dá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "da"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaː]

Verb

1. third-person singular present indicative of dát

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Dakota

Verb

dá

1. ask for, request, demand

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Galician

Verb

dá

1. third-person singular present indicative of dar
2. second-person singular imperative of dar

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Noun

dá n (genitive singular dás, no plural)

1. coma

Declension

declension of dá

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dá	dáið
accusative	dá	dáið
dative	dái	dáinu
genitive	dás	dásins

Synonyms

• (coma): dauðadá n, svefndá n

Derived terms

• liggja í dái (to be in a coma, lit. to lie in a coma)
• falla í dá (to fall into a coma)

See also

• stjarfi
• svefnhöfgi

Verb

dá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dáði, supine dáð)

1. to adore, admire greatly
2. to worship

   Ég dái þig.

   I worship you.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

• (worship): dýrka

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Irish

Alternative forms

• dhá

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [d̪ˠɑː]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [d̪ˠæː]

Conjunction

dá (triggers eclipsis of a following consonant and takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)

1. if

   Dá gcuirfeann sé fearthainne anois, d’osclófainn mo scáth fearthainne.

   If it were raining now, I would open my umbrella.

   Dá dtéiteá ar an aonach, b’fhéidir leat gamhain a dhíol.

   If you had gone to the market, you could have sold a calf.

Usage notes

• Used in counterfactual conditionals with the conditional or past subjunctive.

See also

• má (“if”) (in factual conditionals)
• mura (“unless; if...not”)

Contraction

dá

1. Contraction of do + a (various meanings)

   ‘to his, to its’ (triggers lenition)

   ‘to her, to its’ (triggers h-prothesis)

   2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:

   Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.

   [original: Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.]

   ‘to their’ (triggers eclipsis)

   ‘to which’ (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)

2. Contraction of de + a (various meanings)

   ‘from his, from its’ (triggers lenition)

   ‘from her, from its’ (triggers h-prothesis)

   ‘from their’ (triggers eclipsis)

   ‘from which’ (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)

3. used with an abstract noun (which undergoes lenition) to denote a degree, equivalent to English however (“to whatever extent or degree”)

   dá fhad an bhóthar ― however long the road (literally, “from its length the road”)

4. used with an abstract noun (which undergoes lenition) followed by is ea is or just is to form the equivalent of English the... the...

   dá luaithe (is ea) is fearr ― the sooner the better (literally, “from its earliness the better”)

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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Lashi

Etymology

Compare Chinese 的.

Postposition

dá

1. Used after an attribute. Indicates that the previous word has possession of the next one. It functions like ’s in English (or like the word “of” but with the position of possessor and possessee switched). ’s; of

References

• https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf

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Mandarin

Romanization

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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː/

Adverb

dá

1. here

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• da

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː/

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dá     Ordinal : tánaise

dá (governing a noun like a determiner)

1. two

Declension

Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative Accusative	dáL	díL	dáN
Genitive	dáL		dáN
Dative	dibN
L = Triggers lenition N = Triggers nasalization (eclipsis)

Synonyms

• dáu (used pronominally)

Descendants

• Irish: dhá
• Manx: daa
• Scottish Gaelic: dà, dhà

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dá	dá pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• da (obsolete)
• dah (Internet slang)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/

Verb

dá

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2. Apocopic form of dar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
3. Eye dialect spelling of dar, representing Brazil Portuguese.