dâ

IPA^(key): /da/

dâ

1. (Troyen) really

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

From Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Irish dea-).

dâ

1. good

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō (“give”).

dâ

1. (transitive) to give

This is an irregular verb with some regular -â paradigms.

• dât

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of do (“I give”).

• IPA^(key): /daː/

dâ

1. (transitive) to give

cond3p=[[daiéivan]]

From Portuguese dar.

dâ

1. to give

   dâ cara ― to give consideration to (literally, “to give face”)

   dâ cavaco ― to take offence

   dâ comê ― to feed, to give feed

   dâ comê gente ― to supply food, accept orders for food

   dâ co falta ― to notice the lack

   dâ co queixo ― to expire

   dâ côr di si ― to give the news

   dâ côti ― to have a cramp

   dâ fundo ― to stop (literally, “to give the bottom”)

   dâ vestí ― to help dress (literally, “to give dressing”)

   dâ lembrança ― to send regards to (literally, “to give memories”)

   dâ mordecim ― to annoy

   Dios dâ graça ― God be with you (literally, “God give you thanks”)

   Diabo dâ capa, diabo dâ campenha

   The criminal will always leave a clue that will incriminate him

   (literally, “If the devil gives you a cloak, he will also give you a bell”)

• Some extended usages of the verb are likely calques from Cantonese. For example, dâ cara is a calque of Cantonese 畀面 (bei² min^6-2), and probably not related to Spanish dar la cara (“to face up to, to face the consequences”).

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

dâ

1. Contraction of di la (“of the”).

dâ

1. Obsolete spelling of da (“good”).