"dag" meaning in Afrikaans

See dag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /daχ/
Etymology: From Dutch dag, shortening of goedendag (“goodday; goodbye”), from goed (“goed, pleasant”) + dag (“day”). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|dag}} Dutch dag Head templates: {{head|af|interjection}} dag
  1. hello!
    Sense id: en-dag-af-intj-zgYJL7lI Categories (other): Afrikaans greetings Disambiguation of Afrikaans greetings: 73 18 4 5
  2. bye-bye!
    Sense id: en-dag-af-intj-QjLfXbvd Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Afrikaans farewells Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 3 57 0 40 Disambiguation of Afrikaans farewells: 15 59 0 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /daχ/ Forms: dae [plural], daggie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch dag (“day”), from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”). Cognate with German Tag. Etymology templates: {{etymon|af|:inh|nl:dag<id:day>|id=day}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*dagaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*dag", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Dutch", "term" : "dag", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "odt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Dutch", "term" : "dach", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "dum" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Dutch", "term" : "dag", "lang" : "nl" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Afrikaans", "term" : "dag", "lang" : "af" }" data-id="day" data-lang="af" data-title="dag" id="Afrikaans:_day">, {{inh|af|nl|dag||day}} Dutch dag (“day”), {{inh|af|dum|dach}} Middle Dutch dach, {{inh|af|odt|dag}} Old Dutch dag, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*dagaz}} Proto-Germanic *dagaz, {{der|af|ine-pro|*dʰegʷʰ-||to burn, to be illuminated}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”), {{cog|de|Tag}} German Tag Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|dae|||||diminutive|daggie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} dag (plural dae, diminutive daggie), {{af-noun|dae|daggie}} dag (plural dae, diminutive daggie)
  1. a day
    Sense id: en-dag-af-noun-TtBC4Bzr Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with etymon, Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /daχ/ Forms: dog [alternative]
Etymology: From Dutch dacht. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|dacht}} Dutch dacht Head templates: {{head|af|verb form}} dag
  1. preterite of dink Tags: form-of, preterite Form of: dink
    Sense id: en-dag-af-verb-8YNpfIJB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    ],
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        "9": "",
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      "dacht",
      "dacht#Dutch"
    ]
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