dar

See also: Dar, DAR, dár, dâr, dǻr, -dar, dar-, and Appendix:Variations of "dar"

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

dar

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dargwa.

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɑː(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

dar (plural dars)

(UK, dialect) A fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace.
- 1829, A Concise History and Description of the City and Cathedral of Worcester, page 100:
  Besides these peculiarities, our river abounds with the usual fresh water fish, such as the roach, dar, flounders, carp, chub, trout, &c.

Etymology 2[edit]

Adverb[edit]

dar (not comparable)

African-American Vernacular form of there

Noun[edit]

dar (uncountable)

African-American Vernacular form of there

Pronoun[edit]

dar

African-American Vernacular form of there

Anagrams[edit]

'ard, -ard, ADR, ARD, Ard, DRA, Dra, RAD, RDA, ard, rad, rad.

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Spanish dar, from Latin dare.

Verb[edit]

dar

give

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Verb[edit]

dar

to give

Azerbaijani[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [dɑr]
Audio (Baku) (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Common Turkic *tār (“narrow”).

Adjective[edit]

dar (comparative daha dar, superlative ən dar)

narrow
dar yol ― a narrow road

dar dəhliz ― a narrow passage, corridor

Synonym: enli
tight, too small

Antonyms[edit]

(narrow): geniş, enli
(tight): gen

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic دَار (dār).

Noun[edit]

dar (definite accusative darı, sound plural darlar, broken plural diyar)

Related terms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō. Replaced by donar and became a defective verb.

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Verb[edit]

dar

(obsolete) to give
Synonym: donar

Usage notes[edit]

While not used productively in any present variety, some verb forms of dar survive in fixed expressions:

dat i beneït (literally “given and blessed”)
dat i rebatut
Déu n'hi do (literally “may God give some”)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dar (defective verb)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			dar
present participle			dant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dat		dada
		plural		dats		dades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	—	—	—	dem	deu	—
	imperfect	dava	daves	dava	dàvem	dàveu	daven
	future	daré	daràs	darà	darem	dareu	daran
	preterite	di	dares	da	dàrem	dàreu	daren
	conditional	daria	daries	daria	daríem	daríes	darien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	—	—	—	dem	deu	—
	imperfect	des	dessis	des	déssim	déssiu	dessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	—	—	dem	deu	—

Some forms attested in Old Catalan:

1st person singular present indicative: do
3rd person singular present indicative: do
2nd person plural present indicative: dau
1st person singular present subjunctive: do

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther. Cognate with German der, Dutch die, English the, Swedish den. Doublet of dèar (demonstrative pronoun).

Article[edit]

dar

(Luserna, Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
1. nominative singular masculine
  Dar mann is stérchor dan 's baip. ― The man is stronger than the woman.
  
  Dar tòibel hat borlóart in sbantz. ― The devil lost his tail.
2. dative singular feminine
  Bar soin vo dar Tezza. ― We're from Tezza (literally, “We're from the Tezza.”)

Usage notes[edit]

Note: The genitive case has been largely lost in Cimbrian, however dar can function in the genitive (for all numbers and genders) before possessive pronouns, e.g. khua dar maindarn (“cow of mine”).

Declension[edit]

Cimbrian definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	dar	de / di	's / z	de / di
Accusative	in	de / di	's / z	de / di
Dative	me	dar	me	in

Derived terms[edit]

vomme
von (contraction)
vóndar

References[edit]

“dar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cornish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *dar, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [daːr]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [dæːr]

Noun[edit]

dar m (plural deri)

oak

Synonyms[edit]

derwen/derowen

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

dar

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology[edit]

From Old Czech dar, from Proto-Slavic *darъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈdar]
audio (file)
Rhymes: -ar

Noun[edit]

dar m inan

gift, present, donation
věnovat dar ― to give a donation

poskytovat dary ― to give gifts

Declension[edit]

Declension of dar (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	dar	dary
genitive	daru	darů
dative	daru	darům
accusative	dar	dary
vocative	dare	dary
locative	daru	darech
instrumental	darem	dary

Related terms[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch darne, by metathesis from dorne, from Old Dutch *drān, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɑr/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: dar
Rhymes: -ɑr

Noun[edit]

dar m (plural darren, diminutive darretje n)

drone (non-working male bee, ant or wasp)

Anagrams[edit]

rad
dra

Elfdalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þar, from Proto-Germanic *þar. Cognate with Swedish där.

Adverb[edit]

dar

there, in that place

Conjunction[edit]

dar

where (relative)
when (relative)
since, because

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese dar, from Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾ/

Verb[edit]

dar (first-person singular present dou, first-person singular preterite dei, past participle dado)

(ditransitive) to give
to hit
(transitive with en) to start (a new, repeated activity, or a new state); to fall for
- 1697, Fabián Pardiñas, Eu oín a meus avós:
  Tolaje serà meterme
  Na Teologia Sagrada;
  Pero dei nesta tolaje,
  Porque os juezes cai en gracia.
  Foolishness will be to meddle
  With Sacred Theology;
  But I fell for this foolishness,
  Because the judges liked me
(transitive with en) to hit
first-person singular personal infinitive of dar
third-person singular personal infinitive of dar

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	dar
personal	dar	dares	dar	darmos	dardes	daren
Gerund
	dando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	dado			dados
feminine	dada			dadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	dou	dás	dá	damos	dades	dan
imperfect	daba	dabas	daba	dabamos	dabades	daban
preterite	dei	deches	deu	demos	destes	deron
pluperfect	dera	deras	dera	deramos	derades	deran
future	darei	darás	dará	daremos	daredes	darán
conditional	daría	darías	daría	dariamos	dariades	darían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	dea	deas	dea	deamos	deades	dean
preterite	dese	deses	dese	désemos	désedes	desen
future	der	deres	der	dermos	derdes	deren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	dá	dea	deamos	dade	dean
negative	–	deas	dea	deamos	deades	dean

Derived terms[edit]

dar conta

References[edit]

“dar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“dar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“dar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“dar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“dar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See dar-.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /daːɐ̯/

Adverb[edit]

dar

(archaic) Only used in darstellen etc.

Interlingua[edit]

Verb[edit]

dar

to give

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dar

participle		present	perfect
infinitive		dar
participle		dante	date
active		simple	perfect
	present	da	ha date
	past	dava	habeva date
	future	dara	habera date
	conditional	darea	haberea date
	imperative	da
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es date	ha essite date
	past	esseva date	habeva essite date
	future	essera date	habera essite date
	conditional	esserea date	haberea essite date
	imperative	sia date

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [d̪ˠaɾˠ]

Etymology 1[edit]

Fusion of do (“to, for”) or de (“from”) with the copular particle ar.

Particle[edit]

dar (before a vowel in the present/future darb, before a vowel in the past/conditional darbh) (used before a consonant sound; triggers lenition in the past/conditional)

to/for which/whom is
an fear dar miste é ― the man to whom it matters
to/for which/whom was/would be
an fear dar mhiste é ― the man to whom it mattered
from which/whom is
from which/whom was/would be

Related terms[edit]

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
ó (prep.)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	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.

Etymology 2[edit]

Preposition[edit]

dar (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

by (in asseverations)
dar Dia! ― by God!

dar m'anam! ― upon my soul!

Derived terms[edit]

dar le

Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

dar (apocopated)

Apocopic form of dare

Anagrams[edit]

rad

Ladino[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dō.

Verb[edit]

dar (Latin spelling)

to give

Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Lithuanian dabar (“now”), Armenian դեռ (deṙ, “still, yet”), Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good, suitable”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dar/

Adverb[edit]

dár ^[1]

yet; still
some more; still more
Man reikia dar pieno.
I need more milk.
else, if not (often or ever followed by subjuntive)
Kaip tada dar būtų galima tai išspręsti.
How else could I put up with it?

Antonyms[edit]

(yet): jau

Conjunction[edit]

dar

yet; still

References[edit]

^ “dar” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

Maltese[edit]

Root
d-w-r
9 terms

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /daːr/
Homophone: dahar
Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic دَار (dār).

Noun[edit]

dar f (plural djar, diminutive dwejra)

house

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic دَارَ (dāra).

Verb[edit]

dar (imperfect jdur, past participle midur)

(intransitive) to turn; to veer; to change direction
(intransitive) to wander; to walk about; to travel

Mirandese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Verb[edit]

dar

to give

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Persian ‎ (dâr).

Noun[edit]

dar f

(botany) tree

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þar.

Adverb[edit]

dar

(obsolete) there (alternative spelling of der).

Han budde dar all dan stund han livde.

He lived there his entire life.

References[edit]

Nynorskkorpuset - search for 'dar'
“der” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar, whence also Old English þær, Old Norse þar.

Adverb[edit]

dār

there

Descendants[edit]

German: da, dar-
Yiddish: דאָ‎ (do)

Old Irish[edit]

Preposition[edit]

dar

Alternative form of tar

Derived terms[edit]

dar cenn

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dar

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dāˀra, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dar/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ar
Syllabification: dar

Noun[edit]

dar m inan

gift
Synonyms: podarek, podarunek, prezent, upominek

Declension[edit]

Declension of dar

	singular	plural
nominative	dar	dary
genitive	daru	darów
dative	darowi	darom
accusative	dar	dary
instrumental	darem	darami
locative	darze	darach
vocative	darze	dary

Related terms[edit]

nouns

verbs

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese dar, from Latin dare (“to give”), from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ)/ [ˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ʁ)/ [ˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾ/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(h)/
(Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Homophone: dá (Brazil, with -r dropping)
Hyphenation: dar

Verb[edit]

dar (first-person singular present dou, first-person singular preterite dei, past participle dado)

(ditransitive) to give
1. (with a, para, or an indirect objective pronoun)
  1. to transfer one’s possession of something to someone without anything in return
    Dar-te-ei um livro. / Te darei um livro.
    I will give you a book.
    
    Synonym: ceder
    
    Antonym: receber
  2. to hand over (to pass something into someone’s hand)
    Dá-me tua mão. / Me dá sua mão.
    Give me your hand.
    
    Synonyms: entregar, passar
  3. to make a present or gift of
    Dei flores à minha mulher.
    I gave my wife flowers.
    
    Synonym: presentear
    
    Antonyms: ganhar, receber
  4. to provide a service
    A Igreja dá conforto aos pobres.
    The Church gives the poor comfort.
    
    Ele dá aulas de latim.
    He gives Latin classes.
    
    Synonym: oferecer
  5. to administer (to cause to take (medicine))
    Demos-lhe insulina. / Demos insulina a ele.
    We gave him insulin.
    
    Synonym: administrar
  6. (transitive) to give; to issue; to emit
    O João vai-nos dar recomendações. /O João nos dará recomendações.
    John will give us recommendations.
    
    Ele gosta de dar ordens.
    He likes issuing orders.
2. (with the indirect object taking em or an indirect objective pronoun)
  1. to carry out a physical interaction with something
    Ela me deu um beijo./Ela deu-me um beijo.
    She gave me a kiss.
  2. to cause a sensation or feeling
    A cerca me deu um choque elétrico./A cerca deu-me um choque elétrico.
    The fence gave me an electric shock.
    
    Essa música me dá medo./Essa música dá-me medo.
    That song frightens me.
    (literally, “This song gives me fear.”)
  3. to cause (to produce as a result)
    Comer rápido dá azia em você. / Comer rápido dá-te azia.
    Eating quickly gives you a heartburn.
3. to yield; to produce; to generate
  Esse poço dava água.
  That well used to produce water.
  
  As macieiras dão maçãs.
  Apple trees produce apples.
(impersonal, transitive, followed by para when transitive) to be possible, to can
Não dá para ele fazer isso.
He can't do that.

– Dá para o alcançarmos?
– Dá.
– Can we reach him?
– Yes, we can.
(transitive) to throw (to organise an event)
Darei uma festa para meus amigos amanhã.
I’ll throw a party for my friends tomorrow.
(transitive with que; impersonal with em) to report (publish or broadcast news)
O jornal deu que se cancelaram os eventos. / Deu no jornal que se cancelaram os eventos.
The newspaper reported that the events had been cancelled.
(transitive with em or with no preposition) to result in
Não te preocupes, não dará em nada.
Don’t worry, it won’t lead to anything.
(transitive or auxiliary with para and a verb in the personal infinitive) to suffice, to be enough
Com dez euros já dá para almoçar hoje.
Ten euros are enough to have lunch today.

Synonym: bastar
(transitive) to make (to tend or be able to become)
Ela daria uma boa professora.
She would make a good teacher.
(ditransitive, with the indirect object taking por or como) to consider (assign some quality to)
Depois de semanas procurando, deram-nos como desaparecidos.
After weeks of searching, they considered us to be missing.

Synonym: considerar
(colloquial) to defeat by a given score
A minha equipa vai dar dois a zero à tua.
My team will beat yours 2-nil.

Meu time vai dar de dois a zero no seu.
My team will beat yours 2-nil.
(transitive with com) to come across, to bump into (to find something accidentally or in an unexpected condition)
Dei de cara com a Sandra hoje de manhã.
I bumped into Sandra this morning.
(Brazil, vulgar, slang, intransitive, or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking para) to put out, to allow to be sexually penetrated
Dei pra ele.
I put out for him.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dar (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	dar
Personal	dar	dares	dar	darmos	dardes	darem
Gerund
	dando
Past participle
Masculine	dado			dados
Feminine	dada			dadas
Indicative
Present	dou	dás	dá	damos	dais	dão
Imperfect	dava	davas	dava	dávamos	dáveis	davam
Preterite	dei	deste	deu	demos	destes	deram
Pluperfect	dera	deras	dera	déramos	déreis	deram
Future	darei	darás	dará	daremos	dareis	darão
Conditional
	daria	darias	daria	daríamos	daríeis	dariam
Subjunctive
Present	dê	dês	dê	demos, dêmos¹	deis	deem, dêem¹
Imperfect	desse	desses	desse	déssemos	désseis	dessem
Future	der	deres	der	dermos	derdes	derem
Imperative
Affirmative		dá	dê	demos, dêmos¹	dai	deem, dêem¹
Negative (não)		não dês	não dê	não demos, não dêmos¹	não deis	não deem, não dêem¹

¹Superseded.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dar.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Angolar: ra
Annobonese: da
Guinea-Bissau Creole: da
Indo-Portuguese: dá
Kabuverdianu: da
Korlai Creole Portuguese: da
Macanese: dá
Kristang: da
Principense: da
Sãotomense: da
Saramaccan: dá

Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit दर (dara, “fear”).^[1] Compare Hindi डर (ḍar).

Noun[edit]

dar f

fear^[1]^[2]
Synonym: traś

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “dar”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 65ab
^ Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e dar, -a- ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 120b-121a

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dar/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ar

Etymology 1[edit]

Uncertain. Probably from a compound of de and iar(ă). It may also perhaps come from an intermediate form *deară, from Latin dē vērō, or from dē eā rē. See also doar.

Alternative forms[edit]

dară (regional)
da' (colloquial, very frequent)

Conjunction[edit]

dar

but

Synonyms[edit]

însă

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic даръ (darŭ), from Proto-Slavic *darъ (“gift”).

Noun[edit]

dar n (plural daruri)

gift
în dar ― as a gift

Declension[edit]

Declension of dar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dar	darul	(niște) daruri	darurile
genitive/dative	(unui) dar	darului	(unor) daruri	darurilor
vocative	darule		darurilor

Synonyms[edit]

cadou

References[edit]

dar in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Verb[edit]

dar

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to give

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dar (Sursilvan)

	singular			plural
infinitive			dar
gerund			dend
past participle			dau
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	dun	das	dat	dein	deis	dattan
imperfect	davel	davas	dava	davan	davas	davan
future	vegnel a dar	vegns a dar	vegn a dar	vegnin a dar	vegnis a dar	vegnan a dar
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
direct present	dass	dasses	dass	dassen	dasses	dassen
indirect present	dassi	dassies	dassi	dassien	dassies	dassien
direct future	vegness a dar	vegnesses a dar	vegness a dar	vegnessen a dar	vegnesses a dar	vegnessen a dar
indirect future	vegnessi a dar	vegnessies a dar	vegnessi a dar	vegnessien a dar	vegnessies a dar	vegnessien a dar
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	detti	detties	detti	deien	deies	dettien
past	davi	davies	davi	davien	davies	davien
future	vegni a dar	vegnies a dar	vegni a dar	vegnîen a dar	vegnîes a dar	vegnien a dar
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
imperative		dai			dei

Conjugation of dar (Grischun)

	singular			plural
infinitive			dar
gerund			dend
past participle			dà
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	dun	das	dat	dain	dais	dattan
imperfect	deva	devas	deva	devan	devas	devan
future	vegnel a dar	vegns a dar	vegn a dar	vegnin a dar	vegnis a dar	vegnan a dar
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	dess	desses	dess	dessen	desses	dessen
future	vegness a dar	vegnesses a dar	vegness a dar	vegnessen a dar	vegnesses a dar	vegnessen a dar
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	dettia	dettias	dettia	dettian	dettias	dettian
future	vegni a dar	vegnies a dar	vegni a dar	vegnîen a dar	vegnîes a dar	vegnien a dar
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
imperative		dà			dai

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly a reduced form of nuair (“when”) (MacBain)^[1] or possibly from early modern an tan a, an dan a, from Old Irish in tan (“when”) from acc. sg. of Old Irish tan (“time”) (Seosamh Watson).^[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /t̪ər/, /t̪ar/

Conjunction[edit]

dar

(West of Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Mull, Perthshire) when (relative/non-interrogative)
- 2005, Roy G. Wentworth, Rannsachadh air Fòn-eòlas Dualchainnt Ghàidhlig Gheàrrloch, Siorrachd Rois‎^[1], page 3:
  Bha sinne air na cuairteachdainn leis a’ Ghàidhlig dar a bha sinn nana cloinn
  We had been surrounded with Gaelic when we were children

References[edit]

^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “dar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page 123
^ Seosamh Watson (1994), “Gaeilge na hAlban”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §19.5, page 690: “Ar chónaisc neamhaithnidiúla eile a áirítear i nGaeilge na hAlban tá (…) /ə/,/də/, /dər/, /dər ə/ (? < an tan a) ‘nuair’”

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃rom.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dâːr/

Noun[edit]

dȃr m (Cyrillic spelling да̑р)

gift

Declension[edit]

Declension of dar

	singular	plural
nominative	dȃr	dȁrovi / dȃri
genitive	dȃra	dȁrōvā / dȃrā
dative	dȃru	dȁrovima / dȃrima
accusative	dȃr	dȁrove / dȃre
vocative	dȃru	dȁrovi / dȃri
locative	dȃru	dȁrovima / dȃrima
instrumental	dȃrom	dȁrovima / dȃrima

Synonyms[edit]

pòklon

Related terms[edit]

darovit

References[edit]

“dar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdar/

Noun[edit]

dar m inan (genitive singular daru, nominative plural dary, genitive plural darov, declension pattern of dub)

gift

Declension[edit]

Declension of dar

	singular	plural
nominative	dar	dary
genitive	daru	darov
dative	daru	darom
accusative	dar	dary
locative	dare	daroch
instrumental	darom	darmi

Derived terms[edit]

darček

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dáːr/

Noun[edit]

dȃr m inan

gift (a talent or natural ability)
(archaic) gift (something given to another voluntarily, without charge)
Synonym: darílo
(usually in the plural, obsolete) immolation^[→SSKJ]
Synonym: darovȃnje

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix), long mixed accent
nom. sing.	dȃr
gen. sing.	darȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dȃr	darȏva	darȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	darȗ	daróv	daróv
dative dajȃlnik	dȃru, dȃri	darȏvoma, darȏvama	darȏvom, dȃrȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	dȃr	darȏva	darȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	dȃru, dȃri	darȏvih	darȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dȃrom	darȏvoma, darȏvama	darȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dȃr	darȏva	darȏvi

less common, regional

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), fixed accent
nom. sing.	dȃr
gen. sing.	dȃra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dȃr	dȃra	dȃri
genitive rodȋlnik	dȃra	dȃrov	dȃrov
dative dajȃlnik	dȃru, dȃri	dȃroma, dȃrama	dȃrom, dȃram
accusative tožȋlnik	dȃr	dȃra	dȃre
locative mẹ̑stnik	dȃru, dȃri	dȃrih, dȃrah	dȃrih, dȃrah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dȃrom	dȃroma, dȃrama	dȃri
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dȃr	dȃra	dȃri

Derived terms[edit]

Somali[edit]

Verb[edit]

dar

to add
Walaal, caano higgu dar, fadlan.
Bro, add milk for me please.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dō, from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾ/ [ˈd̪aɾ]
audio (Bolivia) (file)
Audio (Latin America) (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: dar

Verb[edit]

dar (first-person singular present doy, first-person singular preterite di, past participle dado)

(transitive) to give, to give out
(transitive) to hand over
(transitive) to hit
Me han dado en la cabeza.
They hit me on my head.
(transitive) to emit
(transitive) to produce
(transitive) to perform
(transitive) to consider
Doy eso por menos que yo.
I consider that beneath me.

Yo lo doy por muerto.
I consider him dead.
(transitive with con) to encounter; to find with effort
Dimos con María.
We encountered Maria.

Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas.
We finally found the building after three hours.
(transitive) to hit upon
(colloquial, intransitive, or transitive with a) to press, activate
darle al botón ― to press the button
(transitive, colloquial) to ruin; mess up
Me dio la noche ― It ruined the night for me
(reflexive) to occur
(reflexive) to grow naturally
El maíz se da en esta tierra. ― Corn grows on this land.
(reflexive) to hit
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol.
The car hit a tree.
(reflexive + por) to assume
darse por vencido ― to assume to be defeated

darse por muerto ― to assume to be dead
(reflexive, informal) to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado.
He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied.
(reflexive, Mexico) to surrender
¿Te das? — Me doy.
Do you surrender? — I surrender.
(reflexive, transitive, vulgar, El Salvador) to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)
Vos solo te la das.
You just fuck her.

Me quiero dar a José.
I want to fuck José.
(transitive, colloquial, Rioplatense) to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with)
Le re doy. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(transitive, of weather) to announce, predict
Dan lluvia. ― They announced rain.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dar (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			dar
gerund			dando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dado		dada
		plural		dados		dadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	doy	das	da	damos	dais	dan
	imperfect	daba	dabas	daba	dábamos	dabais	daban
	preterite	di	diste	dio	dimos	disteis	dieron
	future	daré	darás	dará	daremos	daréis	darán
	conditional	daría	darías	daría	daríamos	daríais	darían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dé	des	dé	demos	deis	den
	imperfect (ra)	diera	dieras	diera	diéramos	dierais	dieran
	imperfect (se)	diese	dieses	diese	diésemos	dieseis	diesen
	future¹	diere	dieres	diere	diéremos	diereis	dieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		da	dé	demos	dad	den
	negative		no des	no dé	no demos	no deis	no den

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

Selected combined forms of dar (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive dar
	dative	darme	darte	darle, darse	darnos	daros	darles, darse
	accusative	darme	darte	darlo, darla, darse	darnos	daros	darlos, darlas, darse

with gerund dando
	dative	dándome	dándote	dándole, dándose	dándonos	dándoos	dándoles, dándose
	accusative	dándome	dándote	dándolo, dándola, dándose	dándonos	dándoos	dándolos, dándolas, dándose

with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative da
	dative	dame	date	dale	danos	not used	dales
	accusative	dame	date	dalo, dala	danos	not used	dalos, dalas

with formal second-person singular imperative dé
	dative	deme	not used	dele, dese	denos	not used	deles
	accusative	deme	not used	delo, dela, dese	denos	not used	delos, delas

with first-person plural imperative demos
	dative	not used	démoste	démosle	démonos	démoos	démosles
	accusative	not used	démoste	démoslo, démosla	démonos	démoos	démoslos, démoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative dad
	dative	dadme	not used	dadle	dadnos	daos	dadles
	accusative	dadme	not used	dadlo, dadla	dadnos	daos	dadlos, dadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative den
	dative	denme	not used	denle	dennos	not used	denles, dense
	accusative	denme	not used	denlo, denla	dennos	not used	denlos, denlas, dense

Conjugation of darse (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			darse
gerund			dándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dado		dada
		plural		dados		dadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	darme	darte	darse	darnos	daros	darse
	gerund	dándome	dándote	dándose	dándonos	dándoos	dándose

indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me doy	te das	se da	nos damos	os dais	se dan
	imperfect	me daba	te dabas	se daba	nos dábamos	os dabais	se daban
	preterite	me di	te diste	se dio	nos dimos	os disteis	se dieron
	future	me daré	te darás	se dará	nos daremos	os daréis	se darán
	conditional	me daría	te darías	se daría	nos daríamos	os daríais	se darían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me dé	te des	se dé	nos demos	os deis	se den
	imperfect (ra)	me diera	te dieras	se diera	nos diéramos	os dierais	se dieran
	imperfect (se)	me diese	te dieses	se diese	nos diésemos	os dieseis	se diesen
	future¹	me diere	te dieres	se diere	nos diéremos	os diereis	se dieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		date	dese	démonos	daos	dense
	negative		no te des	no se dé	no nos demos	no os deis	no se den

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

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Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

dar

indefinite plural of dag.; Contraction of dagar., sometimes written da'r

Anagrams[edit]

dra, rad

Tat[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾl, “tree, gallows; wood”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /dāruv/), from Proto-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dāru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru. Cognate with Persian ‎ and Northern Kurdish dar.

Noun[edit]

dar

tree

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish طار, دار (dar, “narrow; difficult; with difficulty”),^[1] from Proto-Turkic *tār, *t(i)ār (“narrow”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tar).

Adjective[edit]

dar

narrow
scant
dar gelirli ― low-income

Antonyms[edit]

geniş
bol

Adverb[edit]

dar

(figuratively) barely, narrowly
Synonyms: darı darına, ucu ucuna, anca, ancak, zar zor, güçlükle, güç bela

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic دَار (dār).^[2]

Noun[edit]

dar

(obsolete, only used in compounds) house, place

Derived terms[edit]

dareyn — two places (especially this world and heaven).
darülfünun — university

References[edit]

^ Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dar2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”); compare Italian dare.

Verb[edit]

dar

(transitive) to give
(transitive) to deliver

Yagara[edit]

Noun[edit]

dar

earth

References[edit]

State Library of Queensland, ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF THE GREATER BRISBANE AREA, 16 March 2015.

[1] “dar” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

[bi-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “dar”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 65ab

[3] Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e dar, -a- ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 120b-121a

[4] MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “dar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page 123

[5] Seosamh Watson (1994), “Gaeilge na hAlban”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §19.5, page 690: “Ar chónaisc neamhaithnidiúla eile a áirítear i nGaeilge na hAlban tá (…) /ə/,/də/, /dər/, /dər ə/ (? < an tan a) ‘nuair’”

[6] Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

[7] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dar2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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