dáma

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

dáma f

  1. lady
    Antonym: pán
  2. (board games) checkers (US), draughts (UK)
  3. a component of certain games
    1. (chess) queen
      Synonym: královna
    2. (card games) queen
    3. (checkers) king

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Czech · šachové figurky (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
král dáma, královna věž střelec jezdec, kůň pěšec
Playing cards in Czech · karty (layout · text)
eso dvojka trojka čtyřka pětka šestka sedmička
osmička devítka desítka kluk dáma král žolík

Further reading

  • dáma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dáma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dáma in Internetová jazyková příručka

Faroese

Etymology

Probably derived from Old Norse dámr (smell, taste, noun), whence also dámur (colour, hue; apperance, atmosphere). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk dåma (smell), Icelandic dáma (in the expression nú dámar mér ekki).

Verb

dáma (third person singular past indicative dámdi, third person plural past indicative dámdi, supine dámt)

  1. to like

Conjugation

dáma, v
Personal forms
Number singular plural
Person first second third all
Medio-passive mær tær honum / henni
tað
okkum, tykkum,
teimum
Present dámar dámar dámar dámar
Past dámdi (dámaði) dámdi (dámaði) dámdi (dámaði) dámdi (dámaði)
Imperative tær tykkum
Present ! !
Non-personal forms
Infinitive dáma
Pres. part. dámandi
Past part. a7 (a6) dámdur (dámaður)
Supine dámt (dámað)

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Dame, from French dame (lady), from Latin domina (mistress of the house), from domus (house).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dá‧ma
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

Noun

dáma (plural dámák)

  1. lady, gentlewoman
    Synonyms: hölgy, úrnő, úrinő, úrhölgy, úriasszony
  2. (card games) queen
  3. (board games) draughts (UK), checkers (US)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dáma dámák
accusative dámát dámákat
dative dámának dámáknak
instrumental dámával dámákkal
causal-final dámáért dámákért
translative dámává dámákká
terminative dámáig dámákig
essive-formal dámaként dámákként
essive-modal
inessive dámában dámákban
superessive dámán dámákon
adessive dámánál dámáknál
illative dámába dámákba
sublative dámára dámákra
allative dámához dámákhoz
elative dámából dámákból
delative dámáról dámákról
ablative dámától dámáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
dámáé dámáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
dámáéi dámákéi
Possessive forms of dáma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dámám dámáim
2nd person sing. dámád dámáid
3rd person sing. dámája dámái
1st person plural dámánk dámáink
2nd person plural dámátok dámáitok
3rd person plural dámájuk dámáik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • dáma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • dáma in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

dáma f (genitive singular dámy, nominative plural dámy, genitive plural dám, declension pattern of žena)

  1. lady
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (card games) queen

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Slovak · šachové figurky (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
kráľ dáma veža strelec jazdec pešiak

Further reading

  • dáma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024