Galician

Verb

dá

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Noun

dá n ‎(genitive singular dás, no plural)

1. coma

Declension

Synonyms

• (coma): dauðadá n, svefndá n

See also

• stjarfi
• svefnhöfgi

Derived terms

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

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (worship): dýrka

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)

   ‘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)

Related terms

Mandarin

Romanization

dá (Zhuyin ㄉㄚˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 劄
2. Pinyin transcription of 匒
3. Pinyin transcription of 呾
4. Pinyin transcription of 妲
5. Pinyin transcription of 怛
6. Pinyin transcription of 打
7. Pinyin transcription of 沓
8. Pinyin transcription of 溚
9. Pinyin transcription of 炟
10. Pinyin transcription of 畗
11. Pinyin transcription of 畣
12. Pinyin transcription of 瘨
13. Pinyin transcription of 笪
14. Pinyin transcription of 答
15. Pinyin transcription of 箒
16. Pinyin transcription of 繨
17. Pinyin transcription of 羆
18. Pinyin transcription of 胃
19. Pinyin transcription of 荄
20. Pinyin transcription of 荙
21. Pinyin transcription of 薘
22. Pinyin transcription of 蟽
23. Pinyin transcription of 褟
24. Pinyin transcription of 詚
25. Pinyin transcription of 达
26. Pinyin transcription of 迖
27. Pinyin transcription of 逹, 達
28. Pinyin transcription of 鄽
29. Pinyin transcription of 酃
30. Pinyin transcription of 鐽, 𫟼
31. Pinyin transcription of 靼
32. Pinyin transcription of 鞑, 韃

Northern Sami

Adverb

dá

1. here

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• da

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː/

Numeral

dá ‎(governing a noun like a determiner)

1. two

Declension

Synonyms

• dáu (used pronominally)

Descendants

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

Mutation

References

• “dá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• da (obsolete)
• dah (Internet slang)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/

Verb

dá

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of dar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of dar
3. apocopic form of dar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
4. Eye dialect spelling of dar, representing Brazilian Portuguese.