dar

Translingual

Symbol

dar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dargwa.

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

dar (plural dars)

1. (UK, dialect) A fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace.
   • 1829, A Concise History and Description of the City and Cathedral of Worcester‎, page 100:

     Besides these peculiarities, our river abounds with the usual fresh water fish, such as the roach, dar, flounders, carp, chub, trout, &c.

Etymology 2

Adverb

dar (not comparable)

1. African-American Vernacular form of there

Noun

dar (uncountable)

1. African-American Vernacular form of there

Pronoun

dar

1. African-American Vernacular form of there

References

• “dar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• 'ard, -ard, ADR, ARD, Ard, DRA, Dra, RAD, RDA, ard, rad, rad.

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish dar, from Latin dare.

Verb

dar

1. give

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Verb

dar

1. to give

Conjugation

Dar's conjugation is mostly identical to the regular first conjugation, but the preterite is similar to the third conjugation. The present subjunctive treats the verb's base infinitive as "deer."

• Reference: http://www.academiadelallingua.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Gramatica_Llingua.pdf

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio (Baku)

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Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *tār (“narrow”).

Adjective

dar (comparative daha dar, superlative ən dar)

1. narrow

   Synonym: enli

   dar yol ― a narrow road

   dar dəhliz ― a narrow passage, corridor

2. tight, too small

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "narrow"): geniş, enli
• (antonym(s) of "tight"): gen

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَار (dār).

Noun

dar (definite accusative darı, sound plural darlar, broken plural diyar)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) place
2. (Classical Azerbaijani) big house
3. (Classical Azerbaijani) land, country

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dare. Replaced by donar and became a defective verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio

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Verb

dar

1. (obsolete) to give

   Synonym: donar

Usage notes

• While not used productively in any present variety, some verb forms of dar survive in fixed expressions:
• dat i beneït (literally “given and blessed”)
• dat i rebatut
• Déu n'hi do (literally “may God give some”)

Conjugation

Some forms attested in Old Catalan:

• 1st person singular present indicative: do
• 3rd person singular present indicative: do
• 2nd person plural present indicative: dau
• 1st person singular present subjunctive: do

Further reading

• “dar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• https://dcvb.iec.cat/tables/DONAR.htm

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther. Cognate with German der, Dutch die, English the, Swedish den. Doublet of dèar (demonstrative pronoun).

Article

dar

1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
   1. nominative singular masculine

      Dar mann is stérchor dan 's baip. ― The man is stronger than the woman.

      Dar tòibel hat borlóart in sbantz. ― The devil lost his tail.

   2. dative singular feminine

      Bar soin vo dar Tezza. ― We're from Tezza (literally, “We're from the Tezza.”)

Usage notes

Note: The genitive case has been largely lost in Cimbrian, however dar can function in the genitive (for all numbers and genders) before possessive pronouns, e.g. khua dar maindarn (“cow of mine”).

Declension

Derived terms

• vomme
• von (contraction)
• vóndar

References

• “dar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dar, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key):
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key):

Noun

dar m (plural deri)

1. oak

Synonyms

• derwen/derowen

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

dar

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

From Old Czech dar, from Proto-Slavic *darъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

dar m inan

1. gift, present, donation

   věnovat dar ― to give a donation

   poskytovat dary ― to give gifts

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch darne, by metathesis from dorne, from Old Dutch *drān, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑr/

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• Hyphenation: dar
• Rhymes: -ɑr

Noun

dar m (plural darren, diminutive darretje n)

1. drone (non-working male bee, ant or wasp)

Anagrams

• rad
• dra

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse þar, from Proto-Germanic *þar. Cognate with Swedish där.

Adverb

dar

1. there, in that place

Conjunction

dar

1. where (relative)
2. when (relative)
3. since, because

French

Etymology

Verlan derived from hard.

Adjective

dar (invariable)

1. (Verlan) hard
2. (Verlan) hot
3. (Verlan) rad

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dar, from Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾ/

Verb

dar (first-person singular present dou, first-person singular preterite dei, past participle dado)
dar (first-person singular present dou, first-person singular preterite dei, past participle dado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (ditransitive) to give
2. to hit
3. (transitive with en) to start (a new, repeated activity, or a new state); to fall for
   • 1697, Fabián Pardiñas, Eu oín a meus avós:

     Tolaje serà meterme
     Na Teologia Sagrada;
     Pero dei nesta tolaje,
     Porque os juezes cai en gracia.

     Foolishness will be to meddle
     With Sacred Theology;
     But I fell for this foolishness,
     Because the judges liked me

4. (transitive with en) to hit

Conjugation

Derived terms

• dar conta

References

• “dar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “dar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “dar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “dar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “dar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German dār. See dar-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːɐ̯/

• Audio

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Adverb

dar

1. (archaic) Only used in darstellen etc.

Further reading

• “dar” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Interlingua

Verb

dar

1. to give

Conjugation

Irish

Etymology 1

Fusion of do (“to, for”) or de (“from”) with the copular particle ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠaɾˠ/

Particle

dar (before a vowel in the present/future darb, before a vowel in the past/conditional darbh) (used before a consonant sound; triggers lenition in the past/conditional)

1. to/for which/whom is

   an fear dar miste é ― the man to whom it matters

2. to/for which/whom was/would be

   an fear dar mhiste é ― the man to whom it mattered

3. from which/whom is
4. from which/whom was/would be

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dar, alternative form of tar. Doublet of thar (“over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠaɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɪɾʲ/

Preposition

dar (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. by (in asseverations)

   dar Dia! ― by God!

   dar m'anam! ― upon my soul!

Derived terms

• dar le

References

Italian

Verb

dar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of dare

Anagrams

• rad

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dō.

Verb

dar (Latin spelling)

1. to give

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian dabar (“now”), Armenian դեռ (deṙ, “still, yet”), Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good, suitable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar/

Adverb

dár

1. yet; still
2. some more; still more

   Man reikia dar pieno.

   I need more milk.

3. else, if not (often or ever followed by subjuntive)

   Kaip tada dar būtų galima tai išspręsti?

   How else could I solve it?

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "yet"): jau

Conjunction

dar

1. yet; still

References

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːr/
• Homophone: dahar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَار (dār).

Noun

dar f (plural djar, diminutive dwejra)

1. house
2. (Gozo) room
3. family

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَارَ (dāra).

Verb

dar (imperfect jdur, past participle midur)

1. (intransitive) to turn; to veer; to change direction
2. (intransitive) to wander; to walk about; to travel

Conjugation

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Verb

dar

1. to give

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian دار (dâr).

Noun

dar f

1. (botany) tree

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þar.

Adverb

dar

1. (obsolete) there (alternative spelling of der).

   Han budde dar all dan stund han livde.

   He lived there his entire life.

References

• Nynorskkorpuset - search for 'dar'
• “der” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar, whence also Old English þær, Old Norse þar.

Adverb

dār

1. there

Descendants

• German: da, dar-
• Yiddish: דאָ (do)

Old Irish

Preposition

dar

1. Alternative form of tar

Derived terms

• dar cenn

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dar

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dāˀra, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: dar

Noun

dar m inan

1. gift

   Synonyms: podarek, podarunek, prezent, upominek

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• dar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dar, from Latin dare (“to give”), from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ, (Brazil, with -r dropping) -a
• Homophone: dá (Brazil, with -r dropping)
• Hyphenation: dar

Verb

dar (first-person singular present dou, first-person singular preterite dei, past participle dado)

1. (ditransitive) to give
   1. (with a, para, or an indirect objective pronoun)
      1. to transfer one’s possession of something to someone without anything in return

         Dar-te-ei um livro.

         I will give you a book.

         Synonym: ceder

         Antonym: receber

      2. to hand over (to pass something into someone’s hand)

         Dá-me tua mão.

         Give me your hand.

         Synonyms: entregar, passar

      3. to make a present or gift of

         Dei flores à minha mulher.

         I gave my wife flowers.

         Synonym: presentear

         Antonyms: ganhar, receber

      4. to provide a service

         A Igreja dá conforto aos pobres.

         The Church gives the poor comfort.

         Ele dá aulas de latim.

         He gives Latin classes.

         Synonym: oferecer

      5. to administer (to cause to take (medicine))

         Demos-lhe insulina. / Demos insulina a ele.

         We gave him insulin.

         Synonym: administrar

      6. (transitive) to give; to issue; to emit

         O João vai-nos dar recomendações. /O João dar-nos-á recomendações.

         John will give us recommendations.

         Ele gosta de dar ordens.

         He likes issuing orders.

   2. (with the indirect object taking em or an indirect objective pronoun)
      1. to carry out a physical interaction with something

         Ela me deu um beijo./Ela deu-me um beijo.

         She gave me a kiss.

      2. to cause a sensation or feeling

         A cerca me deu um choque elétrico./A cerca deu-me um choque elétrico.

         The fence gave me an electric shock.

         Essa música me dá medo./Essa música dá-me medo.

         That song frightens me.

         (literally, “That song gives me fear.”)

      3. to cause (to produce as a result)

         Comer rápido dá azia em você. / Comer rápido dá-te azia.

         Eating quickly gives you a heartburn.

   3. to yield; to produce; to generate

      Esse poço dava água.

      That well used to produce water.

      As macieiras dão maçãs.

      Apple trees produce apples.

2. (impersonal, transitive, followed by para when transitive) to be possible, can

   Não dá para ele fazer isso.

   He can't do that.

   – Dá para o alcançarmos?
   – Dá.

   – Can we reach him?
   – Yes, we can.

3. (transitive) to throw (to organise an event)

   Darei uma festa amanhã.

   I’ll throw a party tomorrow.

4. (transitive with que; impersonal with em) to report (publish or broadcast news)

   O jornal deu que se cancelaram os eventos. / Deu no jornal que se cancelaram os eventos.

   The newspaper reported that the events had been cancelled.

5. (transitive with em or with no preposition) to result in

   Não te preocupes, não dará em nada.

   Don’t worry, it won’t lead to anything.

6. (transitive or auxiliary with para and a verb in the personal infinitive) to suffice, to be enough

   Com dez euros já dá para almoçar hoje.

   Ten euros are enough to have lunch today.

   Synonym: bastar

7. (transitive) to make (to tend or be able to become)

   Ela daria uma boa professora.

   She would make a good teacher.

8. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking por or como) to consider (assign some quality to)

   Depois de semanas procurando, deram-nos como desaparecidos.

   After weeks of searching, they considered us to be missing.

   Synonym: considerar

9. (colloquial) to defeat by a given score

   A minha equipa vai dar dois a zero à tua.

   My team will beat yours 2-nil.

   Meu time vai dar de dois a zero no seu.

   My team will beat yours 2-nil.

10. (transitive with com) to come across, to bump into (to find something accidentally or in an unexpected condition)

    Dei de cara com a Sandra hoje de manhã.

    I bumped into Sandra this morning.

11. (Brazil, vulgar, slang, intransitive, or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking para) to put out, to allow to be sexually penetrated

    Dei pra ele.

    I put out for him.

Conjugation

The theoretically correct forms for the singular present indicative (do, das, and da) actually mean "from the." On a similar token, the first and third person forms for the present indicative are irregular due to the preposition de.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dar.

Derived terms

Descendants

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दर (dara, “fear”). Compare Hindi डर (ḍar).

Noun

dar f

1. fear

   Synonym: traś

References

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ar

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Probably from a compound of de and iar(ă). It may also perhaps come from an intermediate form *deară, from Latin dē vērō, or from dē eā rē. See also doar.

Alternative forms

• dară — regional
• da' — colloquial, very frequent

Conjunction

dar

1. but

Synonyms

• însă

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic даръ (darŭ), from Proto-Slavic *darъ (“gift”).

Noun

dar n (plural daruri)

1. gift

   în dar ― as a gift

Declension

Synonyms

• cadou

References

• dar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō.

Verb

dar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to give

Conjugation

Scots

Verb

dar (third-person singular simple present dars, present participle darin, simple past dart, past participle dart)

1. to dare

Alternative forms

• daur

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Possibly a reduced form of nuair (“when”) (MacBain) or possibly from early modern an tan a, an dan a, from Old Irish in tan (“when”) from acc. sg. of Old Irish tan (“time”) (Seosamh Watson).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ər/, /t̪ar/

Conjunction

dar

1. (Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Mull, Perthshire) when (relative/non-interrogative)

   Synonym: nuair

   • 2005, Roy G. Wentworth, Rannsachadh air Fòn-eòlas Dualchainnt Ghàidhlig Gheàrrloch, Siorrachd Rois‎, page 3:

     Bha sinne air na cuairteachdainn leis a’ Ghàidhlig dar a bha sinn nana cloinn

     We had been surrounded with Gaelic when we were children

References

Further reading

• “dar” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
• Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 211
• Roy G. Wentworth (2003) “when conj 1 (a) dar”, in Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar‎
• Seosamh Watson (2022) “dar conj. ‘when’ dər”, in Easter Ross Gaelic: Lexicon with Texts and Brief Phonology, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 169

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃rom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dâːr/

Noun

dȃr m (Cyrillic spelling да̑р)

1. gift

Declension

Synonyms

• pòklon

Related terms

• darovit

References

• “dar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdar/

Noun

dar m inan (genitive singular daru, nominative plural dary, genitive plural darov, declension pattern of dub)

1. gift

Declension

Derived terms

• darček

Further reading

• “dar”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *darъ, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dáːr/

Noun

dȃr m inan

1. gift (a talent or natural ability)
2. (archaic) gift (something given to another voluntarily, without charge)

   Synonym: darílo

3. (usually in the plural, obsolete) immolation

   Synonym: darovȃnje

Declension

n=

• less common, regional

n=

Derived terms

See also

• donȃcija

Further reading

• “dar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “dar”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Somali

Verb

dar

1. to add

   Walaal, caano higgu dar, fadlan.

   Bro, add milk for me please.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dō, from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾ/

• audio (Bolivia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dar

Verb

dar (first-person singular present doy, first-person singular preterite di, past participle dado)

1. (transitive) to give, to give out
2. (transitive) to hand over
3. (transitive) to hit

   Me han dado en la cabeza.

   They hit me on my head.

4. (transitive) to emit
5. (transitive) to produce
6. (transitive) to perform
7. (transitive) to consider

   Doy eso por menos que yo.

   I consider that beneath me.

   Yo lo doy por muerto.

   I consider him dead.

8. (transitive with con) to encounter; to find with effort

   Dimos con María.

   We encountered Maria.

   Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas.

   We finally found the building after three hours.

9. (transitive) to hit upon
10. (colloquial, intransitive, or transitive with a) to press, activate

    darle al botón ― to press the button

11. (transitive, colloquial) to ruin; mess up

    Me dio la noche ― It ruined the night for me

12. (reflexive) to occur
13. (reflexive) to grow naturally

    El maíz se da en esta tierra. ― Corn grows on this land.

14. (reflexive) to hit

    El coche se dio con/contra un árbol.

    The car hit a tree.

15. (reflexive + por) to assume

    darse por vencido ― to assume to be defeated

    darse por muerto ― to assume to be dead

16. (reflexive, informal) to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were

    Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado.

    He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied.

17. (reflexive, Mexico) to surrender

    ¿Te das? — Me doy.

    Do you surrender? — I surrender.

18. (reflexive, transitive, vulgar, El Salvador) to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)

    Vos solo te la das.

    You just fuck her.

    Me quiero dar a José.

    I want to fuck José.

19. (transitive, colloquial, Rioplatense) to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with)

    Le re doy. ― I think she/he is really hot.

20. (transitive, of weather) to announce, predict

    Dan lluvia. ― They announced rain.