lá

• IPA^(key): /lɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː
• Homophone: lág
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

lá

1. first-person singular past of at liggja
2. third-person singular past of at liggja

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaː]

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lá (plural lák)

1. la, a syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• dó, ré, mi, fá, szó, ti

• IPA^(key): /lauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

lá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative láði, supine láð)

1. to blame

   Ég lái Önnu það ekki.

   I don't blame Anna for it.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lá f (genitive singular lár, nominative plural lár)

1. the part of the sea near to the shore
2. billow (large wave)

From Old Irish lá.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠæː/
• Homophone: láth

lá m (genitive singular lae, nominative plural laethanta)

1. day
   1. 1. daytime
      2. daylight, dawn
      3. twenty-four-hour period
   2. 1. particular day
      2. particular date
      3. particular occasion
      4. particular festival, etc.
   3. occupied portion of day
   4. day of action
   5. current time
   6. 1. lifetime
      2. period
   7. point in time

• Alternative genitive singular: laoi (archaic or dialectal)
• Alternative plural: laethe (archaic or dialectal)
• Alternative dative plural: laethibh (archaic or dialectal)

• "lá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “lá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “lá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “lá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

lá (Zhuyin ㄌㄚˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 剋
2. Pinyin transcription of 拉
3. Pinyin transcription of 揦
4. Pinyin transcription of 旯
5. Pinyin transcription of 砬
6. Pinyin transcription of 磖
7. Pinyin transcription of 邋

lá

1. it occurred to me (emphasizes a statement, or turns it into an exclamation, usually indicating recently discovered knowledge)

   Ashxoshgo tłʼízí shichʼahkʼįįʼí yę́ę sitsʼą́ą́ʼ yiyííłchozh lá. ― While I was sleeping the goat ate my straw hat.

• lágo

• lae

• IPA^(key): /l͈aː/

lá m or n

1. day, daylight
2. (in adverbial phrases) Denoting point in time.

• “lá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

lá f (genitive lár, plural lár)

1. the line of the shoal water along the shore

• Icelandic: lá

• lá in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• lá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

See the etymology of the main entry.

lá

1. singular indicative past tense of liggja

• IPA^(key): /ˈla/
• Homophone: la
• Hyphenation: lá
• Rhymes: -a

From Old Portuguese ala, from Latin ad (“to”) + illāc (“that way”).

• là, lâ (obsolete)

lá (not comparable)

1. there (in that place, far from both the speaker and the audience)

   Minha casa fica lá.

   My house is located there.

   Synonym: acolá

   Antonyms: aqui, cá

2. used with an adverb phrase to indicate that something is far

   O Santo Graal está lá no topo do castelo.

   The Holy Grail is on top of the castle.

   A verdade está lá fora.

   The truth is out there.

3. (informal, in negative phrases) that; particularly (to a significant extent)

   Para andorinhas, carregar cocos não é lá tão difícil.

   For swallows, carrying coconuts isn’t that hard.

   Synonyms: de fato, na verdade, realmente

4. (informal, in interrogative phrases) even (expresses intensified disagreement with a previous sentence)

   E ele lá entende o que você diz?

   And does he even understand what you say?

   Synonym: por acaso

Ali also means there, but implies a relatively close location. Aí is also translated as there but it is used for things close to the audience.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lá.

Borrowed from Italian la, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip’s”).

lá m (plural lás)

1. (music) la (sixth note of a major scale, in solfège)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lá.

• do, ré, mi, fá, sol, si, dó

lá

1. meaningless syllable used in joyful singing

   Trá-lá-lá-lá-lá.

   Tra-la-la-la-la

From Proto-Vietic *s-laːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ. Cognate with Thavung ซะล้า, Khmer ស្លា (slaa, “areca”), Bahnar hla, Mon သၠ (hlaˀ), Khasi sla, Semai sela.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laː˦˥]

(classifier chiếc) lá (蘿, 𦲿)

1. leaf

lá

1. Used for thin and flat and/or leaf-like objects, such as letters, cards, flags, organs that have the shape of a leaf (such as liver, lung, spleen, pancreas), etc.

lá

1. (rare, literary) green