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Dada
Dada
English
Noun
Dada (uncountable)
- A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by nihilism, deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, chance, randomness, and the rejection of the prevailing standards in art.
Translations
dada
dada
English
Noun
dada (countable and uncountable, plural dadas)
Usage notes
Not to be confused with Dada.
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin data (“the date of a document”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dada f (plural dades)
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dadilja.
Noun
dada
Declension
Declension of dada
nominative | dada |
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genitive | dadanıñ |
dative | dadağa |
accusative | dadanı |
locative | dadada |
ablative | dadadan |
Synonyms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑdɑ/
- Rhymes: -dɑ
Adverb
dada
Adjective
dada (invariable, comparative meer dada, superlative meest dada)
- Related to the dada art movement.
- bizarre, irrational, like dada art
Interjection
dada
Noun
dada n (uncountable)
- dada, the cultural movement
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɒdɒ]
- Hyphenation: da‧da
Noun
dada (plural dadák)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | dada | dadák |
accusative | dadát | dadákat |
dative | dadának | dadáknak |
instrumental | dadával | dadákkal |
causal-final | dadáért | dadákért |
translative | dadává | dadákká |
terminative | dadáig | dadákig |
essive-formal | dadaként | dadákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | dadában | dadákban |
superessive | dadán | dadákon |
adessive | dadánál | dadáknál |
illative | dadába | dadákba |
sublative | dadára | dadákra |
allative | dadához | dadákhoz |
elative | dadából | dadákból |
delative | dadáról | dadákról |
ablative | dadától | dadáktól |
Possessive forms of dada | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | dadám | dadáim |
2nd person sing. | dadád | dadáid |
3rd person sing. | dadája | dadái |
1st person plural | dadánk | dadáink |
2nd person plural | dadátok | dadáitok |
3rd person plural | dadájuk | dadáik |
Related terms
- dadus
Irish
Alternative forms
- dadamh
- tada (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
Modification of adamh (“atom”).
Pronoun
dada
References
- “dadom” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “dadaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "dada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.