# dach
## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* tach (Luserna)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“roof, cover”). Cognate with German Dach, English thack.

### Noun

dach f (plural dèchar)
* (Sette Comuni) roof
    De dèchar dékhent de hòizar. ― The roofs cover the houses.

#### Declension
### References

* “dach” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dax]

### Verb

dach
* first-person singular preterite of daś

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Cognate with German doch, Dutch doch, English though, Icelandic þó.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daχ/, [dɑχ]
* Rhymes: -ɑχ

### Adverb

dach
* yes (in response to a negative question or statement)

#### See also

* jo

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dax/

### Noun

dach m
* day

#### Derived terms

* dachclocke (“clock sounded at the beginning of the day”)
* dachcortinge (“pastime”)
* dachdoemelijc (“eternally”)
* dachdroom (“daydreamer”)
* dachlijc (“daily, common”)
* dachlime (“dawn”)
* dachloon (“daily wage”)
* dachmael
* dachmarct (“type of market”)
* dachreise (“distance covered in a day”)
* dachseilinge (“distance covered by ship in one day”)
* dachsterre (“daystar”)
* dachvaert (“a day's journey”)
* dachverst (“one day's delay”)
* dachwaerheit (“inquiry held on a certain day”)
* dachwaker (“day watchman”)
* dachwant
* dachwenne (“day labour”)
* dagerake (“dawn”)
* lentendach (“spring day”)
* somerdach (“summer day”)
* winterdach (“winter day”)

#### Descendants

* Dutch: dag, dagge, dagh (obsolete)
** Afrikaans: dag
** Berbice Creole Dutch: daka
** Jersey Dutch: dâx
** Negerhollands: dag, dak
*** → Virgin Islands Creole: dak (archaic)
** Petjo: dah
** Skepi Creole Dutch: dak, dagka
** → Saramaccan: dáka
* Limburgish: daag
* West Flemish: dag
* Zealandic: dag

### Further reading

* “dach”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dach (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dax/

### Noun

dach m
* day
* daylight, brightness

#### Declension
## Palauan
### Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ðaqi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Tagalog tae, Indonesian tahi and Samoan tae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ðaʔ/

### Noun

dach
* excrement, feces

#### Inflection
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German dach. Cognate with German Dach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdax/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ax
* Syllabification: dach

### Noun

dach m inan (diminutive daszek, related adjective dachowy)
* roof (cover at the top of a building)
* (figurative, metonymically) house, apartment

#### Derived terms

* dachowiec
* dachówka
* poddasze
* dachować impf
* zadaszać impf
* zadaszyć pf

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: дах (dax)
* → Ukrainian: дах (dax)

### Further reading

* dach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* dach in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daχ/

### Verb

dach
* (North Wales) second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod

#### Synonyms

* ych (South Wales)
* ŷch, ydych (literary)