da

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Synonyms 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Adverb 2.3.1.1 Antonyms 2.3.2 Noun 2.4 Etymology 3 2.4.1 Article 2.4.2 Quotations 2.5 Anagrams 3 Basque 3.1 Verb 4 Bosnian 4.1 Adverb 4.2 Conjunction 5 Breton 5.1 Preposition 5.1.1 Inflection 6 Croatian 6.1 Interjection 6.2 Conjunction 6.2.1 Antonyms 7 Danish 7.1 Adverb 7.2 Conjunction 8 Dena'ina 8.1 Conjunction 8.2 Adverb 9 Esperanto 9.1 Preposition 10 Ewe 10.1 Noun 11 Galician 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Contraction 12 German 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Pronunciation 12.3 Adverb 12.4 Conjunction 13 Italian 13.1 Etymology 1 13.1.1 Preposition 13.1.1.1 Usage notes 13.1.2 See also 13.2 Etymology 2 13.2.1 Verb 13.3 References 14 Japanese 14.1 Noun 14.2 Verb 14.3 See also 15 Latin 15.1 Verb 16 Lojban 16.1 Cmavo 16.1.1 Related terms 17 Mandarin 17.1 Adjective 17.1.1 Derived terms 17.2 Verb 17.3 Pinyin 17.4 Pinyin syllable 17.4.1 Usage notes 18 Manx 18.1 Preposition 18.1.1 Inflection 18.2 Pronoun 18.2.1 Derived terms 19 Norwegian 19.1 Conjunction 20 Old English 20.1 Pronunciation 20.2 Noun 20.2.1 Declension 20.2.2 Descendants 21 Polish 21.1 Pronunciation 21.2 Verb 22 Portuguese 22.1 Preposition 23 Romanian 23.1 Pronunciation 23.2 Etymology 1 23.2.1 Interjection 23.3 Etymology 2 23.3.1 Verb 23.3.1.1 Conjugation 24 Scottish Gaelic 24.1 Pronoun 25 Serbian 25.1 Etymology 25.2 Adverb 25.3 Conjunction 26 Slovene 26.1 Interjection 26.1.1 Antonyms 27 Spanish 27.1 Verb 28 Turkish 28.1 Adverb 28.1.1 Usage notes 28.1.2 Synonyms 29 Uzbek 29.1 Particle 29.1.1 Usage notes 30 Vietnamese 30.1 Pronunciation 30.2 Noun 31 Volapük 31.1 Preposition 32 Welsh 32.1 Noun 32.2 Adjective 32.2.1 Mutation

[edit] Translingual

Wikipedia

[edit] Symbol

da

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

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of dad

[edit] Noun

da (plural das)

1. (Irish) father

[edit] Synonyms

• pa, Pa
• daddy

[edit] Etymology 2

From Russian да (da).

[edit] Adverb

da (not comparable)

1. “yes”, in Russian.

[edit] Antonyms

• nyet

[edit] Noun

da (plural das)

1. A Russian yes; an affirmative response.

[edit] Etymology 3

Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.

[edit] Article

da

1. Eye dialect spelling of the.

[edit] Quotations

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ad , ad., AD

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Verb

da

1. is

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Adverb

da

1. yes

[edit] Conjunction

da

1. if
2. in order to
3. that
4. to
5. whether

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Preposition

da (requires soft mutation)

1. to

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

[edit] Inflection

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

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Interjection

da

1. yes

[edit] Conjunction

da

1. if
2. in order to
3. that
4. to
5. whether

[edit] Antonyms

• ne

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Adverb

da

1. surely
2. then

[edit] 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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[edit] Dena'ina

[edit] Conjunction

da

1. when
2. if

[edit] Adverb

da

1. there

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Preposition

da

1. Of (used instead of de after words indicating weight, measure or number)

   glaso da teo — a glass of tea

   kilogramo da viando — a kilogram of meat

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[edit] Ewe

[edit] Noun

da

1. mother
2. snake

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Contraction

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

1. of the; from the

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Old High German dār

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio (Austria)^{help, file}
• IPA: /daː/

[edit] Adverb

da

1. there, here
2. then
3. so

[edit] Conjunction

da

1. since, as, given that

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin de + a/ab (preposition). In the meaning of “at, near, by” da probably comes from Latin unde + ad.^[1]

[edit] 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

   da Giovanni — “at Giovanni’s house”

[edit] Usage notes

The preposition da combines with the article as follows:

• da + il: dal
• da + lo: dallo
• da + l’: dall’
• da + i: dai
• da + gli: dagli
• da + la: dalla
• da + le: dalle

[edit] See also

• dà

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Verb

da

1. Common misspelling of dà

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

da (hiragana だ)

1. だ: Hiragana syllable だ (da)
2. ダ: Katakana letter ダ (da)

[edit] Verb

da (hiragana だ)

1. だ: to be

[edit] See also

• desu (です)

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

da

1. give! (imperative form of dare)

   Panem da nobis.

   Give us bread.

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

da

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

[edit] Related terms

• de
• di

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Adjective

da (Pinyin dà)

1. big; great

   Chengdu shi Zhongguo xinan de da chengshi. — Chengdu is a big city of the southwest China.

   (Chéngdū shì Zhōngguó xīnán de dà Chéngshì. — 成都是中国西南的大城市.)

[edit] Derived terms

• dazichanjieji
• dageming
• Wenhua Dageming

[edit] Verb

da (Pinyin da3, traditional and simplified 打)

1. to hit
2. to play
   • wǒ àihào dǎ pīngpāngqiú.

   I enjoy playing table tennis.

[edit] Pinyin

da (form of da0 or da5)

1. 墰: an earthenware jar; a jug
2. 疶:
3. 繨: a knot (of a rope)
4. 跴: step on, tread on; search for
5. 蹽:

[edit] Pinyin syllable

da

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, dā, dá, dǎ, or dà.

[edit] 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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[edit] Manx

[edit] Preposition

da

1. to
2. for

[edit] 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

[edit] Pronoun

da

1. 3rd person singular of da.

   to him/it

[edit] Derived terms

• dasyn (emphatic)

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Conjunction

da

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

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɑː/

[edit] Noun

dā f.

1. doe, female fallow deer

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Descendants

• English: doe

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /da/

[edit] Verb

da

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

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Preposition

da

1. Contraction of de + a

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /da/

[edit] Etymology 1

From a Slavonic language.

[edit] Interjection

da

1. yes

[edit] Etymology 2

Latin dare. Compare Aromanian dau.

[edit] Verb

a da 1st conj.

1. to give

[edit] Conjugation

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronoun

da

1. Alternative form of dha.

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da.

[edit] Adverb

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. yes

[edit] Conjunction

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. if
2. in order to
3. that
4. to
5. whether

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Interjection

da

1. yes

[edit] Antonyms

• ne

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] 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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[edit] Turkish

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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"

[edit] Synonyms

• de

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[edit] Uzbek

[edit] Particle

da (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."

[edit] 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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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/

[edit] Noun

da

1. skin (of human, animal, and fruit)

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Preposition

da

1. through

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

da m.

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

[edit] Adjective

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

1. good, well

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
da	dda	na	unchanged