tá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː
• Homophone: tág
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).

Noun

tá f (genitive singular táar, plural tær)

1. toe

Declension

Declension of tá
f26	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tá	táin	tær	tærnar
accusative	tá	tánna	tær	tærnar
dative	tá	tánni	tóm	tónum
genitive	táar	táarinnar	táa	táanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Compare Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan), Old English þan and þā.

Adverb

tá

1. then

Conjunction

tá

1. when

Synonyms

• tá ið, táið

Anagrams

• át

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaː]

• Audio

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Noun

tá (plural ták)

1. a syllable used in solfège to represent the quarter note as a rhythm, usually accompanied by clapping
2. dash (the longer of the two symbols of Morse code)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tá	ták
accusative	tát	tákat
dative	tának	táknak
instrumental	tával	tákkal
causal-final	táért	tákért
translative	tává	tákká
terminative	táig	tákig
essive-formal	táként	tákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tában	tákban
superessive	tán	tákon
adessive	tánál	táknál
illative	tába	tákba
sublative	tára	tákra
allative	tához	tákhoz
elative	tából	tákból
delative	táról	tákról
ablative	tától	táktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	táé	táké
non-attributive possessive - plural	táéi	tákéi

Possessive forms of tá
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tám	táim
2nd person sing.	tád	táid
3rd person sing.	tája	tái
1st person plural	tánk	táink
2nd person plural	tátok	táitok
3rd person plural	tájuk	táik

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰauː/
• Rhymes: -auː
• Homophone: tág

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).

Noun

tá f (genitive singular táar, nominative plural tær)

1. toe

Declension

declension of tá

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tá	táin	tær	tærnar
accusative	tá	tána	tær	tærnar
dative	tá	tánni	tám	tánum
genitive	táar	táarinnar	táa	tánna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą.

Noun

tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)

1. path, footpath

Declension

declension of tá

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tá	táið	tá	táin
accusative	tá	táið	tá	táin
dative	tái	táinu	táum	táunum
genitive	tás	tásins	táa	táanna

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû).

Noun

tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)

1. tau (Greek letter)

Declension

declension of tá

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tá	táið	tá	táin
accusative	tá	táið	tá	táin
dative	tái	táinu	táum	táunum
genitive	tás	tásins	táa	táanna

Anagrams

• át

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Irish

Alternative forms

• thá (Waterford)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠæː/

Verb

tá

1. present indicative independent affirmative progressive analytic of bí

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Mandarin

Romanization

tá (ta², Zhuyin ㄊㄚˊ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of
2. Template:pinyin reading of

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·táa

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *tāti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taː/

Verb

·tá

1. unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs

Derived terms

• ar·tá
• at·tá
• di·tá
• do·esta
• remi·tá

 

Verb

·tá

1. third-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).

Noun

tá f (genitive tár, plural tær)

1. a toe

Declension

  Declension of tá (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tá	táin	tær	tærnar
accusative	tá	tána	tær	tærnar
dative	tá	tánni	tám	tánum
genitive	tár	tárinnar	tá	tánna

Even though the word originally is an on-stem (cf. Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ), it is inflected as a strong consonant stem in Old Norse.

Descendants

• Danish: tå c
• Faroese: tá f
• Icelandic: tá f

• Norwegian Nynorsk: tå f
• Swedish: tå c

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Portuguese

Etymology

Shortening of está, third-person singular present indicative of estar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/

Verb

tá

1. (Brazil) Eye dialect spelling of estar.
2. (Brazil) Eye dialect spelling of está.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.

Derived terms

• tá-se bem

Interjection

tá

1. (colloquial, Brazil) Shortening of está bem and está bom: OK; all right

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• ta

Etymology

Shortened from está, or borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese.

Interjection

1. (Uruguay) okay
   • 2008, Néstor Ganduglia, Historias mágicas del Uruguay interior, page 52:

     Y tá, y me quedé ahí.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taː˦˥]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 打 (SV: đả), perhaps from a rendition in Mandarin 打臣 (dǎchén, đả thần), from English dozen.

Numeral

tá

1. dozen

   Synonym: lố

   một tá trứng ― one dozen eggs

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐.

Noun

tá

1. (military) field officer (higher than uý but lower than tướng)