айда

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• IPA^(key): /ɑjˈdɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: ай‧да

айда • (ajda)

1. (imperative) let's go to...

   айда мемнан деке!

   ajda memnan deke!

   let's go to our place!

2. (imperative) let's go do...

   айда мурена

   ajda murena

   let's sing

3. (imperative) may they do..., let them do...

   айда кайже, ит кучо!

   ajda kajže, it kučo!

   let them go, don't hold them back!

4. really?, is that so?

   тудым паша гыч луктын колтеныт - айда?

   tudym paša gyč luktyn koltenyt - ajda?

   they were fired from their job - really?

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “айда”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Supposedly from Tatar әйдә (äydä) or a cognate term from some other Turkic language. Related to hajde.

• IPA^(key): [ɐjˈda]

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айда́ • (ajdá)

1. (colloquial) let's go, c'mon

   Хва́тит рабо́тать, айда́ по дома́м.

   Xvátit rabótatʹ, ajdá po domám.

   Enough of the work, let's go home.

   Айда́ в футбо́л.

   Ajdá v futból.

   Let's play football.

2. (colloquial) made off; dashed away; vanished

   Мы поруга́лись, он собра́л вещи́чки и айда́.

   My porugálisʹ, on sobrál veščíčki i ajdá.

   We had a quarrel, then he got his belongings and left.

Айда is used mostly as an imperative verb, but it is invariable. In Russian grammar айда does not count as a true verb and is considered to be closer to an interjection (междометие).

• го́йда (gójda)