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See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"

Translingual

Letter

á (upper case Á)

The letter a with an acute accent.

Czech

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ɔaː]^[1]

Etymology 1

Long Old Norse /a/. often written as ā or normalized á or even aa, compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian å.^[2]

Noun

á n

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

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) á (‘river’), Svabo: Aa,^[3] from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t.

Noun

á f (genitive singular áar, plural áir)

brook, stream, river

Synonyms

løkur (‘brook’)

Declension

Declension of á
f2 (á)	singular		plural
f2 (á)	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) (compare 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^[3] (described in Føroysk orðabók 1998 as local usage in the island of Vágar about fishing trouts in a lake^[4])

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) á (‘on, onto, in, at’). Svabo: aa.^[5]

Preposition

á

(deprecated template usage) (with accusative) on, onto, to, near, beside
(deprecated template usage) (with accusative, fjords, bays, harbours) to
(deprecated template usage) (with dative) on, in, at
(deprecated template usage) (with dative, place names) in
(deprecated template usage) (with dative, fjords, bays, harbours) at, in
(deprecated template usage) (with dative, 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^[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 lay in Tórshavn

with seafaring and fishery

vera á útróðri - to be fishing (with a rowing boat)^[5]

Etymology 4

(deprecated template usage) (onomatopoeia).

Interjection

á!

oh!
animal sound of the puffin (lundi)

Usage notes

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

Etymology 5

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse

Verb

á

old 3rd person present form of eiga (own)

References

^ V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (volume 2, page 2, entry á^{1, 2})
^ Vibeke Sandersen: „Om bogstavet å“ in Nyt fra Sprognævnet 2002/3 September.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 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

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition (deprecated template usage) a + feminine definite article (deprecated template usage) a

Contraction

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

to the, towards the

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) ala.

Noun

á f (plural ás)

wing

Icelandic

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /auː/
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

Compare Danish å, Norwegian å, Swedish å.

Noun

á f (genitive singular ár, nominative plural ár)

river

Declension

declension of á

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s1	singular		plural
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 (deprecated template usage) á.

Noun

á f

(deprecated template usage) indefinite accusative singular of á
(deprecated template usage) indefinite dative singular of á

Etymology 3

Inflection of (deprecated template usage) ær.

Noun

á f

(deprecated template usage) indefinite accusative singular of ær
(deprecated template usage) indefinite dative singular of ær

Etymology 4

Conjugation of eiga.

Verb

Template:is-verb form

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

Etymology 5

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

á!

ow! ouch!
Á! Þetta var vont!
Ouch! That hurt!

Etymology 6

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

á

(deprecated template usage) (with dative, with accusative) on
Hvar eru lyklarnir? - Þeir eru á borðinu.
Where are the keys? - They are on the table.
(deprecated template usage) (with dative, with accusative) in
Ég bý á Íslandi.
I live in Iceland.

Derived terms

Irish

Alternative forms

Template:l/ga, Template:l/ga, Template:l/ga (obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of (deprecated template usage) ag + (deprecated template usage) a.

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)
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Related terms

Mandarin

Romanization

á (a², Zhuyin ㄚˊ)

Template:pinyin reading of

Romanization

Template:cmn-alt-pinyin

Template:pinyin reading of

Old Irish

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)

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of a
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 90^b12
  Mad·genatar á thimthirthidi.
  Blessed are his servants.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 144^d3
  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.

Particle

á (triggers lenition)

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of a
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 53^c11
  in tan as·mbeir, Tait, á maccu
  when he says, "Come, O sons"

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

ǫ́

Noun

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)

river

Declension

Template:non-decl-noun

Descendants

Danish: å
Faroese: á
Icelandic: á

Template:mid2

Norwegian: å
Swedish: å

Etymology 2

Preposition

á

(deprecated template usage) (with dative) on
Þeir eru á hólmi.
They are on an island.
(deprecated template usage) (with dative) in
Ek bý á Islandi.
I live in Iceland.

Descendants

Danish: å, på
Faroese: á
Icelandic: á

Template:mid2

Norwegian: å, på
Swedish: å, på

Etymology 3

Probably related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) æ

Adverb

á (not comparable)

always

Etymology 4

An imitation of a cry of pain.

Interjection

á

ow! ouch!

Descendants

Icelandic: á

Etymology 5

Verb

á

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

Old Portuguese

Article

á f (plural as, masculine o, masculine plural os)

the; (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) feminine of o
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, 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.

Descendants

Fala: a
Galician: a
Portuguese: Template:l/pt

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)
Audio (BR): (file)
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈa/
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophones: à, a, há, ah

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t.

Alternative forms

a
A
Á

Noun

á m (plural s)

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

Derived terms

á-bê-cê

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t. Cognate with Galician Template:term/t, Spanish Template:term/t, Catalan Template:term/t, Occitan Template:term/t, French Template:term/t, Italian Template:term/t and Ligurian Template:term/t.

Noun

á f (plural s)

(deprecated template usage) (archaic, usually in the plural) wing

Synonyms

(wing): Template:l/pt, Template:l/pt

References

“aa” in Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval.

Spanish

Preposition

á

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of a.

[1] V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (volume 2, page 2, entry á^{1, 2})

[2] Vibeke Sandersen: „Om bogstavet å“ in Nyt fra Sprognævnet 2002/3 September.

[Sv-3] 3.0 ^3.1 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)

[4] Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (Entry á²)

[Sv2-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 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.)

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