dà
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Italian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -a
Verb form [edit]
dà
- third-person singular, present tense of dare - he/she/it gives
- second-person singular imperative of dare
Anagrams [edit]
Mandarin [edit]
Romanization [edit]
dà (form of da4 with diacritic)
Neapolitan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.
Verb [edit]
dà
- to give
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish dá, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Numeral [edit]
dà
- (cardinal) two
Usage notes [edit]
- Used before a noun; dhà is used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc).
- Tha dà chàr aige. - He has two cars.
- Tha a dhà aice cuideachd. - She has two as well.
- Fòn a h-aon, a h-aon, a dhà! - Phone one-one-two!
- The following noun is in the singular dative case, lenited.
- balach - boy
- dà bhalach - two boys
- cailleag - girl
- dà chaileig - two girls
- The definite article, if used, is in the singular form:
- an dà chaileig - the two girls
- If followed by a pronoun, the pronoun is in the plural:
- an dà dhiubh - the two of them
- Bhiodh e na b' fheàrr nan gabhadh an dà rud an dealachadh. - It would be better if the two things could be separated.
Derived terms [edit]
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See also [edit]
- fichead - twenty
