atha

See also: Atha, àtha, átha, ätha, and aþa

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish athad.

Noun

atha f (genitive singular atha)

  1. space of time
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • atha fhada (a long while)
  • i gceann atha (after a while)
  • le hatha (for some time)

Noun

atha f (genitive singular atha)

  1. Alternative form of aife (ebb; decline, decay; reflux)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
atha n-atha hatha not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aða/

Verb

atha (infinitive gwatha)

  1. to order, to command

(Nouns)

References

  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  • “atha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अथ (atha).

Particle

atha

  1. and, and then, and also, moreover
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