bá

See also: ba, Ba, BA, and bā

Eton (Cameroon)

Verb

bá

1. to marry

References

• Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, ISBN 3110207850)

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Hungarian

Etymology

An abbreviation of bácsi or bátya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː/

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Noun

bá

1. (informal) uncle

   Hogy van, Józsi bá? - How are you uncle Joe?

Related terms

• bácsi
• bátya

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [bˠɑː]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [bˠæː]

Etymology 1

Noun

bá f (genitive bá, nominative plural bánna)

1. bay
2. expanse (of sea)
3. strip (of thatch)
4. swath

Declension

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bá f (genitive bá)

1. sympathy, liking

Declension

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

Etymology 3

Noun

bá m (genitive báite)

1. Verbal noun of báigh.
2. drowning
3. immersion, inundation
4. submergence
5. quenching
6. (linguistics) elision

Declension

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

Verb

bá

1. present subjunctive indicative of báigh

Alternative forms

• bádha (obsolete)

Mutation

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.

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Mandarin

Romanization

bá (form of ba2 with diacritic)

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

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Navajo

Postposition

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

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)	ʼá	—
reflexive	ádá	—
reciprocal	—	ahá

Derived terms

• aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan (courthouse)
• béeso bá hooghan (bank)
• naalyéhé bá hooghan (supermarket)
• tsáskʼeh bá hooghan (hotel)

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Old Irish

Verb

bá

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

·bá

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

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Tetum

Verb

bá

1. to go

Adverb

bá

1. hence

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): /ˀɓaː˧ˀ˦/
• (Huế) IPA^(key): /ˀɓaː˩ˀ˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): /ˀɓaː˦ˀ˥/

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese, from 伯 ("earl, chief official")

Noun

bá

1. earldom
2. chief vassal

Etymology 2

Noun

bá

1. aunt

Etymology 3

Verb

bá

1. to embrace, to hug