pá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pa"

Asturian

Alternative forms

• papá

Noun

pá m (plural pas)

1. father

Synonyms

• padre

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːtɛk]

Noun

pá

1. Abbreviation of pátek (“Friday”).

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɔɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Noun

pá n

1. (childish) poo

Synonyms

• pa

Derived terms

• gera pá

Preposition

pá

1. (poetic) on, upon

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Galician

Noun

pá f (plural s)

1. Alternative form of pa

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Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaː]

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• Hyphenation: pá

Interjection

pá

1. bye-bye

Further reading

• pá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Irish

Alternative forms

• pádh (obsolete)
• páí (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old French paie (“payment, recompense”), from paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācō (“I settle, satisfy, pacify”), from pāx (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /pˠæː/

Noun

pá m or f (genitive singular pá, nominative plural pánna)

1. pay, wages (money given in return for work)

Declension

Declension of pá

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative pá pánna Vocative a phá a phánna Genitive pá pánna Dative pá pánna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an pá na pánna Genitive an phá na bpánna Dative leis an bpá don phá leis na pánna

Derived terms

• fear pá (“paid workman”)
• íosphá, pá íosta (“minimum wage”)
• lá pá (“pay-day”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pá	phá	bpá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of pá – see 飽 (“full; full; replete; abounding; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 飽).

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Nung

Etymology

Cognate with Thai ปลา (bplaa), Lao ປາ (pā).

Noun

pá

1. fish

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Old Norse

Noun

pá

1. accusative singular of pái
2. dative singular of pái
3. genitive singular of pái
4. accusative plural of pái
5. genitive plural of pái

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Portuguese

pás

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pá

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pāla (“shovel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *pag-. Doublet of pala.

Noun

pá f (plural pás)

1. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)
2. windmill blade
3. the end of a paddle or oar with the blade

Etymology 2

Shortening of rapaz (“boy”), from earlier paz.

Noun

pá m (uncountable)

1. (Portugal, informal, used in the vocative) dude; mate (term of informal address)

   Estás bom, pá? ― You alright, mate / dude?

   Ó pá, aonde vais? ― Hey man, where are you going?

   Synonyms: (Brazil) cara, mano, (Brazil) rapá, (Brazil) bróder

Interjection

1. (Portugal, informal) dude!; man!

   Ena, pá! ― Wow, dude!

Usage notes

Although derived from the masculine rapaz the word is used for any gender.

Etymology 3

Preposition

pá

1. (nonstandard, colloquial) Contraction of para a.

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Suyá

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *bə (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʌ]

Noun

pá

1. forest

   Hwĩsôsôk itha khãm kê wapatá me pá me ngô me hwykha me mbyt me khajkhwa me ithadjê ro sujarẽni.

   This book also discusses the importance of our villages, forests, rivers, lands, the sun and the sky.

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Tupinambá

Adverb

pá

1. yes (only used by men)