dať

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dat"

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to give”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dac]

Verb

dať pf (imperfective dávať)

to give, put
Antonym: vziať
(impersonal, reflexive with sa) to be possible
dá sa to urobiť ― it can be done

Conjugation

Conjugation of dať (perfective; class I, pattern chytať)

indicative		singular			plural
infinitive			dať
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
past	masculine	dal som	dal si	dal	dali sme	dali ste	dali
	feminine	dala som	dala si	dala
	neuter	dalo som	dalo si	dalo

past perfect	masculine	bol som dal	bol si dal	bol dal	boli sme dali	boli ste dali	boli dali
	feminine	bola som dala	bola si dala	bola dala
	neuter	bolo som dalo	bolo si dalo	bolo dalo

future		dám	dáš	dá	dáme	dáte	dajú

conditional		singular			plural
conditional		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	dal by som	dal by si	dal by	dali by sme	dali by ste	dali by
	feminine	dala by som	dala by si	dala by
	neuter	dalo by som	dalo by si	dalo by

past	masculine	bol by som dal	bol by si dal	bol by dal	boli by sme dali	boli by ste dali	boli by dali
	feminine	bola by som dala	bola by si dala	bola by dala
	neuter	bolo by som dalo	bolo by si dalo	bolo by dalo

imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	daj	—	dajme	dajte	—

non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle	transgressive	verbal noun
		—	davší	daný	dal, dala, dalo, dali	dajúc	danie

Conjugation of dať sa (imperfective; impersonal; class I, pattern chytať)

indicative		singular			plural
infinitive			dať sa
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	—	dá sa	—	—	—
past		—	—	dalo sa	—	—	—
past perfect		—	—	bolo sa dalo	—	—	—
future		—	—	bude sa dať	—	—	—
conditional		singular			plural
conditional		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	—	dalo by sa	—	—	—
past		—	—	bolo by sa dalo	—	—	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle	transgressive	verbal noun
		—	—	—	dalo	—	danie sa

Further reading

“dať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025