dáta

From English data.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɑːʰta/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑːʰta
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

dáta f (genitive singular dátu, plural dátur)

1. data

dáta

1. indefinite accusative singular of dáti
2. indefinite dative singular of dáti
3. indefinite genitive singular of dáti
4. indefinite accusative plural of dáti
5. indefinite genitive plural of dáti

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɑːt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠaːt̪ˠə/

From Old French date, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”), past participle of dō (“I give”).

dáta m (genitive singular dáta, nominative plural dátaí)

1. date (specification of time; point in time)

• dát m

From French datte, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably altered by folk etymology from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”).

dáta m (genitive singular dáta, nominative plural dátaí)

1. date (fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera)

• dátphluma m (“date-plum, persimmon”)
• pailm dhátaí f (“date-palm”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dáta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN