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Translingual
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter A): Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Aa Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜳꜳ Ꜵꜵ Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ
- (Letters using acute accent or double acute accent): Áá Ắắ Ấấ Ǻǻ Ćć Ḉḉ Éé Ếế Ǵǵ Íí Ḯḯ Ḱḱ Ĺĺ Ḿḿ Ńń Óó Őő Ớớ Ṍṍ Ǿǿ Ṕṕ Ŕŕ Śś Úú Űű Ứứ Ẃẃ Ýý Źź Ǽǽ
Czech
Faroese
![](../I/m/Stream_in_gasadalur.jpg)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɔaː][1]
- Rhymes: -ɔaː
Etymology 1
Long Old Norse /a/. Often written as ā or normalized á or even aa, compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian å.[2]
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Norse á (“river”), Svabo: Aa,[3] from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of á | ||||
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f2 (á) | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | á | áin | áir | áirnar |
accusative | á | ánna | áir | áirnar |
dative | á | ánni | áum | áunum |
genitive | áar | áarinnar | áa | áanna |
Synonyms
- (brook): løkur
Preposition
á
Usage notes
The preposition 'á' is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location. This is the same usage as with German auf:
- Governing accusative
- with fjords, bays, harbours
- skipið kom á Havnina ― the ship came to Tórshavn
- Governing dative
- bókin liggur á borðinum ― the book is on the table
- hann er umborð á skipinum ― he is aboard the ship
- vera á fjalli ― to be in the mountains(in order to roundup the sheep[5])
- Place names (antonym: av)
- á Eiði ― in Eiði
- á Glyvrum ― in Glyvrar
- á Húsum ― in Húsar
- á Kirkju ― in Kirkja
- á Skála ― in Skáli
- á Velbastað ― in Velbastaður
- á bygd ― in the village (countryside)
- with fjords, bays, harbours
- skipið lá á Havnini ― the ship lays in Tórshavn
- with seafaring and fishery
- vera á útróðri ― to be fishing (with a rowing boat)[5]
Etymology 4
Onomatopoeic.
Etymology 5
From Old Norse [Term?].
References
- V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (volume 2, page 2, entry á1, 2)
- Vibeke Sandersen: „Om bogstavet å“ in Nyt fra Sprognævnet 2002/3 September.
- Aa1 in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1)
- Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (Entry á2)
- aa2 in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1f.)
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aː]
Etymology 2
From Old Portuguese aa, from Latin ala. Compare Portuguese á. Doublet of ala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈa]
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /auː/
- Rhymes: -auː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse á (“river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Compare Danish å, Norwegian å, Swedish å.
Declension
Etymology 2
Inflection of á.
Noun
á f
- indefinite accusative singular of á
- indefinite dative singular of á
Etymology 3
Inflection of ær.
Etymology 4
Conjugation of eiga.
Verb
á
Etymology 5
Etymology 6
From Old Norse á, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ (an), from Proto-Germanic *ana.
Preposition
á
Derived terms
- bera kápuna á báðum öxlum
- bíta á jaxlinn
- draga á tálar
- færa sönnur á
- hafa nóg á sinni könnu
- heill á húfi
- hlaupa á glæ
- hæla á hvert reipi
- kasta á glæ
- kyssa á hönd
- káfa á
- kýla á
- leggja á
- leggja á minnið
- leita á
- líta niður á
- líta snöggvast á
- lítast á
- líta á
- líta á með vanþóknun
- minnast á
- peningar vaxa ekki á trjám
- skella á
- spila á
- standa eins og stafur á bók
- stara eins og naut á nývirki
- súpa á
- togast á um
- vel á minnst
- vera á bandi
- á eftir
- á fjórum fótum
- á næstu grösum
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑː/
Pronoun
á (triggers lenition in the masculine singular, h-prothesis in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)
- him, her, it, them (used before the verbal noun in the progressive to indicate a third person direct object)
- Táim á bhualadh. ― I am hitting him.
- Táim á ól.
- I am drinking it (referring to a masculine noun, e.g. bainne (“milk”)).
- Táim á bualadh. ― I am hitting her.
- Táim á hól.
- I am drinking it (referring to a feminine noun, e.g. bláthach (“buttermilk”)).
- Táim á mbualadh. ― I am hitting them.
- Táim á n-ól. ― I am drinking them.
- used as a quasi-reflexive pronoun in a sentence with passive semantics
- Tá an buachaill á bhualadh.
- The boy is being hit (literally ‘The boy is at his hitting’).
- Tá an chloch á tógáil ag Séamas.
- The stone is being lifted by Séamas (literally ‘The stone is at its lifting by Séamas’).
Alternative forms
- agá, ’gá, ’ghá (obsolete)
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Etymology 3
Further reading
- "á" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “á” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “á” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Min Nan
Etymology 1
Particle
á (POJ, traditional and simplified 仔)
- a diminutive suffix for nouns, adjectives or quantities
- a suffix that converts a verb or adjective into a noun
- a suffix placed after a name or title, used endearingly, humorously or pejoratively
Synonyms
- (Mandarin) 子 (zǐ)
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of á – see 猶 (“still; yet”). (This character, á, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猶.) |
Old Irish
Etymology 1
Determiner
á (3rd person possessive) (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, an unwritten prothetic /h/ in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)
- Alternative form of a
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90b12
- Mad·genatar á thimthirthidi.
- Blessed are his servants.
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 144d3
- Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri denum n-uilc at·rubalt tar hesi á pectha.
- Every common advantage that had been in them for doing evil has perished for their sin.
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90b12
Etymology 2
Particle
á (triggers lenition)
- Alternative form of a
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53c11
- in tan as·mbeir, Tait, á maccu
- when he says, "Come, O sons"
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53c11
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s.
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
á | unchanged | n-á |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “á”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Old Norse
![](../I/m/Stream_in_gasadalur.jpg)
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“water, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Old English ēa, Old Frisian ā, ē, Old Saxon aha, Old High German aha, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa).
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ (an), from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, onto”). Cognate with Old English on, Old Frisian on, Old Saxon ana, an, Old Dutch ana, an, in, Old High German ana, an, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana).
Preposition
á
Descendants
Etymology 4
An imitation of a cry of pain.
Descendants
- Icelandic: á
Etymology 5
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
á
Etymology 6
See the etymology of the main entry.
Etymology 7
See the etymology of the main entry.
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a/
Article
á
- feminine singular of o
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):
- Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.
- This 19th is (about) how Holy Mary helped the empress of Rome suffer through the great pains she underwent.
- Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):
Portuguese
Derived terms
Spanish
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔaː˦˥]
- Homophone: Á
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 亞 (“sub-”)