dha

See also: DHA, dhà, dhá, dḥa, and -dha

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Dhanwar.

Symbol

dha

(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Dhanwar (India).

English

Noun

dha (plural dhas)

Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”).

Anagrams

dah, HDA, had, AHD, ADH

Albanian

Verb

dha

third-person singular indicative aorist of jap

Cornish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ða/, /ðə/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *towe. Cognate with Breton da, Irish and Scottish Gaelic do, Manx dty, and Welsh dy.

Determiner

dha (triggers soft mutation)

your (informal second person singular possessive determiner)

Derived terms

dha honan, dha honen (“yourself”)
dha re (“yours”)
dha weles (“see you”)

Cornish personal pronouns
number	person		independent (subject)	suffixed			infixed	possessive (dependent)
number	person		independent (subject)	enclitic	emphatic	reduced	infixed	possessive (dependent)
singular	first		my	vy	evy	ma, a	'm	ow^A
	second		ty	jy, sy¹	tejy	ta, a	'th^M	dha^S
	third²	m	ev	ev	eev	va, a	'n	y^S
	third²	f	hi	hi	hyhi	—	's	hy^A
plural	first		ni	ni	nyni		'gan, 'n	agan, 'gan
	second³		hwi	hwi	hwyhwi		'gas, 's	agas, 'gas
	third		i	i	ynsi		's	aga^A, 'ga^A

¹ Uncommon.
² hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
³ Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

^S Triggers soft mutation ^A Triggers aspirate mutation ^M Triggers mixed mutation

Etymology 2

See dhe.

Preposition

dha (triggers soft mutation)

alternative spelling of dhe

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dha

soft mutation of da

Usage notes

Used in expressions such as "pur dha" (very good)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

da

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dó. Cognates include Irish dó.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣaː/^[1]^[2], (unstressed) /ɣa/^[3]

Pronoun

dha

third-person singular masculine of do: to him, for him

Inflection

Personal inflection of do
	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		dhomh	dhòmhsa
	second		dhut	dhutsa
	third	m	dha	dhàsan
	third	f	dhi	dhìse

plural	first		dhuinn	dhuinne
	second		dhuibh	dhuibhse
	third		dhaibh	dhaibhsan

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dó. Cognates include Irish dó.

Preposition

dha (+ dative, no mutation)

alternative form of do

References

^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 54
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 191

Taroko

**Taroko cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dha

Etymology

From Proto-Atayalic *dusaʔ, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dha

(Toda dialect) two
(Truku dialect) one
(Truku) one

Synonyms

daha

[1] Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[2] Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 54

[3] Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 191

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