да-

• до́- (dó-) — stressed

Suffix form of да (da). Compare Russian до- (do-).

• IPA^(key): [da]

да- • (da-)

1. (used with verbs) up to

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎ісці (isci, “to go”) → ‎дайсці́ (dajscí, “to go up to, to reach”)

2. (used with verbs) completely (describing a completion of an action to its end)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎чыта́ць (čytácʹ, “to read”) → ‎дачыта́ць (dačytácʹ, “to finish reading”)

3. (used with adjectives and nouns) pre-, ante- (earlier in time)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎гістары́чны (histarýčny, “historic”) → ‎дагістары́чны (dahistarýčny, “prehistoric”)

Inherited from Old Slovak da-. Further origin uncertain, but cognate with Carpathian Rusyn да- (da-) and dialectal Slovak da-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈda-]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: да
• Homophone: да (da)

да- (da-)

1. indefinite prefix; some-, any-

   Synonym: -ш (-š)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎цо (co, “what”) → ‎дацо (daco, “something; anything”)

   ‎да- (da-) + ‎як (jak, “how”) → ‎даяк (dajak, “somehow”)

• Generally more common than -ш (-š).

• SRS, vol. 2, page 891: “да-”