dach

See also: DACH, Dach, and dach'

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• tach (Luserna)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“roof, cover”). Cognate with German Dach, English thack.

Noun

dach f (plural dèchar)

1. (Sette Comuni) roof

   De dèchar dékhent de hòizar. ― The roofs cover the houses.

Declension

Declension of dach – 2nd declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	dach	de	dèchar
accusative	an	de	dach	de	dèchar
dative	anara	dar	dèchar	in	dècharn

References

• “dach” 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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdax/
• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: dach

Verb

dach

1. first-person singular preterite of daś

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Cognate with German doch, Dutch doch, English though, Icelandic þó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daχ/, [dɑχ]
• Rhymes: -ɑχ

Adverb

dach

1. yes (in response to a negative question or statement)

See also

• jo

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dax/

Noun

dach m

1. day

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	dach	dāge
accusative	dach	dāge
genitive	dachs, dāechs, dāges	dāge
dative	dāge	dāgen

Derived terms

• dachclocke (“clock sounded at the beginning of the day”)
• dachcortinge (“pastime”)
• dachdoemelijc (“eternally”)
• dachdroom (“daydreamer”)
• dachlijc (“daily, common”)
• dachlime (“dawn”)
• dachloon (“daily wage”)
• dachmael
• dachmarct (“type of market”)
• dachreise (“distance covered in a day”)
• dachseilinge (“distance covered by ship in one day”)
• dachsterre (“daystar”)
• dachvaert (“a day's journey”)
• dachverst (“one day's delay”)
• dachwaerheit (“inquiry held on a certain day”)
• dachwaker (“day watchman”)
• dachwant
• dachwenne (“day labour”)
• dagerake (“dawn”)
• lentendach (“spring day”)
• somerdach (“summer day”)
• winterdach (“winter day”)

Descendants

• Dutch: dag, dagge, dagh (obsolete)
  • Afrikaans: dag
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: daka
  • Jersey Dutch: dâx
  • Negerhollands: dag, dak
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: dak (archaic)
  • Petjo: dah
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: dak, dagka
  • → Saramaccan: dáka
• Limburgish: daag
• West Flemish: dag
• Zealandic: dag

Further reading

• “dach”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dach (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle Low German

Etymology

Inherited from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dax/

Noun

dach m

1. day
2. daylight, brightness

Declension

Declension of dach

	singular	plural
nominative	dach	dage
accusative	dach	dage
dative	dage	dagen
genitive	dages	dage

Middle Low German nouns often switch to other declension classes, and new declension patterns are created throughout the period. As such, this table need not necessarily portray the only existing pattern but might merely be an exemplary of an original or common form.

Descendants

• Low German: Dag
  • Dutch Low Saxon: dag
  • German Low German: Dag

    Hamburgisch: Dag

    Westphalian:

    Lippisch: Dag

    Ravensbergisch: Dach

    Sauerländisch: Dag, Dāg

    Westmünsterländisch: Dagg

• Plautdietsch: Dach

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ðaqi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Tagalog tae, Indonesian tahi and Samoan tae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðaʔ/

Noun

dach

1. excrement, feces

Inflection

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Possessive forms of dach

		singular	plural
first	inclusive	—	dechid
	exclusive	dechik	dechemam
second		dechim	dechemiu
third		dechil	decherir

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dach

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German dach. Cognate with German Dach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdax/

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• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: dach

Noun

dach m inan (diminutive daszek, related adjective dachowy)

1. roof (cover at the top of a building)
2. (figurative, metonymic) house, apartment

Declension

Declension of dach

	singular	plural
nominative	dach	dachy
genitive	dachu	dachów
dative	dachowi	dachom
accusative	dach	dachy
instrumental	dachem	dachami
locative	dachu	dachach
vocative	dachu	dachy

Derived terms

nouns

• dachowiec
• dachówka
• poddasze

verbs

• dachować impf
• zadaszać impf
• zadaszyć pf

Descendants

• → Belarusian: дах (dax)
• → Ukrainian: дах (dax)

Further reading

• dach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dach in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daχ/

Verb

dach

1. (North Wales) second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod

Synonyms

• ych (South Wales)
• ŷch, ydych (literary)