á

Character	á
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
Latin-1 Supplement	U+00E1

See also Appendix:Variations of "a"

Translingual

Letter

á lower case (upper case Á)

1. The letter a with an acute accent.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  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

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Czech

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

1. The second letter of the Czech and Slovak alphabet, after a and before b

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Faroese

Dalsá í Gásadali

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɔaː]

Etymology 1

Long Old Norse /a/. often written as ā or normalized á or even aa, compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian å.

Noun

á n.

1. a monophthong or dipthong, 2nd letter in the Faroese alphabet (called [ɔa])

Etymology 2

Old Norse á (‘river’), Svabo: Aa.

Noun

á f.

1. brook, stream, river

Synonyms

• løkur (‘brook’)

Declension

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

Usage notes

• (poetry): áir renna vakrar har - ‘the rivers flow beautiful there’
• áirnar standa á svølgi - ‘the rivers stand on deep water’ (= it's raining a lot) (cf. áarføri)
• um áir og gjáir - ‘over rivers and gorges’ (= to travel a long way)
• fara yvir um á(nna) eftir vatni - ‘go over the river in order to get water’ (= to look for unnecessary struggle)
• tað gekk sum eftir ánni - ‘it went like after the river’ (= it was very easy)
• ganga / fara í áir - go to the river in order to fish trouts (described in Føroysk orðabók 1998 as local usage in the island of Vágar about fishing trouts in a lake)

Etymology 3

Old Norse á (‘on, onto, in, at’). Svabo: aa.

Preposition

á (+ accusative)

1. on, onto, to, near, beside
2. (with fjords, bays, harbours) to

á (+ dative)

1. on, in, at
2. (with certain place names) in
3. (with fjords, bays, harbours) at, in
4. (with seafaring and fishery) at

Usage notes

Note: 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

• legg bókina á borðið - place the book on the table
• hann fer umborð á skipið - he goes aboard the ship
• skriva á talvuna - to write on the blackboard
• fara á fjall - to go in the mountains

with fjords, bays, harbours

• skipið kom á Vestmanna - the ship came to Vestmanna
• 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
• tað stendur á talvuni - this stands on the blackboard
• vera á fjalli - to be in the mountains (in order to roundup the sheep)

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 lay in Tórshavn

with seafaring and fishery

• vera á útróðri - to be fishing (with a rowing boat)

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeia

Interjection

• á!

1. oh!
2. animal sound of the puffin (lundi)

Usage notes

• lundin sigur á á á - the puffin makes “oa oa oa”

Etymology 5

Old Norse

Verb

Old present form of 'at eiga' (own) á

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Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + feminine definite article a (“the”)

Contraction

á f. (masculine ao, masculine plural aos, feminine plural ás)

1. to the, towards the

Etymology 2

From Latin ala.

Noun

á f. (plural ás)

1. wing

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /auː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

Compare Danish å, Norwegian å, Swedish å.

Noun

á f. (genitive singular ár, plural ár)

1. river

Declension

declension of á

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	á	áin	ár	árnar
accusative	á	ána	ár	árnar
dative	á	ánni	ám	ánum
genitive	ár	árinnar	áa	ánna

Synonyms

• (river): fljót

Etymology 2

Inflection of á.

Noun

á f.

1. indefinite accusative singular of á
2. indefinite dative singular of á

Etymology 3

Inflection of ær.

Noun

á f.

1. indefinite accusative singular of ær
2. indefinite dative singular of ær

Etymology 4

Conjugation of eiga.

Verb

á

1. 1. person singular of the verb eiga. I own.
2. 3. person singular of the verb eiga. He owns.

Etymology 5

Interjection

á!

1. ow! ouch!

   Á! Þetta var vont!

   Ouch! That hurt!

Etymology 6

Preposition

á (+ accusative/dative)

1. on

   Hvar eru lyklarnir? - Þeir eru á borðinu.

   Where are the keys? - They are on the table.

2. in

   Ég bý á Íslandi.

   I live in Iceland.

Derived terms

terms derived from 'á'

hlaupa á glæ leggja á minnið lítast á peningar vaxa ekki á trjám kyssa á hönd líta á með vanþóknun líta niður á á fjórum fótum súpa á draga á tálar hæla á hvert reipi heill á húfi bera kápuna á báðum öxlum togast á um vel á minnst vera á bandi leita á

bíta á jaxlinn hafa nóg á sinni könnu minnast á standa eins og stafur á bók kasta á glæ á næstu grösum á eftir skella á leggja á stara eins og naut á nývirki líta snöggvast á færa sönnur á kýla á spila á káfa á líta á

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Irish

Etymology

From ag + a.

Contraction

á

1. him, her, it, them

Usage notes

• Used before the verbal noun to indicate third person direct object;
  1. Triggers lenition when meaning him, or it (if referring to a masculine noun):

     Táim á bhualadh -- I am hitting him

     Táim á ól -- I am drinking it

  2. Triggers no change (or h before a vowel) when meaning her, or it (if referring to a feminine noun):

     Táim á bualadh -- I am hitting her

     Táim á hól -- I am drinking it

  3. Triggers eclipsis (including n- before a vowel) when meaning them:

     Táim á mbualadh -- I am hitting them

     Táim á n-ól -- I am drinking them

Related terms

• a
• ag
• do

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Mandarin

Romanization

á

1. 啊: interjection indicating doubt or questioning

Romanization

á (form of a2 with diacritic)

1. 嗄: hoarse

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root as the Latin aqua.

á

Noun

á f.

1. river

Descendants

• Faroese: á
• Icelandic: á

Etymology 2

From the same Germanic source as the Old English ēowu.

Noun

á f.

1. ewe, female sheep

Etymology 3

From the same proto-Germanic source as the Old English on.

Preposition

á (+ dative)

1. on

   Þeir eru á hólmi.

   They are on an island.

2. in

   Ek bý á Islandi.

   I live in Iceland.

Descendants

• Faroese: á
• Icelandic: á

Etymology 4

Related to its synonym æ.

Adverb

á

1. always

Etymology 5

Verb

á

1. first person singular of the verb eiga: ‘I own’.
2. third person singular of the verb eiga: ‘he owns’.

Etymology 6

Interjection

á!

1. ow! ouch!

Descendants

• Icelandic: á

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Noun

á m. (plural ás)

1. a (name of the letter A, a)

This Portuguese entry was created from the translations listed at a. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see á in the Portuguese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2008

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Spanish

Preposition

á

1. Obsolete spelling of a.