-da

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic -да
Abjad ـدا

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
-da -də

-da

  1. Form of -də after the vowels A / I / O / U.
    maşınmaşında
    car → in car
    PeruPeruda
    Peru → in Peru

Usage notes

This suffix is to be preceded by an additional n when the noun it is appended to already ends with another suffix's vowel.

dostumun maşınıdostumun maşınında
my friend's car → in my friend's car

Derived terms

See -də.

Basque

Suffix

-da

  1. Alternative form of -ta

Finnish

Etymology

Variously from Proto-Finnic *-dak, *-tak.

Suffix

-da (front vowel harmony variant -dä, linguistic notation -dA)

  1. A suffix present in certain first infinitives, short form, the citation form of Finnish verbs.

Usage notes

When this suffix is omitted, what remains is the stem of the verb. With the verbs nähdä and tehdä, the consonant stem is left. The first consonant of the following word or enclitic is lengthened.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Suffix

-da

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun indicating the place of the action.
    zár (to close, shut) + ‎-da → ‎zárda (cloister)

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -da is added to back-vowel words
    -de is added to front-vowel words
    -oda same as -da with a linking vowel
    -öde same as -de with a linking vowel

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -da -dák
accusative -dát -dákat
dative -dának -dáknak
instrumental -dával -dákkal
causal-final -dáért -dákért
translative -dává -dákká
terminative -dáig -dákig
essive-formal -daként -dákként
essive-modal -dául -dákul
inessive -dában -dákban
superessive -dán -dákon
adessive -dánál -dáknál
illative -dába -dákba
sublative -dára -dákra
allative -dához -dákhoz
elative -dából -dákból
delative -dáról -dákról
ablative -dától -dáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-dáé -dáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-dáéi -dákéi
Possessive forms of -da
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -dám -dáim
2nd person sing. -dád -dáid
3rd person sing. -dája -dái
1st person plural -dánk -dáink
2nd person plural -dátok -dáitok
3rd person plural -dájuk -dáik

Derived terms

See also

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

-da

  1. Third-person plural absolutive enclitic pronoun; they; them
    Sumakdoda idiay poso.They fetched water from the water pump.
  2. Third-person plural ergative enclitic pronoun; they
    Inusarda ti lapisko.They used my pencil.
  3. Third-person plural possessive marker; their
    Napardas ti kotseda.Their car is fast.

Usage notes

  • When the ergative agent is also a pronoun, the absolutive patient becomes ida. See also usage notes at isuda.
    Inayabanda ni Thomas.Thomas called them.
    Inayabanna ida.He called them.

See also

Irish

Suffix

-da

  1. Alternative form of -ga

Kambera

Pronoun

-da

  1. third person plural genitive enclitic

See also

Khalaj

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
-da -də

-da

  1. Form of -də after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Laboya

Pronoun

-da

  1. first person plural inclusive subject enclitic
  2. first person plural inclusive possessive enclitic

See also

Mokilese

Suffix

-da

  1. Used to form verbs with a perfective sense
    loakjidi (to fish) + ‎-da → ‎loakjidihda (to catch (a fish))
    rapahki (to look for) + ‎-da → ‎rapahkihda (to find)
  2. Used to form verbs with a sense of creating or making
    ir (string) + ‎-da → ‎irda (to string a lei)
  3. Used to form verbs with a sense of randomness or scatteredness
    poadok (to plant) + ‎-da → ‎poadokda (to plant randomly)
    pihni (to paint) + ‎-da → ‎pihnihda (to daub on paint)
  4. Used to form verbs describing an upward motion
    jarek (to come out of something) + ‎-da → ‎jarekda (to pull up)

Usage notes

  • When applied to words with a final vowel, this suffix causes the vowel to be lengthened.
  • Mokilese has several perfective suffixes, including -da and -la. Some verbs take one specific perfective suffix, while others may take multiple suffixes, forming multiple different meanings.

Derived terms

References

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

Classifier

-da

  1. Classifier for long and straight objects.
  2. Classifier for objects that resemble a valley.

Derived terms

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 194

Old Irish

Suffix

-da

  1. variant form of -de

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification:

Suffix

-da f

  1. (obsolete) forms feminine nouns meaning the action of a verb
    prawy + ‎-da → ‎prawda
    krzywy + ‎-da → ‎krzywda

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • -da in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Suffix

-da

  1. Alternative form of -te
    Mo leannan de mòran bhliadhnaichean, 's pòsda sinn mu dheireadh thall!My sweetheart of many years, we are married at long last!

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ده (-da, locative suffix), from Proto-Turkic *-te (locative suffix). Cognate with Karakhanid دا (-dā, locative suffix), Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /⁠-ta⁠/, locative suffix).

Suffix

-da

  1. Used to form locative of nouns.
    okul + ‎-da → ‎okulda

Usage notes

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *-da, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ta, from Proto-Austronesian *-ta.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-da

  1. A first-person plural inclusive possessive suffix.

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)