

da

1. is

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Breton

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tu (“to”).

Preposition

da (requires soft mutation)

1. to

   An den a zo aet da Vreizh. — The man went to Brittany.

Inflection

singular		plural
1	din	1	dimp
2	dit	2	deoc'h
3 m	dezhañ	3	dezho
3 f	dezhi
imp.	deor

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tu (“your, thy”).

Pronoun

da (requires soft mutation)

1. your (singular)

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin de ab. Compare Italian da.

Preposition

da

1. from
2. of

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Danish

Adverb

da

1. surely
2. then

Conjunction

da

1. when

   Da jeg var ung, fandtes der ikke computere.

   When I was young, there were no computers.

2. as, at the same time as

   Da jeg kom, gik hun.

   As I arrived, she left.

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Dena'ina

Conjunction

da

1. when
2. if

Adverb

da

1. there

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Esperanto

Preposition

da

1. Of (used instead of de with quantities, to emphasize the quantity rather than the thing quantified, or to indicate the unity of a shape and its material, a container and its contents, or a group and its members)

   glaso da vino — a glass of wine

   kilogramo da viando — a kilogram of meat

   grupo da homoj — a group of people

   kvar metroj da ĉi tiu ŝtofo kostas naŭ frankojn — four meters of this cloth costs nine francs

   Li ligis la tri florojn en bukedon, kaj prezentis al ŝi tiun bukedon da floroj — He tied the three flowers into a bouquet, and presented her with this bouquet of flowers

   listo da kandidatoj — a list of candidates (of their names: compare listo da kondiĉoj de la kandidatoj 'a list of conditions from the candidates')

   skatolo da ĉokolado – a box of chocolates (a boxful of chocolate: compare skatolo de ĉokolado 'a chocolate box' (the box itself, made for chocolates, but now perhaps used to store paper clips), and skatolo el ĉokolado 'a box (made) of chocolate')

   la spektaklo daŭris duonon da horo — the show lasted half an hour (compare tri estas duono de ses 'three is half of six')

   Damasko [...] estos amaso da ruinaĵoj — Damascus will be a mass of ruins

   tuto da kondiĉoj kaj cirkonstancoj, en kiuj iu troviĝas — all of the conditions and circumstances in which we find ourselves

   sistemo da sonoj por la esprimado de pensoj — a system of sounds for the expression of thought

   ho, se mia kapo havus sufiĉe da akvo kaj miaj okuloj estus fonto da larmoj! — oh, if my head had enough water, and my eyes were a spring of tears! (compare fonto de akvo 'a spring of water', which indicates the kind of spring rather than a unity of eyes and tears)

Usage notes

Unlike most prepositions, da cannot occur after a verb. It necessarily links two nouns.

The article la does not occur after the preposition da, and this is often mistakenly understood to mean that the quantity introduced by da must be indefinite. However, there is no such restriction, any more than there is with possessive pronouns such as mia 'my', which also do not allow the article. Because of the unity of the two nouns linked by da, only the phrase can be modified by the article, so it must precede the first noun. See the fourth and fifth examples above.

Some Esperanto dictionaries substitute listo de and tuto de for listo da and tuto da. This is an error, an influence of Western languages which do not have an equivalent to da.

References

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Ewe

Noun

da

1. bow
2. mother
3. snake

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Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese da, from de + a.

Preposition

da f (plural das, masculine do, masculine plural dos)

1. contraction of de (“of”) + a (“the”)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]

     The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

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Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + feminine definite article a (“the”)

Contraction

da f (masculine do, masculine plural dos, feminine plural das)

1. of the; from the

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German

Etymology

From Old High German dār.

Pronunciation

• audio (Austria)

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• IPA: [daː]
• Rhymes: -aː

Adverb

da

1. there, here
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 78:

     Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.

     She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.

2. then
3. so

Derived terms

• ebenda

Conjunction

da

1. since, as, given that, because
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:

     Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.

     And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.

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Ido

Preposition

da

1. by

   La patri esas amata da sua filii.

   The parents are loved by their children.

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Interlingua

Verb

da

1. present of dar
2. imperative of dar

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Latin de (“of, from”) + a/ab (“of, from”). In the meaning of “at, near, by”, da probably comes from Latin unde + ad.

Preposition

da

1. from

   Giacomino da Verona — “Giacomino from Verona”

   interviste dal libro — “interviews from the book”

   traduzione dall’“Inferno” di Dante — “translation from Dante’s ‘Inferno’”

   Dalla Terra alla Luna — “From the Earth to the Moon”

2. At the house of, since

   da Giovanni — “at Giovanni’s house”

3. to (implying necessity)

Usage notes

When followed by a definite article, da is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

da + article	Combined form
da + il	dal
da + lo	dallo
da + l'	dall'
da + i	dai
da + gli	dagli
da + la	dalla
da + le	dalle

See also

• dà

Etymology 2

Verb

da

1. Common misspelling of dà

References

Anagrams

• ad , AD

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Japanese

Romanization

da

1. See だ
2. See ダ

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Latin

Verb

dā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dō "give!"

   da mihi osculum.

   Give me a kiss.

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Lojban

Cmavo

da (rafsi dav, dza)

1. (pro-sumti) someone/something which exists #1 (multiple occurrences of da in logically connected sentences refer to the same thing)

   ro da poi plini la solri ku'o de poi mluni zo'u da se mluni de

   For every planet x orbiting around the Sun, there exists a moon y such that x is orbited by y.

   ro da poi plini la solri cu se mluni de poi mluni

   Every planet orbiting around the Sun has an orbiting moon.

Related terms

de di ko'a ko'e

ko'i ko'o ko'u fo'a

fo'e fo'i fo'o fo'u

See also

• zo'u

References

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Mandarin

Romanization

da (form of da0 or da5)

1. See 墰
2. See 疶
3. See 繨
4. See 跴
5. See 蹽

Romanization

da

1. Nonstandard spelling of dā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of dà.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish do.

Preposition

da

1. to
2. for

Inflection

	Singular				Plural
Person	1st	2nd	3rd m.	3rd f.	1st	2nd	3rd
Normal	dou	dhyt	da	jee	dooin	diu	daue
Emphatic	dooys	dhyts	dasyn	jeeish	dooinyn	diuish	dauesyn

Pronoun

da

1. 3rd person singular of da

   to him/it

Derived terms

• dasyn (emphatic)

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Navajo

Pronunciation

• Audio (NV)

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Adverb

da

1. (used with doo) not

   doo yáʼátʼééh da — it is not good

Conjunction

da

1. including, as well as, and

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North Frisian

Article

da

1. the (plural)

See also

• di
• jü
• dåt

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Norwegian

Conjunction

da

1. when (past tense)
2. then
3. because

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Ojibwe

Particle

da

1. please, come on (clarification marker)

   da naa! — damn it!

Related terms

• daga

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɑː/

Noun

dā f

1. doe, female fallow deer

Declension

    Declension of da

	Singular	Plural
nominative	dā	dān
accusative	dān	dān
genitive	dān	dāna
dative	dān	dāum

Descendants

• Middle English: da, do, doo
  • Scots: da, dae
  • English: doe

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /da/

Verb

da

1. Third-person singular future indicative form of dać.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d’a (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese da, from de (“of”) + a (“feminine definite article”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /da/
• Homophone: dá
• (Brazil) Homophone: dar
• Hyphenation: da

Preposition

da f sg (plural das, masculine do, masculine plural dos)

1. Contraction of de + a (“of the”)
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 104:

     Ela estava sentada no parapeito da janela do quarto [...]

     She was sitting on the parapet of the window of the room [...]

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /da/

Etymology 1

From a Slavic language (e.g. Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Russian). Another less likely (controversial) theory argues that, being such a common and basic word, a borrowing seems unusual and it perhaps derived originally from the Latin ita, one of several ways to say "thus", "so" or "yes", and that it may have been influenced by the da, also meaning "yes", in the surrounding Slavic languages before reaching its present state. See also dacă. Nonetheless, Romanian etymological dictionaries derive it from a Slavic language .

Interjection

da

1. yes

Antonyms

• nu

Etymology 2

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”). Compare Aromanian dau.

Verb

a da (third-person singular present dă, past participle dat) 1st conj.

1. to give

Conjugation

    da (First conjugation)

infinitive			a da
gerund			dând
past participle			dat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	dau	dai	dă	dăm	dați	dau
	imperfect	dădeam	dădeai	dădea	dădeam	dădeați	dădeau
	simple perfect	dădui	dăduși	dădu	dădurăm	dădurăți	dădură
	pluperfect	dădusem	dăduseși	dăduse	dăduserăm	dăduserăți	dăduseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să dau	să dai	să dea	să dăm	să dați	să dea
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		dă			dați
	negative		nu da			nu dați

Derived terms

• dare

References

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (before vowels) dad

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

da

1. of, from
2. about

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

da

1. Alternative form of dha.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da, probably old imperative of the word dȁti, itself from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

Conjunction

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. that

   rekao je da će doći

   he said that he would come

   odgovorio sam mu da nemam pojma o čemu prića

   I've told him that I have no idea what he was talking about

2. in order to, to

   došao je da mi sve ispriča

   he came to tell me everything

   stigao je u našu zemlju da nauči naš jezik

   he arrived in our country in order to learn our language

3. to (when the subjects of both clauses are not the same)

   on hoće da mu pokažete put do stanice

   he wants you to show him the way to the station

4. (Serbian) to (when the subjects of both clauses are the same; for western Serbo-Croatian use infinitive instead of da + present tense)

   on želi da priča s vama (Serbian)

   on želi pričati s vama (Croatian)

   he wants to talk with you

5. if

   da sam na vašem m(j)estu, ne bih se puno zamarao takvim detaljima

   if I were you, I wouldn't bother too much with such details

   da si više radio, zaradio bi više novca

   if you worked harder, you would have earned more money

6. (with kȁo) as if, like

   s(j)ećam se, kao da je bilo juče(r)

   I remember, as if it were yesterday

   kao da ne znaš o čemu pričam

   as if you don't know what I'm talking about

7. (a + da + ne) without (usually after negative verbs)

   ne mogu se uključiti u raspravu, a da ne napravim nered

   I cannot enter a discussion without making a mess

   odlazi, a da nije rekao ni zbogom

   he's leaving without even saying goodbye

8. (a + i + da) even if

   a i da jesam to napravio, ne bi to učinilo neku razliku

   even if I did it, it wouldn't have made much of a difference

9. lest

   onaj koji se bori protiv čudovišta treba paziti da time i sam ne postane čudovište

   he who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster

Particle

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. yes

   Je li tako? Da! — Is that so? Yes!

2. used when starting a question (This is true only in Serbian. According to Croatian grammar, in Croatian, "je li" should be used.)

   da li ste žedni? — are you thirsty?

   reci mi da li je to istina? — tell me if that is true?

3. in combination with other words, expressing wish, command etc.

   da se nisi usudio! — don't you dare!

   dȃ Bog! — may God grant it!

   da počnemo! — let's begin!

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Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdá/
• Tonal: dȁ

Particle

dà

1. yes

Synonyms

• (informal) já

Antonyms

• nè

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Spanish

Verb

da (infinitive dar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of dar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of dar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dar.

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Ter Sami

Etymology

Presumably loaned from a Russian language (compare with Russian да) or from Proto-Slavic *da.

Conjunction

da

1. and

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Tolai

Alternative forms

• dat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

da

1. First-person inclusive plural pronoun: you (many) and I, you (many) and me

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Turkish

Adverb

da

1. as well, too, also

o da sorunun cevabını biliyor - he/she/it also knows the answer of the question

Oğuzhan da bizimle geliyor - Oğuzhan is coming with us as well

Yağız da dondurma yemeyi sever - Yağız likes eating ice cream, too.

Usage notes

• It's used when the previous word's last vowel is "a", "ı", "o" or "u". Otherwise (if the word's last vowel is "e", "i", "ö" or "ü"); it becomes "de"

Synonyms

• de

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Uzbek

Particle

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. Locative case marker. It is used to show the time or the place of an action. Equates to "in", or "at" in English.
   • Samarqandda yashayman

     "I live in Samarqand."

   • Soat uchda boraman.

     "I go at 3 o'clock."

Usage notes

• When used after interrogative pronouns da can take on different meanings. Pronouns such as "kim" (who), "nima" (what), "qayer" (where), "necha" (how many, how much) become "kimda" (to whom), "nimada" (with what, by using what), "qayerda" (from where), "nechada" (what time).

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/

Noun

da

1. skin (of human, animal, and fruit), hide, leather, pelt

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Volapük

Preposition

da

1. through
2. throughout

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dɑː]

Noun

da m

1. goodness
2. (collective noun) goods, cattle

Adjective

da m & f (plural da, equative cystal, comparative gwell, superlative gorau)

1. good, well

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
da	dda	na	unchanged