atá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"

Irish

Etymology 1

Inflected form of bí; from Old Irish at·tá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠæː/

Verb

atá

1. present indicative independent affirmative progressive relative of bí

   Labharfaidh mé leis an buachaill atá ag dul abhaile.

   I will speak to the boy who is going home.

   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:

     Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.

     [original: Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.]

Etymology 2

Inflected form of at (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠæ/

Verb

atá

1. second-person singular past subjunctive of at

Mutation

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

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Old Irish

Verb

a·tá

1. Alternative spelling of at·tá

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈta/, /taˈta/

Noun

atá

1. fire

Usage notes

• The stem atá could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form tatá was used whenever the noun was not possessed.

References

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈta/ [aˈt̪a]

Verb

atá

1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of atar.