дам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dati, Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dam]

Verb

дам • (dam) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective да́вам)

1. (ditransitive) to give

   Ще ти дам книгата.

   Šte ti dam knigata.

   I will give you the book.

2. (ditransitive) to let, to allow

   Synonyms: позволя (pozvolja), разреша (razreša)

   Родителите ми не ми дават да ходя на кино.

   Roditelite mi ne mi davat da hodja na kino.

   My parents don't let me go to the cinema.

3. (transitive) to produce, to yield, to bear

   Synonyms: произведа (proizveda), родя (rodja)

   Кравите дават мляко.

   Kravite davat mljako.

   Cows give milk.

4. (transitive) to present in public performance, to give

   давам концерт ― davam koncert ― to give a concert

5. (transitive) to provide, as, a service or a broadcast, to show, to be on

   Вече не дават любимото ми предаване.

   Veče ne davat ljubimoto mi predavane.

   They no longer show my favourite programme.

   Дават новините.

   Davat novinite.

   The news is on.

6. (ditransitive) to fix, to set

   Synonyms: поставя (postavja), установя (ustanovja)

   Учителката даде на учениците си задача да нарисуват ходило.

   Učitelkata dade na učenicite si zadača da narisuvat hodilo.

   The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.

   давам срок ― davam srok ― to set a time-limit

   давам тон ― davam ton ― to set the tone

7. (ditransitive) to estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something), to give

   Давам му десет минути преди да се откаже.

   Davam mu deset minuti predi da se otkaže.

   I give it ten minutes before he gives up.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of дам (conjugation 1.1, irregular, perfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	—	дал dal	дадя́л dadjál	да́ден dáden		—
	definite subject form	—	да́лият dálijat	—	да́деният dádenijat
	definite object form	—	да́лия dálija	—	да́дения dádenija
feminine	indefinite	—	да́ла dála	дадя́ла dadjála	да́дена dádena
	definite	—	да́лата dálata	—	да́дената dádenata
neuter	indefinite	—	да́ло dálo	дадя́ло dadjálo	да́дено dádeno	—
	definite	—	да́лото dáloto	—	да́деното dádenoto	—
plural	indefinite	—	да́ли dáli	даде́ли dadéli	да́дени dádeni	—
	definite	—	да́лите dálite	—	да́дените dádenite	—

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		дам dam	даде́ш dadéš	даде́ dadé	даде́м dadém	даде́те dadéte	дада́т dadát
imperfect		дадя́х dadjáh	даде́ше dadéše	даде́ше dadéše	дадя́хме dadjáhme	дадя́хте dadjáhte	дадя́ха dadjáha
aorist		да́дох dádoh	да́де dáde	да́де dáde	да́дохме dádohme	да́дохте dádohte	да́доха dádoha
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and дадя́л m, дадя́ла f, дадя́ло n, or даде́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and дадя́л m, дадя́ла f, дадя́ло n, or даде́ли pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and дадя́л m, дадя́ла f, дадя́ло n, or даде́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and дал m, да́ла f, да́ло n, or да́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			дай daj			даде́те dadéte

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dam]

Etymology 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) дам • (dam) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of да́ма (dáma)

Etymology 2

Verb

дам • (dam)

1. first-person singular future indicative perfective of дать (datʹ)

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Tajik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæm/

Noun

Dari	دم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дам

дам • (dam)

1. breath

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dam]

Verb

дам • (dam)

1. first-person singular future perfective of да́ти (dáty)