da

See also: Appendix:Variations of "da"

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Translingual

Etymology 1

㍲ U+3372, ㍲ SQUARE DA ← ㍱ [U+3371] CJK Compatibility ㍳ → [U+3373]

From deca-.

Symbol

da

1. (metrology) deca-, indicating multiplication by 10

Etymology 2

Clipping of Danish dansk or English Danish.

Symbol

da

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Danish.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms

English

Etymology 1

From child language; compare dad and dada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (plural das)

1. (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Father.

   Alternative form: da'

   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 55:

     Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?

   • 2011, Philip Reeve, Scrivener's Moon, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 48:

     Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.

   • 2025, CMAT, “Euro-Country”:

     I was twelve when the das started killing themselves all around me

Synonyms

• pa, Pa
• daddy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (uncountable)

1. (slang, Russianism) Yes; an affirmative response.

Interjection

da

1. (slang, Russianism) Yes.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:da.

Antonyms

• nyet

Etymology 3

Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/, /dʌ/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iː, -ʌ

Article

da

1. Pronunciation spelling of the.

   Da New York Times

   Da Bears

   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:

     "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!" He seized the girl's wrist. "No, no, you don't run. Hey! Where is-a da cop?"

   • 2012, Jeffrey Arnold, Nobody's Laughing, page 157:

     They are both holding onto their caps in the stiff breeze, and Zang is shouting, "Where is da main hotel going to be?"

Usage notes

• Commonly used to represent the pronunciation of various second-language varieties of English where the first language of the speaker does not contain the phoneme /ð/ or babies that can't produce /ð/ yet.
• In the US, especially common in representations of speakers from Chicago or New York City and African American Vernacular. Less commonly, represents a receding Midwestern accent influenced by early German and Scandinavian immigrants whose native languages lacked /ð/.

See also

• tha

Etymology 4

Imitative.

Interjection

da

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?

Anagrams

• 'ad, -ad, A.D., AD, Ad, ad, ad-, ad.

Äiwoo

Verb

da

1. to swim, drift, float

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Bambara

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• dá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dáà]

Noun

da

1. (anatomy) mouth, orifice
2. door, doorway

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• dà

Noun

da

1. plant that is source of kenaf fiber (Hibiscus cannabinus)

   Synonym: daba

2. roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

   Synonym: dabilen

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
• 2003. Moussa Diaby (République du Mali, Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale), Léxique de base : Bamanankan - Français, Fondation Karanta.

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /da/ [d̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: da

Verb

da (masculine allocutive duk, feminine allocutive dun)

1. Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of izan (“to be”).

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Cognate with German der.

Article

da m

1. the

Article

da f

1. the (dative)

See also

Bavarian articles

		singular						plural
		masculine		neuter		feminine
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
definite	nominative	der, da	—	das, es, des	's	de	d'	de	d'
	accusative	en, den	'n
	dative	em, dem	'm	em, dem	'm	der, da	—
	genitive1	des		des		der, da		der, da
indefinite	nominative	a	—	a	—	a	—	—
	accusative	an	'n
	dative	am	'm	am	'm	a, ana	'na

¹ higher, formal register

Etymology 2

Unstressed form of dia

Pronoun

da

1. you (dative, singular)

See also

Bavarian personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2nd person singular	informal	du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
	formal	Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

Breton

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū (“to”). Cognate to Welsh i (“to”).

Preposition

da (requires soft mutation)

1. to

   An den a zo aet da Vreizh. ― The man went to Brittany.

Inflection

Personal forms of da

		singular	plural
1st person		din	dimp, deomp
2nd person		dit	deoc'h
3rd person	m	dezhañ	dezho
	f	dezhi
impersonal		deor

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *towe (“your, thy”); compare Cornish dha, Welsh dy, Irish do. See te (“you”).

Pronoun

da (requires soft mutation)

1. your sg

Catalan

Verb

da

1. inflection of dar:
   1. third-person singular present/preterite indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Clipping of ada.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /dæ/
• Rhymes: -dæ

Interjection

da

1. it's unimportant

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/
• Rhymes: -dɑ

Interjection

da

1. serves you right
2. good for you

Synonyms

• mayra, mirisi

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jída (“to get dark, to get black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɗa/

Verb

-da (infinitive kudá)

1. to be dirty
2. to get dirty
3. to look dirty
4. to be black or brown
5. to be dark
6. to be clouded
7. to be covered with
8. to dislike
9. to hate

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -dera
  • Causative: -detsa
• mwini mphale sakuda chala (“the owner can do whatever he wants with his belonging”)
• mkada (“black person”)

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press, page 115

Cimbrian

Etymology

Cognate with German da; see there for more.

Adverb

da

1. (Sette Comuni) there

   bèar khimmet bor hia un bèar ghéet bor da

   who comes here, and who goes there

References

• “da” 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

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos. Cognate with Welsh da.

Adjective

da (comparative gwell, superlative gwella)

1. good

   Synonym: mas

   Antonym: drog

Derived terms

• blesys da (“palatable, yummy”)
• bos da gans (“be liked by”, verb)
• broder da (“brother-in-law”)
• chons da (“good luck”)
• da lowr (“alright, OK, mediocre”)
• da ober (“good deed”)
• da yw genev (“I enjoy”)
• dader (“goodness”)
• dendylys yn ta (“well deserved”)
• diwweyth mar dha (“twice as good”)
• dohajydh da (“good afternoon”)
• dre volonjedh da (“willingly”)
• dydh da (“hello”)
• euthyk da (“impressive, super”)
• gans pub bolonjedh da (“with all good wishes”)
• ger da (“good reputation”)
• gerys-da (“famous”)
• gobrys da (“well paid”)
• gorthugher da (“good evening”)
• gul devnydh da a (“put to good use”, verb)
• gwrys yn ta (“efficient”)
• maga ta (“as well”)
• marthys da (“impressive, super”)
• myttin da (“good morning”)
• nos da (“good night”)
• pes da (“content, pleased, satisfied”)
• pur dha (“excellent”)
• pyth ha da (“possessions”)
• sira da (“father-in-law”)
• spedya marthys da (“work like a charm”)
• tooth da (“fast”)
• yeghes da (“cheers, good health”)
• yn poynt da (“in good health, well”)
• yn ta (“well”)

Etymology 2

Presumably borrowed from English doe.

Noun

da f (plural daes)

1. doe, hind (female deer)

   Synonym: ewik

Derived terms

• brithennek da (“female fallow deer”)
• leugh da (“young fallow deer”)

Mutation

Mutation of da

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
da	dha	unchanged	ta	ta	ta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin de ab. Compare Italian da.

Preposition

da

1. from
2. of

Danish

Adverb

da

1. surely

   Det kan han da ikke mene!

   Surely he cannot be serious!

2. then, at that time

Conjunction

da

1. when (referring to finished events)

   Da jeg var ung, fandtes der ikke computere.

   When I was young, there were no computers.

2. as, at the same time as

   Da jeg kom, gik hun.

   As I arrived, she left.

3. because

   Da hun er mindreårig kan hun ikke idømmes fængsel.

   As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison.

Synonyms

• (because): fordi

See also

• når

Dena'ina

Conjunction

da

1. when
2. if

Adverb

da

1. there