á

á (lower case, upper case Á)

1. the second letter of the Czech and Slovak alphabet, after a and before b

• IPA^(key): [ɔaː][1]
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Long Old Norse /a/. Often written as ā or normalized á or even aa, compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian å.[2]

á (upper case Á)

1. The second letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

From Old Norse á (“river”), Svabo: Aa,[3] from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

á f (genitive singular áar, plural áir)

1. brook, stream, river

• (poetry): áir renna vakrar har ― the rivers flow beautiful there
• áirnar standa á svølgi ― the rivers stand on deep water (= it's raining a lot) (compare áarføri)
• um áir og gjáir ― over rivers and gorges (= to travel a long way)
• fara yvir um á(nna) eftir vatni ― go over the river in order to get water (= to look for unnecessary struggle)
• tað gekk sum eftir ánni ― it went like after the river (= it was very easy)
• ganga / fara í áir ― go to the river in order to fish trouts[3] (described in Føroysk orðabók 1998 as local usage in the island of Vágar about fishing trouts in a lake[4])

• (brook): løkur

From Old Norse á (“on, onto, in, at”). [5]

á

1. on, onto, to, near, beside [+accusative]
2. (with accusative, fjords, bays, harbours) to
3. on, in, at [+dative]
4. (with dative, place names) in
5. (with dative, fjords, bays, harbours) at, in
6. (with dative, seafaring and fishery) at

The preposition 'á' is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location. This is the same usage as with German auf:

Governing accusative

• legg bókina á borðið ― place the book on the table
• hann fer umborð á skipið ― he goes aboard the ship
• skriva á talvuna ― to write on the blackboard
• fara á fjall ― to go into the mountains

with fjords, bays, harbours

• skipið kom á Vestmanna ― the ship came to Vestmanna
• skipið kom á Havnina ― the ship came to Tórshavn

Governing dative

• bókin liggur á borðinum ― the book is on the table
• hann er umborð á skipinum ― he is aboard the ship
• tað stendur á talvuni ― this stands on the blackboard
• vera á fjalli ― to be in the mountains (in order to roundup the sheep[5])

Place names (antonym: av)

• á Eiði ― in Eiði
• á Glyvrum ― in Glyvrar
• á Húsum ― in Húsar
• á Kirkju ― in Kirkja
• á Skála ― in Skáli
• á Velbastað ― in Velbastaður
• á bygd ― in the village (countryside)

with fjords, bays, harbours

• skipið lá á Havnini ― the ship lays in Tórshavn

with seafaring and fishery

• vera á útróðri ― to be fishing (with a rowing boat)[5]

Onomatopoeic.

á!

1. oh!
2. animal sound of the puffin (lundi)

   lundin sigur á á á

   the puffin says "oh oh oh"

From Old Norse [Term?].

á

1. archaic third-person present of eiga

• à (reintegrationist)

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + feminine definite article a (“the”).

• IPA^(key): [aː]

á f (masculine ao, masculine plural aos, feminine plural ás)

1. to the, towards the

From Old Galician-Portuguese aa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ala. Compare Portuguese á. Doublet of ala.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa]

á f (plural ás)

1. wing
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 30:

     et as de leychuza

     and wings of an owl

   • 1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo:

     Fala o corbo, escoyten todos:
     Eu veño con asas negras
     Cortando os ventos de longe
     Para chegar à estas festas.

     The raven speaks, listen everyone:
     "I come with black wings
     Cutting the winds from afar
     To arrive to these feasts"

   Synonym: ala

• axar

• “aa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “á” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “á” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “á” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaː]
• Rhymes: -aː

á

1. oh, ah (expression of surprise)

   Á, már itt is vagy? ― Oh, are you here already?

2. oh (expression of dismissiveness, disagreement, or disbelief)

   Á, nem hiszem. Ő sose mond ilyet. ― Oh, I don't believe it. He/She'll never say such a thing.

á (lower case, upper case Á)

1. The second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.

• aki á-t mond, mondjon b-t is
• á-tól z-ig, ától zéig
• ától cettig

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• (interjection): á in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (sound and letter): á in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• á 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 2024)

• IPA^(key): /auː/
• Rhymes: -auː

á (upper case Á)

1. The second letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

á ?

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Á/á.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

From Old Norse á (“river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Compare Danish å, Norwegian å, Swedish å.

á f (genitive singular ár, nominative plural ár)

1. river

   Synonyms: fljót, elfur, elfa

Inflection of á.

á f

1. indefinite accusative singular of á
2. indefinite dative singular of á

Inflection of ær.

á f

1. indefinite accusative singular of ær
2. indefinite dative singular of ær

Conjugation of eiga.

á

1. first-person singular present indicative of eiga I own.
2. third-person singular present indicative of eiga He owns.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “perhaps onomatopoeic?”)

á!

1. ow! ouch!

   Synonyms: ái, áts, æ

   Á! Þetta var vont!

   Ouch! That hurt!

From Old Norse á, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ (an), from Proto-Germanic *ana.

á

1. (with dative, with accusative) on

   Hvar eru lyklarnir? - Þeir eru á borðinu.

   Where are the keys? - They are on the table.

2. (with dative, with accusative) in

   Ég bý á Íslandi.

   I live in Iceland.

   Hvað heitir þetta á íslensku?

   What’s this called in Icelandic?

• IPA^(key): /ɑː/

From dhá, lenited variant of dá.

á (triggers lenition in the masculine singular, h-prothesis in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)

1. him, her, it, them (used before the verbal noun in the progressive to indicate a third person direct object)

   Táim á bhualadh. ― I am hitting him.

   Táim á ól.

   I am drinking it (referring to a masculine noun, e.g. bainne (“milk”)).

   Táim á bualadh. ― I am hitting her.

   Táim á hól.

   I am drinking it (referring to a feminine noun, e.g. bláthach (“buttermilk”)).

   Táim á mbualadh. ― I am hitting them.

   Táim á n-ól. ― I am drinking them.

2. used as a quasi-reflexive pronoun in a sentence with passive semantics

   Tá an buachaill á bhualadh.

   The boy is being hit (literally ‘The boy is at his hitting’).

   Tá an chloch á tógáil ag Séamas.

   The stone is being lifted by Séamas (literally ‘The stone is at its lifting by Séamas’).

• agá, ’gá, ’ghá (obsolete)

Onomatopoeic.

á!

1. ah!

á (upper case Á)

1. The letter a with an acute accent, called á fada (literally “long a”).

á

1. The name of the Latin-script letter a/A.

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ
• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “á”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “á” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “á” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• a — nonstandard

á (a², Zhuyin ㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啊
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗄
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𭉿

• a

Inherited from Latin illa f (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/

á f

1. feminine singular of o
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):

     Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriꝣ de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.

     This 19th is (about) how Holy Mary helped · the empress of Rome · suffer through the great pains she underwent.

• Fala: a
• Galician: a
• Portuguese: a

á (3rd person possessive) (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, an unwritten prothetic /h/ in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)

1. Alternative form of a
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90^b12

     Mad·genatar á thimthirthidi.

     Blessed are his servants.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 144^d3

     Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri denum n-uilc at·rubalt tar hesi á pectha.

     Every common advantage that had been in them for doing evil has perished for their sin.

á (triggers lenition)

1. Alternative form of a
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53^c11

     in tan as·mbeir, Tait, á maccu

     when he says, "Come, O sons"

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s.

á (gender unknown)

1. mouth

From Proto-Celtic *yās, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go”).[1][2]

á n (genitive unattested)

1. cart, chariot
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 96^c12

     dunaib aaib

     to the chariots

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “á”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“water, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Old English ēa, Old Frisian ā, ē, Old Saxon aha, Old High German aha, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa).

• ǫ́

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)

1. river, creek
   • Ásmundar saga kappabana, chapter 9:

     Síðan óc hann upp með ánni Rín til móz við Ásmund.

     Then [Hildibrandr] went up along the river Rhine to meet Ásmundr.

• Laxárdalr

From Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)

1. Alternative form of ær

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ (an), from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, onto”). Cognate with Old English on, Old Frisian on, Old Saxon ana, an, Old Dutch ana, an, in, Old High German ana, an, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana).

• ᛅ (a), ᚭ (ą), ᚬ (ą), ᚨ (ą) — Runic form

á

1. (with dative) on

   Þeir eru á hólmi.

   They are on an island.

2. in [+dative]

   Ek bý á Islandi.

   I live in Iceland.

In most descendant languages, this preposition was replaced by reflexes of upp á.

• Icelandic: á
• Faroese: á
• Norwegian Nynorsk: å (dialectal)
• Elfdalian: ą̊
• Old Swedish: ā
  • Swedish: å, a (dialectal)
• Old Danish: ā
  • Danish: å (dialectal)

Probably related to Old Norse æ (“always”)

á (not comparable)

1. always

An imitation of a cry of pain.

á

1. ow! ouch!

• Icelandic: á

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

á

1. inflection of ái:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
2. inflection of ær:
   1. accusative singular
   2. dative singular
   3. genitive plural

á

1. inflection of eiga:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person singular present indicative

• á in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• á in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

• IPA^(key): /ʔa̤/

á

1. to numb.

• Homophones: à, há, ah

• Audio (BR)

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: á

From Latin ā.

• a
• A
• Á

á m (plural ás)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

• á-bê-cê

From Old Galician-Portuguese aa (“wing”), from Latin āla (“wing”). Cognate with Galician á, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, and Occitan ala, French aile and Ligurian âa. Doublet of ala, which was a borrowing.

á f (plural ás)

1. (archaic, usually in the plural) wing

   Synonyms: asa, ala

• “aa” in Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval.

á

1. well, Oh!, my God!

   Àngkøø̀ maq rvmá chuaòe.

   He is ploughing his father-in-law's field.

   Àng dvpvt vv́mpà køtnaòe.

   They are cooking rice for him.

á

1. open mouth.

   Ló nònggøp èáshì.

   Well, open up your mouth..

á

1. vocative particle suffixed to the name of the person hailed.

Letter a with acute (◌́) to signify long vowel.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /áː/, /àː/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dɔ́ːʋɡi àː/, /dɔ́ːʋɡi áː/, dolgi a
• Rhymes: -aː

á (lower case, upper case Á)

1. Additional letter, used in some words to denote the long stress on a.

á

1. (non-tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [aː].

Letter a with acute (◌́) to signify long low-pitched vowel.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /àː/, [ǎː]
• (letter name, tonal transcription): IPA^(key): /akutíːrani àː/, /akutíːrani áː/, akutirani a
• Rhymes: -aː

á

1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [àː].

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

Letter a with acute (◌́) to signify short vowel.

• (Natisone Valley dialect, phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈa/

á (lower case, usually not in upper case)

1. (Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on a.

Letter a with acute ´ to signify stress.

• (Resian, sound): IPA^(key): /a/

á (lower case, upper case Á)

1. (Resian) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the stress on a.

• a
• à
• ȃ
• ā
• ȁ

á

1. Obsolete spelling of a

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˦]

á (妸)

1. older sister

   pi̱ á ― (polite) elder sister

   pi̱ nhình á ― (polite) eldest sister

á

1. Question particle.

   Nắm pây nau á? ― You're not coming?

   Hết đảy mí á? ― Can you do it?

á

1. already

   đảy á ― alright

á

1. melastoma

   Mạy á oóc bjoóc le̱ đăm nà.

   When the melastoma blooms, we replant the rice.

• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

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

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

á

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ă/ă.

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亞 (“sub-”)

á

1. secondary

   á hậu ― a beauty pageant runner-up

   Mạnh Tử được mệnh danh là á thánh, sau Khổng Tử.

   Mencius is known as the secondary sage, second only to Confucius.

2. semi-; demi-

   á kim ― a metalloid

   á thần ― a demigod

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

á

1. An expression of sudden pain or uttered under shock.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈa/

á (upper case Á)

1. The letter A, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.