atá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"

Irish

Etymology 1

Inflected form of bí; from Old Irish at·tá.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠæː/

Verb

atá

present indicative independent affirmative progressive relative of bí
Labharfaidh mé leis an buachaill atá ag dul abhaile.
I will speak to the boy who is going home.
- 2015, Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, transl., Maura McHugh, editor, Amhrán na Mara (fiction), Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea by Will Collins, →ISBN:
  Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
  Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of at (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠɑː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠæ/

Verb

atá

second-person singular past subjunctive of at

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
atá	n-atá	hatá	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Verb

a·tá

Alternative spelling of at·tá

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈta/, /taˈta/

Noun

atá

fire

Usage notes

The stem atá could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form tatá was used whenever the noun was not possessed.

References

LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈta/, [aˈt̪a]

Verb

atá

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of atar.

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