da
intjEtymology Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.
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Russianism, Slang Yes.
- Antonyms
- nyet
da
noun/dɑː/
Etymology From child language; compare dad and dada.
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Ireland, Northern England, Scotland Father.
- “Dear, but you're like your grandmother!” she continued, patting the little girl's head. “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.”1924, Louis Joseph Walsh, “Yellow Man”, in Twilight Reveries, M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd., pages 44–45:
- Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 55:
2 more examples
- Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.2011, Philip Reeve, Scrivener's Moon, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 48:
- I was twelve when the das started killing themselves all around me2025, CMAT, “Euro-Country”: