pá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pa"

Asturian

Alternative forms

• papá

Noun

pá m (plural pas)

1. father

Synonyms

• padre

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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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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaː]

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• Hyphenation: pá

Interjection

pá

1. bye-bye

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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

• audio:

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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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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

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pāla (“shovel”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *pag-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa/
• Homophone: pa
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

pá f (plural s)

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

Synonyms

• (spade): cortadeira

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa/

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

• cara (Brazil), mano, rapá (Brazil), bróder (Brazil)

Interjection

pá!

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

   Ena, pá! ― Wow, dude!

Usage notes

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

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Tupinambá

Adverb

pá

1. yes (only used by men)