dar

Symbol

dar

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

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

References

• “dar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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

Etymology

Akin to Spanish dar, from Latin dare.

Verb

dar

1. give

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dare.

Verb

dar

1. to give

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑr]

• Audio (Baku):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *tār (“narrow”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَار (dār).

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dare. Replaced by donar and became a defective verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdaɾ]

• Audio:

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Verb

dar

1. (obsolete) to give

   Synonym: donar

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, 2025.
• “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

Etymology

Inherited 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.”)

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 [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [daːr]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [dæːr]

Noun

dar m (plural deri)

1. oak

Mutation

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdar]

• Audio:

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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

Further reading

• “dar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dar” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “dar”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Etymology

Inherited 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/

• Audio:

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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

Etymology

Inherited 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

Etymology

Verlan derived from hard.

Adjective

dar (invariable)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾ/ [ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

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. (intransitive) to start (a new, repeated activity, or a new state); to fall for [with en]
   • 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. (intransitive) to hit [with en]

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German dār. See dar-. Doublet of da.

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.

Verb

dar

1. to give