atha

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See also: Atha, àtha, átha, ätha, and aþa

Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish athad.

Noun[edit]

atha f (genitive singular atha)

  1. space of time
Declension[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

atha f (genitive singular atha)

  1. Alternative form of aife (ebb; decline, decay; reflux)
Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

atha (infinitive gwatha)

  1. to order, to command

Related terms[edit]

(Nouns)

References[edit]

  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  • “atha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit अथ (atha).

Particle[edit]

atha

  1. and, and then, and also, moreover