tá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tá.

Noun

tá f (genitive singular táar, plural tær)

toe

Declension

More information f26, singular ...

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

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Etymology 2

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

Adverb

tá

then

Conjunction

tá

when

Synonyms

tá ið, táið

Anagrams

át

Noun

tá class 1 singular of ? class 2

father
Ě ghámtə́ tâp e. ― He/she respected his/her father.

Derived terms

gám tâ jwi à
má
tabʉə̂
tadyə
tajyə
tâ tá
tâp e

References

Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtaː]
Audio: (file)

Noun

tá (plural ták)

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

Declension

More information Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony), singular ...

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

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More information Possessive forms of, possessor ...

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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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse tá.

Noun

tá f (genitive singular táar, nominative plural tær)

toe

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	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

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Declension of tá (feminine)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)

path, footpath

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	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

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Declension of tá (neuter)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû).

Noun

tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)

tau (Greek letter)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	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

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Declension of tá (neuter)

Anagrams

át

Alternative forms

thá (Waterford, Kilkenny, very sporadically throughout Munster)

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑː/^[1]
(Ulster, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, before extinction of original dialects) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaː/

Verb

tá

present indicative independent affirmative progressive analytic of bí: "is"

References

[1]
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 185, page 93

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʌ/

Postposition

tá

in; at (for places far away from the speaker)
there
Inh mỹnh fi vỹ inh jamã tá nĩ.
My mom is over there where I live.

Particle

tá

Alternative form of tâ: present continuous particle
Como tá vai?
How's it going?

Romanization

tá (ta², Zhuyin ㄊㄚˊ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𨓬

Alternative forms

·táa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taː/

Verb

·tá

unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs

Derived terms

Related terms

ar·sissedar

Verb

·tá

third-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

Noun

tá f (genitive tár, plural tær)

a toe

Declension

More information feminine, singular ...

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

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Declension of tá (strong consonant stem)

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

Icelandic: tá
Faroese: tá
Norwegian Nynorsk: tå
Norwegian Bokmål: tå
Swedish: tå
Danish: tå

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *tanhwą. Compare Finnish tanhua (“stockyard”), which was borrowed from Proto-Norse or Proto-Germanic. The noun itself is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“tough”).

Noun

tá n (genitive tás, plural tá)

(poetic) path, walk

Declension

More information neuter, singular ...

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tá	táit	tá	táin
accusative	tá	táit	tá	táin
dative	tái, tá	táinu, tánu	tám	tánum
genitive	tás	tásins	tá	tánna

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Declension of tá (strong a-stem)

Descendants

Icelandic: tá
Norwegian Nynorsk: tåg
Old Swedish: tā, ⇒ fortā
- Swedish: tå (dialectal)
⇒ Old Danish: fortā, fortæ
- Danish: forte
- Danish: fortov
  - Norwegian Bokmål: fortau (also from a dialectal form of fortåg)

Alternative forms

'tá

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta/

Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: tá

Etymology 1

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

Verb

tá

Clipping of está.
Cê tá falando com quem?
Who are you talking to?

Vamo, tá na hora de tomar café.
Let's go, it’s time for breakfast.
(Brazil) Eye dialect spelling of estar.
Eu queria tá com você.
I’d like to be with you.

É bom tá sempre aprendendo, né?
It’s good to always be learning, right?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.

Derived terms

tá-se bem

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of tá bem or tá bom, itself a clipping of está bem.

Interjection

tá

(Brazil, colloquial) OK; all right
Synonym: tá bom

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.

Pronoun

tá

nominative feminine singular of ten

Alternative forms

ta

Etymology

Clipping of está, or borrowed from Portuguese tá.

Interjection

tá

(Uruguay) okay
- 2008, Néstor Ganduglia, Historias mágicas del Uruguay interior, page 52:
  Y tá, y me quedé ahí.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˨˩˦]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [taː˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)

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

dozen
Synonym: lố

một tá trứng ― one dozen eggs

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐.

Noun

tá

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

Derived terms

đại tá (大佐, “senior colonel; commodore”)
thiếu tá (少佐, “major; lieutenant commander”)
thượng tá (上佐, “colonel; captain”)
trung tá (中佐, “lieutenant colonel; commander”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐.

Verb

tá

(only in compounds) to help

Derived terms

phụ tá (輔佐, “assistant”)
y tá (醫佐, “nurse”)

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 借.

Verb

tá

to borrow

Derived terms

giả tá (假借, “(Chinese characters) phonetic loan”)

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

ta (colloquial, informal)

Interjection

tá • (佐, 些)

An expression of inquisitiveness or emotionality
- 15th century, Lê Thánh Tông, “Núi Góa [Lonely Mountain]” in Hồng Đức Quốc Âm thi tập (Collection of Poems in Our Nation's Language), folio 37a
  細(Tới)𫢩(nay)歲(tuổi)㐌(đã)包(bao)饒(nhiêu)些(tá)
  擲(Trạnh)擲(trạnh)𥾽(bền)肝(gan)渚(chửa)𥙩(lấy)𫯳(chồng)
  Now how old are ye? Ye remain so unwaveringly and resolutely unmarried.
- Trần Tế Xương, “Vợ Chồng Ngâu (Mr. & Mrs. Ngâu)” in Vị Thành Giai Cú tập biên (《渭城佳句摺編》 "Collection of Vị Thành's Belle Phrases")
  𫨩(Hay)羅(là)𢜝(sợ)悶(muộn)𫯳(chồng)庄(chăng)佐(tá)
  唏(Hơi)󰜋(đâu)𦓡(mà)挸(kén)𩵜(cá)撰(chọn)羮(canh)
  Or was she so afraid of being married late that she didn't bother to be choosy?

Anagrams

át

[1] [1]
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 185, page 93

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