дай

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daj]

Verb

дай • (daj)

1. second-person singular imperative of дам (dam)

Chechen

Adjective

дай • (daj)

1. light (of weight)
2. cheap

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daj]
• Rhymes: -aj

Verb

дай • (daj)

1. 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)

1. give (me)
   • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎^[1], 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)‎^[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dai̯]

Verb

дай • (daj)

1. second-person singular imperative perfective of да́ти (dáty)