From an unstressed variant of Old Ruthenian да (da), from Old East Slavic да (da), from Proto-Slavic *da.

• IPA^(key): [dɨ]

ды • (dy)

1. and

   Synonym: і (i)

2. but; well

• да (da), (obsolete) дэ (dë)

From Russian да (da). This borrowing in copulative conjunction sense came in addition to native constructions with -как (-kak) (-гак (-gak), -як (-jak)) clitics and native conjunction марто (marto).

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ды • (dï)

1. and

   Synonym: (rare) и (i)

2. but

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ды”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

ды • (dy)

1. you