дай

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daj]

Verb

дай • (daj)

1. second-person singular imperative of дам (dam)

Chechen

Adjective

дай • (daj)

1. light (of weight)
2. cheap

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. As an interjection, semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian дај / daj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: дай

Verb

дай (daj)

1. second-person singular imperative perfective of дац (dac)

   дай ми дацо єсц ― daj mi daco jesc ― give me something to eat

Interjection

дай (daj)

1. come on (chiefly as an expression of frustration, exasperation, or impatience)

   Synonyms: гайде (hajde), нолє (nolje), ноце (noce)

Derived terms

interjections

• дай-лє (daj-lje)

verbs

• дайкац (dajkac)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daj]
• Rhymes: -aj

Particle

дай • (daj)

1. (when addressing one, familiar person; followed by an inflected perfective verb form [with the optional subject in between]) the more insistent form of давай: to let

   Дай (я) сам сде́лаю! ― Daj (ja) sam sdélaju! ― Let me do it myself!

   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 7:27:

     Но Иисус сказал ей: дай прежде насытиться детям, ибо нехорошо взять хлеб у детей и бросить псам.

     No Iisus skazal jej: daj prežde nasytitʹsja detjam, ibo nexorošo vzjatʹ xleb u detej i brositʹ psam.

     He said to her, “Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.”

Usage notes

The corresponding V-form or the one used when addressing multiple people is дайте. The word does not require a comma after it, which is, however, a common error.

Verb

дай • (daj)

1. (Used other than figuratively or idiomatically): second-person singular imperative perfective of дать (datʹ)

   Дай сюда! ― Daj sjuda! ― Give it here!

Solombala English

Etymology

Inherited from Russian дай (daj), second-person singular imperative perfective of дать (datʹ, “to give”).

Verb

дай (daj)

1. give (me)
   • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:

     Асей, асей! Дай ту копѣйки!

     Asej, asej! Daj tu kopějki!

     Sailor, sailor! Give me two kopeks!

References

• Broch, Ingvild (1996), “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎^[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian دَی (day), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dīk⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daj/, [d̪äj]

Noun

дай • (day) (Persian spelling دی)

1. Dey (the tenth solar month of the Persian calendar)

Coordinate terms

Persian monthsedit

• фарвардин (farvardin)
• урдибиҳишт (urdibihišt)
• хурдод (xurdod)
• тир (tir)
• мурдод (murdod)
• шаҳривар (šahrivar)
• меҳр (mehr)
• обон (obon)
• озар (ozar)
• дай (day)
• баҳман (bahman)
• исфанд (isfand)

Further reading

• дай on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tg
• “дай”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Hyphenation: дай

Verb

дай • (daj)

1. second-person singular imperative perfective of да́ти (dáty)