dà
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a
[edit] Verb form
dà
- third-person singular, present tense of dare - he/she/it gives
- second-person singular imperative of dare
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Romanization
dà (form of da4 with diacritic)
[edit] Neapolitan
[edit] Etymology
From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.
[edit] Verb
dà
- to give
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Etymology
From Old Irish dá, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
[edit] Numeral
dà
- (cardinal) two
[edit] 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.
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[edit] See also
- fichead - twenty
