Etymology

da

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Today it means: Father. Full definition →

Russian да
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da · noun1

From child language; compare dad and dada.

da · noun, interjection2

  1. Russian · borrowed fromда“yes”
  2. English todayda

Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.

da · article3

Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.

da · interjection4

Imitative.

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