lá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː
• Homophone: lág
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Verb

lá

1. first/third-person singular past of at liggja

Conjugation

Conjugation of liggja (irregular)
infinitive	liggja
supine	ligið
participle (a26)1	liggjandi	ligin
	present	past
first singular	liggi	lá
second singular	liggur	lást
third singular	liggur	lá
plural	liggja	lógu
	imperative
singular	ligg!
plural	liggið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaː]

• Audio:

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Noun

solmisation

lá (plural lák)

1. la, a syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale

   Coordinate terms: dó, ré, mi, fá, szó, ti

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• [1]

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Verb

lá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative láði, supine láð)

1. to blame

   Ég lái Önnu það ekki.

   I don't blame Anna for it.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

lá f (genitive singular lár, nominative plural lár)

1. the part of the sea near to the shore
2. billow (large wave)

Declension

declension of lá

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lá	láin	lár	lárnar
accusative	lá	lána	lár	lárnar
dative	lá	lánni	lám	lánum
genitive	lár	lárinnar	láa	lánna

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠæː/
• Homophone: láth

Noun

lá m (genitive singular lae, nominative plural laethanta)

1. day
   1. 1. daytime
      2. daylight, dawn
      3. twenty-four-hour period
   2. 1. particular day
      2. particular date
      3. particular occasion
      4. particular festival, etc.
   3. occupied portion of day
   4. day of action
   5. current time
   6. 1. lifetime
      2. period
   7. point in time

Declension

Declension of lá

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lá laethanta Vocative a lá a laethanta Genitive lae laethanta Dative lá ló (archaic, dialectal) laethanta laethantaibh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lá na laethanta Genitive an lae na laethanta Dative leis an lá leis an ló (archaic, dialectal) don lá don ló (archaic, dialectal) leis na laethanta leis na laethantaibh (archaic, dialectal)

• Alternative genitive singular: laoi (archaic or dialectal)
• Alternative plural: laethe (archaic or dialectal)
• Alternative dative plural: laethibh (archaic or dialectal)

Derived terms

• ardlá (“excellent day”)
• breithlá, lá breithe (“birthday”)
• go lá dheireadh an domhain (“till the end of time”)
• go maire tú an lá!, lá breithe maith agat!, lá breithe sona dhuit! (“happy birthday! many happy returns!”)
• Lá Aibreáin, Lá na nAmadán (“All Fools' Day”)
• Lá an Dreoilín (“Wren Day”)
• Lá Fhéile Eoin (“Midsummer Day”)
• Lá Fhéile Vailintín, Lá San Vailintín (“Valentine's Day”)
• lá margaidh (“market-day”)
• lá níocháin (“washing-day; day's washing”)
• lá sorcais (“a day at the circus; a day of fun and sport”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Mandarin

Romanization

lá (la², Zhuyin ㄌㄚˊ)

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Navajo

Particle

lá

1. it occurred to me (emphasizes a statement, or turns it into an exclamation, usually indicating recently discovered knowledge)

   Ashxoshgo tłʼízí shichʼahkʼįįʼí yę́ę sitsʼą́ą́ʼ yiyííłchozh lá. ― While I was sleeping the goat ate my straw hat.

Derived terms

• lágo

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• laithe

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *latyom, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁t- (“warm part of the year”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lěto n (“summer, year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈aː/

Noun

lá n (genitive laí, nominative plural lá or láa or lae)

1. day, daylight
2. (in adverbial phrases) Denoting point in time.

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lá, lae, láa	lá, lae, láa	lá, lae, láa
Vocative	lá, lae, láa	lá, lae, láa	lá, lae, láa
Accusative	lá, lae, láa	lá, lae, láa	lá, lae, láa
Genitive	laí	lá, lae, láa	lá, lae, láa
Dative	láu, láo, ló	láib	láib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: lá
• Manx: laa
• Scottish Gaelic: latha

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lá also llá after a proclitic	lá pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “latyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 233–234

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

lá f (genitive lár, plural lár)

1. the line of the shoal water along the shore

Declension

  Declension of lá (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lá	láin	lár	lárnar
accusative	lá	láina	lár	lárnar
dative	lá	láinni	láum	láunum
genitive	lár	lárinnar	láa	láanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: lá

References

• lá in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• lá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lá

1. singular indicative past of liggja

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla/
• Homophone: la
• Hyphenation: lá
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ala, from Latin ad (“to”) + illāc (“that way”).

Alternative forms

• là, lâ (obsolete)

Adverb

2. there (in that place, far from both the speaker and the audience)

   Minha casa fica lá. ― My house is located there.

   Synonym: acolá

   Antonyms: aqui, cá

   Coordinate terms: aí, ali

4. used with an adverb phrase to indicate that something is far

   O Santo Graal está lá no topo do castelo. ― The Holy Grail is on top of the castle.

   A verdade está lá fora. ― The truth is out there.

6. (informal, in negative phrases) that; particularly (to a significant extent)

   Para andorinhas, carregar cocos não é lá tão difícil. ― For swallows, carrying coconuts isn’t that hard.

   Synonyms: de fato, na verdade, realmente

8. (informal, in interrogative phrases) even (expresses intensified disagreement with a previous sentence)

   E ele lá entende o que você diz? ― And does he even understand what you say?

   Synonym: por acaso

Usage notes

Ali also means there, but implies a relatively close location. Aí is also translated as there but it is used for things close to the audience.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lá.

Derived terms

• de lá para cá
• para lá de
• para lá de Bagdá
• sei lá

 

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
		Pronouns					Adverbs
		Singular		Plural		Neuter
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
Medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
Distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
Anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian la, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip’s”).

Noun

lá m (plural s)

2. (music) la (sixth note of a major scale, in solfège)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lá.

Coordinate terms

• do, ré, mi, fá, sol, si, dó

Etymology 3

Interjection

lá

2. meaningless syllable used in joyful singing

   Trá-lá-lá-lá-lá. ― Tra-la-la-la-la

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *s-laːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ. Cognate with Thavung ซะล้า, Khmer ស្លា (slaa, “areca”), Bahnar hla, Mon သၠ (hlaˀ), Khasi sla, Semai sela.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laː˦˥]

Noun

(classifier chiếc) lá • (蘿, 𦲿)

1. leaf

Derived terms

• lá lành đùm lá rách (“healthy leaves envelop torn leaves”)
• thông rụng lá (“larch”)
• thuốc lá (“tobacco, cigarette”)

 

Classifier

lá

1. Used for thin and flat and/or leaf-like objects, such as letters, cards, flags, organs that have the shape of a leaf (such as the liver, the lungs, the spleen, the pancreas), etc.

Adjective

lá

1. (rare, literary) green