Istriot

Verb

dà

1. to give

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Verb

dà

1. third-person singular present of dare
2. second-person singular imperative of dare

Anagrams

• ad, AD

Ladin

Verb

dà

1. third-person singular present indicative of dé
2. third-person plural present indicative of dé
3. second-person singular imperative of dé

Mandarin

Romanization

dà (Zhuyin ㄉㄚˋ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 大
2. Pinyin transcription of 汏
3. Pinyin transcription of 眔

Muong

Pronoun

dà

1. you

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō ‎(“give”).

Verb

dà

1. to give

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dá, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

dà

1. (cardinal) two

Usage notes

• Used before a noun; dhà is used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc).

  Tha dà chàr aige.‎ ― He has two cars.

  Tha a dhà aice cuideachd.‎ ― She has two as well.

  Fòn a h-aon, a h-aon, a dhà!‎ ― Phone one-one-two!

• The following noun is in the singular dative case, lenited.

  balach‎ ― boy → dà bhalach‎ ― two boys

  cailleag‎ ― girl → dà chaileig‎ ― two girls

• The definite article, if used, is in the singular form:

  an dà chaileig‎ ― the two girls

• If followed by a pronoun, the pronoun is in the plural:

  an dà dhiubh‎ ― the two of them

  Bhiodh e na b' fheàrr nan gabhadh an dà rud an dealachadh.‎ ― It would be better if the two things could be separated.

Derived terms

See also

• fichead ‎(“twenty”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “dá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.