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Belarusian
Etymology
Suffix form of да (da). Compare Russian до- (do-).
Pronunciation
Suffix
да- • (da-)
- (used with verbs) up to
- да- (da-) + ісці (isci, “to go”) → дайсці́ (dajscí, “to go up to, to reach”)
- (used with verbs) completely (describing a completion of an action to its end)
- да- (da-) + чыта́ць (čytácʹ, “to read”) → дачыта́ць (dačytácʹ, “to finish reading”)
- (used with adjectives and nouns) pre-, ante- (earlier in time)
- да- (da-) + гістары́чны (histarýčny, “historic”) → дагістары́чны (dahistarýčny, “prehistoric”)
Derived terms
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak da-. Further origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
Prefix
да- (da-)
- 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
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997), in Ramač, Ju., editor, Српско-русински речник (in Serbian), Vol. 2, Belgrade, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 891