да

Serbo-Croatian

conjunction
Definitions
  • that
  • in order to, to
  • to (when the subjects of both clauses are not the same)
  • (Serbian) to (when the subjects of both clauses are the same; for western Serbo-Croatian use infinitive instead of sc=Cyrl (да) + present tense)
  • (subjunctive only) if (= кад (кад))
  • (with sc=Cyrl (ка̏о)) as if, like
  • (sc=Cyrl (а) + sc=Cyrl (да) + sc=Cyrl (не)) without usually after negative verbs
  • (sc=Cyrl (а) + sc=Cyrl (и) + sc=Cyrl (да)) even if
  • lest

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *da.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*da

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • да Russian
  • *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
  • *da Proto-Slavic
  • da Serbo-Croatian
  • da Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
  • да Bulgarian
  • да Macedonian
  • da Slovene
  • да Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
  • da Skolt Sami
  • da Ter Sami