á

Noun

á (upper case Á)

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

See also

• (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

Noun

á f (genitive singular áar, plural áir)

1. brook, stream, river

Preposition

á

[with accusative]

1. on, onto, to, near, beside
2. (fjords, bays, harbours) to

[with dative]

1. on, in, at
2. (place names) in
3. (fjords, bays, harbours) at, in
4. (seafaring and fishery) at

Interjection

á!

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

   lundin sigur á á á

   the puffin says "oh oh oh"

Verb

á

1. archaic third-person present of eiga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aː]
• Hyphenation: á

Contraction

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

1. to the, towards the

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa]

Noun

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

Interjection

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.

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

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

Letter

á (upper case Á)

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

Noun

á n (genitive singular ás, nominative plural á)

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

See also

• (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

Noun

á f (genitive singular ár, nominative plural ár)

1. river

   Synonyms: fljót, elfur, elfa

Noun

á f

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

Noun

á f

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

Verb

á

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

Interjection

á!

1. ow! ouch!

   Synonyms: ái, áts, æ

   Á! Þetta var vont!

   Ouch! That hurt!

Preposition

á

1. on [with dative or accusative]

   Hvar eru lyklarnir? - Þeir eru á borðinu.

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

2. in [with dative or accusative]

   Ég bý á Íslandi.

   I live in Iceland.

   Hvað heitir þetta á íslensku?

   What’s this called in Icelandic?

Pronoun

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’).

Interjection

á!

1. ah!

Letter

á (upper case Á)

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

Noun

á

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

See also

• (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.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Descendants

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

Determiner

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 (“his, her, its, their”)
   • 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.

Particle

á (triggers lenition)

1. Alternative form of a (“O”)
   • 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"

Noun

á (gender unknown)^[1]

1. mouth

Noun

á n (genitive unattested)^[4]

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

Alternative forms

• ǫ́

Noun

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.

Noun

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)

1. Alternative form of ær

Alternative forms

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

Preposition

á [with dative]

2. on

   Þeir eru á hólmi.

   They are on an island.

3. in

   Ek bý á Islandi.

   I live in Iceland.

Adverb

á (not comparable)

1. always

Interjection

á

1. ow! ouch!

Noun

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

Verb

á

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

Alternative forms

• a, A, Á

Noun

á m (plural ás)

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

Noun

á f (plural ás)

1. (archaic, usually in the plural) wing

   Synonyms: asa, ala

Contraction

á f sg

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of à.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria [Victoria]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 65:

     Se vendesse as gallinhas e a marrã? Infelizmente a excommungada raposa tinha comido a pedrez, a mais gorda. Precisava dar uma licção á raposa. Ia armar o mundeo junto do poleiro e quebrar o espinhaço daquella semvergonha.

     What if she sold the chickens and the young sow? Unfortunately the damned fox had eaten the spotted hen, the plumpest one. She had to teach a lesson to the fox. She was going to set up a trap by the perch and break that rascal's back.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

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

Symbol

á

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

Pronunciation

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

Symbol

á

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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.

Pronunciation

• (Resian, sound): IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

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

Noun

á (妸)

1. older sister

   pi̱ á ― (polite) elder sister

   pi̱ nhình á ― (polite) eldest sister

Particle

á

1. Question particle.

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

   Hết đảy mí á? ― Can you do it?

Particle

á

1. already

   đảy á ― alright

Noun

á

1. melastoma

   Mạy á oóc bjoóc le̱ đăm nà.

   When the melastoma blooms, we replant the rice.

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

• Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

1. The letter a with the acute accent.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Noun

á

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

Prefix

1=[[亞]], [[亜]]

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

Interjection

á

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