daag

See also: Daag

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːx/

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Etymology 1

By apocope from Middle Dutch dage, plural of dach.

Alternative forms

• doeg (bye)

Noun

daag

1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of dag, used after numerals, particularly veertien

Interjection

daag!

1. (East and West Flanders) bye

Etymology 2

Verb

daag

1. inflection of dagen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English dog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːɡ/

Noun

daag (plural daag dem, quantified daag)

1. dog
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Filipiyan 3:2:

     Mi a waan unu, wach out fi di daag aat piipl dem. Wach out fi dem — dem a uol wikid. Wach out fi dem man de we aalwiez a kot kot op dem bad

     Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 7:6:

     “An, no tek unu gud kliin sitn dem, we a fi Gad, gi daag, an unu gud gud porl dash gi pig. Dem naa go tep tep op pan dem, den ton roun tier unu op.

     "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Further reading

• daag on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^jam
• daag at majstro.com
• Larry Chang (2014) Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language, Chuu Wod, →ISBN, page 198

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Daach (Eupen, Krefeld)
• Daag (Krefeld)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː˨x/
• Hyphenation: daag
• Rhymes: -aːx

Noun

daag m (plural daag or dage, diminutive daegske or daegsje or deëgske or deëgsje)

1. day (period of 24 hours)
2. daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)

Etymology 2

From a shortening of gouwe daag (“good day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː˧x/
• Hyphenation: daag
• Rhymes: -aːx

Interjection

daag!

1. hello
2. goodbye

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː˦x/
• Hyphenation: daag
• Rhymes: -aːx

Noun

daag

1. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of daag