Dajç

Dají is the third-person plural present form of the Czech verb dát, meaning to give. Because dát is a perfective verb, the present tense form dají is commonly used to express a future action, so it is often translated as “they will give” or “they are going to give,” depending on context. It is used with plural subjects such as oni, ony, or lidé.

Conjugation and usage: In the present indicative of dát, the full paradigm is já dám, ty dáš, on dá, my dáme, vy dáte, oni dají. The 3rd person plural form dají results from the stem da- with the suffix -jí. By contrast, the imperfective verb dávat (to give, repeatedly or habitually) has a present tense form dávají for 3rd person plural, illustrating a distinction between perfective and imperfective aspects in Czech.

Etymology and related forms: The Czech dát comes from Proto-Slavic *dati and is cognate with similar Slavic verbs such as Russian дать (dat’), Polish dać with its form dadzą in the future, and Slovak dať/dajú. These cognates share the core meaning of “to give” and exhibit parallel derivations of present or future forms across languages.

Usage notes: Dají appears in everyday speech, formal writing, and proverbs, typically referring to a future action performed by multiple agents. Its context-dependent nuance—whether it denotes a future event or a planned gift—depends on surrounding words and time reference.