да-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "da"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• до́- (dó-) — stressed

Etymology

Suffix form of да (da). Compare Russian до- (do-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da]

Suffix

да- • (da-)

1. (used with verbs) up to

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎ісці (isci, “to go”) → ‎дайсці́ (dajscí, “to go up to, to reach”)

2. (used with verbs) completely (describing a completion of an action to its end)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎чыта́ць (čytácʹ, “to read”) → ‎дачыта́ць (dačytácʹ, “to finish reading”)

3. (used with adjectives and nouns) pre-, ante- (earlier in time)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎гістары́чны (histarýčny, “historic”) → ‎дагістары́чны (dahistarýčny, “prehistoric”)

Derived terms

Belarusian terms prefixed with да-

даведацца

дадаваць

дадаць

даязджаць

даехаць

дайсці

даймаць

дакранацца

дакрануцца

далятаць

даляцець

дапамагаць

дарослы

дасягнуць

даходзіць

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak da-. Further origin uncertain, but cognate with Carpathian Rusyn да- (da-) and dialectal Slovak da-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈda-]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: да
• Homophone: да (da)

Prefix

да- (da-)

1. indefinite prefix; some-, any-

   Synonym: -ш (-š)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎цо (co, “what”) → ‎дацо (daco, “something; anything”)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎як (jak, “how”) → ‎даяк (dajak, “somehow”)

Usage notes

• Generally more common than -ш (-š).

Derived terms

Pannonian Rusyn terms prefixed with да-

даґдзе

даєден

дакеди

дакедишнї

дакус

дараз

дахто

дацо

дачий

даяк

даяки

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997) “ш”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 891