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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Verb
дай • (daj)
- second-person singular imperative of дам (dam)
Chechen
Adjective
дай • (daj)
- light (of weight)
- cheap
Russian
Pronunciation
Verb
дай • (daj)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of дать (datʹ)
1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 7:27:Но Иисус сказал ей: дай прежде насытиться детям, ибо нехорошо взять хлеб у детей и бросить псам.- No Iisus skazal jej: daj prežde nasytitʹsja detjam, ibo nexorošo vzjatʹ xleb u detej i brositʹ psam.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Solombala English
Etymology
Inherited from Russian дай (daj), second-person singular imperative perfective of дать (datʹ, “to give”).
Verb
дай (daj)
- give (me)
1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:Асей, асей! Дай ту копѣйки!- Asej, asej! Daj tu kopějki!
- Sailor, sailor! Give me two kopeks!
References
- Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88), reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Verb
дай • (daj)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of да́ти (dáty)