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dać.

to give (to transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone))

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdat͡ɕ//ˈdat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈdat͡ɕ][ˈdat͡ɕ]
  1. to give (to transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone))

    ditransitive · perfective
    Dałeś dzieciom obiad?
  2. to give, to hand, to pass (to place in someone's hand)

    ditransitive · perfective
  3. to give (to allow someone to have access to, i.e. information)

    ditransitive · perfective
  4. to give, to put on (to be the performer of)

    perfective · transitive
  5. to give (to cause to exist, particularly something beneficial)

    perfective · transitive
  6. to put (to place in a particular location)

    perfective · transitive
  7. to pay (to cover a given cost) [with za (+ accusative) ‘(paying) for what’]

    colloquial · perfective · transitive
  8. to give, to send, to put (to cause a given thing to go to a certain place to have something done to it)

    perfective · transitive
  9. to send (to decide that a person will go to a particular location and perform the typical activity at said location)

    perfective · transitive
  10. to sell (to put into the ownership of someone else for a cost)

    colloquial · ditransitive · perfective
  11. to give (having the proper authority, to cause a state to affect someone)

    ditransitive · perfective
  12. to hit (to use physical force against)

    colloquial · intransitive · perfective
  13. to give (to apply some substance on someone that will affect them)

    ditransitive · perfective
  14. to let, to allow

    intransitive · perfective
    Daj mi posłuchać.
  15. to turn (to cause something to change directions; to change directions)

    colloquial · intransitive · perfective
  16. to put out; to consent to sex

    colloquial · intransitive · perfective
    Jak było u niego? Dałaś mu?
  17. to fall with intensity

    colloquial · intransitive · perfective · usually
  18. to let, to allow oneself (to permit a particular thing to happen to a person)

    colloquial · perfective · reflexive
  19. to be possible (to be able to be done)

    perfective · reflexive
  20. to poison

    intransitive · perfective
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei Proto-Slavic *dàti Old Polish dać Polish dać Inherited from Old Polish dać.

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