bá

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See also: ba, Ba, BA, and bā

Eton (Cameroon)[edit]

Verb[edit]

bá

  1. to marry

References[edit]

  • Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, →ISBN

Gokana[edit]

Noun[edit]

bá

  1. arm
  2. hand

References[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An abbreviation of bácsi or bátya.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaː]
  • Audio
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  • Rhymes: -baː

Noun[edit]

bá (plural bák)

  1. (informal) uncle
    Hogy van, Józsi bá? ― How are you uncle Joe?

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bá bák
accusative bát bákat
dative bának báknak
instrumental bával bákkal
causal-final báért bákért
translative bává bákká
terminative báig bákig
essive-formal báként bákként
essive-modal — —
inessive bában bákban
superessive bán bákon
adessive bánál báknál
illative bába bákba
sublative bára bákra
allative bához bákhoz
elative bából bákból
delative báról bákról
ablative bától báktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		báé báké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		báéi bákéi
Possessive forms of bá
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bám báim
2nd person sing. bád báid
3rd person sing. bája bái
1st person plural bánk báink
2nd person plural bátok báitok
3rd person plural bájuk báik

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bá in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

bá f (genitive singular bá, nominative plural bánna)

  1. (geography) bay
  2. expanse (of sea)
  3. strip (of thatch)
  4. swath
Declension[edit]
Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bá bánna
Vocative a bhá a bhánna
Genitive bá bánna
Dative bá bánna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhá na bánna
Genitive na bá na mbánna
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

leis na bánna
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Irish báid.

Noun[edit]

bá f (genitive singular bá)

  1. sympathy, liking
Declension[edit]
Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bá
Vocative a bhá
Genitive bá
Dative bá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhá
Genitive na bá
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

Derived terms[edit]
  • báúil (“sympathetic, well-disposed”, adjective)

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Irish bádud.

Noun[edit]

bá m (genitive singular as verbal noun báite, as substantive bá)

  1. verbal noun of báigh
  2. drowning
  3. immersion, inundation
  4. submergence
  5. quenching
  6. (linguistics) elision
Declension[edit]
As verbal noun
Declension of bá

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bá
Vocative a bhá
Genitive báite
Dative bá

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bá
Genitive an bháite
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

As substantive
Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bá
Vocative a bhá
Genitive bá
Dative bá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bá
Genitive an bhá
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

bá

  1. present subjunctive indicative of báigh
Alternative forms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bá bhá mbá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go).


Alternative forms[edit]

  • bai (Sotavento)

Verb[edit]

bá

  1. (Barlavento)to go

References[edit]

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro


Lashi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p/ba (“male; father”), cognate with Chinese 爸.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bá

  1. father

References[edit]

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

bá (Zhuyin ㄅㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 叐
  2. Pinyin transcription of 坺
  3. Pinyin transcription of 墢
  4. Pinyin transcription of 妭
  5. Pinyin transcription of 抜
  6. Pinyin transcription of 拔
  7. Pinyin transcription of 渿
  8. Pinyin transcription of 炦
  9. Pinyin transcription of 犮
  10. Pinyin transcription of 癭
  11. Pinyin transcription of 秡
  12. Pinyin transcription of 胈
  13. Pinyin transcription of 茇
  14. Pinyin transcription of 菝
  15. Pinyin transcription of 詙
  16. Pinyin transcription of 跋
  17. Pinyin transcription of 軷
  18. Pinyin transcription of 鈸
  19. Pinyin transcription of 钹
  20. Pinyin transcription of 颰
  21. Pinyin transcription of 馛
  22. Pinyin transcription of 魃
  23. Pinyin transcription of 鼥
  24. Pinyin transcription of 㔜

Navajo[edit]

Postposition[edit]

bá

  1. for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake
  2. in his/her/its/their favor
    bá yáʼátʼééh ― it is good for him/her/it/them
    bá áshłééh ― I’m making it for him/her/it/them

Inflection[edit]

Navajo postpositions
singular duoplural
1st person shá nihá
2nd person ná nihá
3rd person bá
4th person (3o) yá
4th person (3a) há
4th person (3i) á —
reflexive ádá —
reciprocal — ahá

Derived terms[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Verb[edit]

bá

  1. first-person singular preterite absolute of at·tá

·bá

  1. first/second-person singular preterite conjunct of at·tá

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

bá f (plural bás)

  1. Alternative form of babá

Interjection[edit]

bá

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) expression of surprise

Tetum[edit]

Verb[edit]

bá

  1. to go

Adverb[edit]

bá

  1. hence

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伯.

Noun[edit]

bá

  1. (Sino-Vietnamese, only in compounds) paternal uncle, father's elder brother
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Vietic *paːʔ.

Noun[edit]

bá

  1. (dialectal) aunt, parent's elder sister
  2. (dialectal) paternal aunt-in-law, father's elder brother's wife
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

bá

  1. to crash into; to hit
    Synonyms: tông, bang
  2. (arms around the neck) to embrace; to hug
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