だい
Etimologija 1
Compound of だ (da, the plain-form copula or "to be" verb) + い (emphatic particle, used in compounds with certain sentence-ending particles to create a familiar effect).[1][2]
Attested since at least 1809.[1]
Pronunciation
Particle
だい (dai)
- [from 1908] (informal, men's speech) an interrogative particle
- どうしたんだい?
- Dō shita n dai?
- What’s the matter?
- どうしたんだい?
- [from 1809] (dated) a particle used to state something with conviction
- そんなのはいらねえってんだい。
- Sonna no wa iranē tte n dai.
- I don't need that stuff.
- そんなのはいらねえってんだい。
See also
Etimologija 2
Za izgovor i definicije だい – see the following entries: 代, 台, 題, 大, 第 |
(The following entries are uncreated: 代, 台, 題, 大, 第.)