á

See also: Á, á-, -á, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

á	U+00E1, á LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE

Composition:

a [U+0061] + ◌́ [U+0301]

← à
[U+00E0]

Latin-1 Supplement

â →
[U+00E2]

Translingual

Letter

á (upper case Á)

The letter a with an acute accent.

Czech

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

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

Faroese

Dalsá í Gásadali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɔaː][1]
Rhymes: -ɔaː

Etymology 1

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

Noun

á (upper case Á)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

á f (genitive singular áar, plural áir)

brook, stream, river

Usage notes

(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)
umáir 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 eftiránni ― it went like after the river (= it was very easy)
ganga/ fara íáir ― 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])

Declension

Declension of á
f2 (á)	singular		plural
f2 (á)	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	á	áin	áir	áirnar
accusative	á	ánna	áir	áirnar
dative	á	ánni	áum	áunum
genitive	áar	áarinnar	áa	áanna

Synonyms

(brook): løkur

Etymology 3

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

Preposition

á

(with accusative) on, onto, to, near, beside
(with accusative, fjords, bays, harbours) to
(with dative) on, in, at
(with dative, place names) in
(with dative, fjords, bays, harbours) at, in
(with dative, seafaring and fishery) at

Usage notes

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 umborðá skipið ― he goes aboard the ship
skrivaá talvuna ― to write on the blackboard
faraá fjall ― to go into the mountains

with fjords, bays, harbours

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

Governing dative

bókin liggurá borðinum ― the book is on the table
hann er umborð á skipinum ― he is aboard the ship
tað stendurá talvuni ― this stands on the blackboard
veraá 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]

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

á!

oh!
animal sound of the puffin (lundi)

lundin sigurá á á

the puffin says "oh oh oh"

Etymology 5

From Old Norse [Term?].

Verb

á

archaic third-person present of eiga

References

V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (volume 2, page 2, entry á^{1, 2})
Vibeke Sandersen: „Om bogstavet å“ in Nyt fra Sprognævnet 2002/3 September.
Aa¹ in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1)
Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (Entry á²)
aa² in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1f.)

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aː]

Contraction

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

to the, towards the

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈa]

Noun

á f (plural ás)

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

Related terms

axar

References

“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.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaː]
Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

á

oh, ah (expression of surprise)
Á, már itt is vagy? ― Oh, are you here already?
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)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	á	á-k
accusative	á-t	á-kat
dative	á-nak	á-knak
instrumental	á-val	á-kkal
causal-final	á-ért	á-kért
translative	á-vá	á-kká
terminative	á-ig	á-kig
essive-formal	á-ként	á-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	á-ban	á-kban
superessive	á-n	á-kon
adessive	á-nál	á-knál
illative	á-ba	á-kba
sublative	á-ra	á-kra
allative	á-hoz	á-khoz
elative	á-ból	á-kból
delative	á-ról	á-król
ablative	á-tól	á-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	á-é	á-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	á-éi	á-kéi

Possessive forms of á
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	á-m	á-im
2nd person sing.	á-d	á-id
3rd person sing.	á-ja	á-i
1st person plural	á-nk	á-ink
2nd person plural	á-tok	á-itok
3rd person plural	á-juk	á-ik

Derived terms

aki á-t mond, mondjon b-t is
á-tól z-ig

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /auː/
Rhymes: -auː

Letter

á (upper case Á)

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

Noun

á ?

The name of the Latin-script letter Á.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

á f (genitive singular ár, nominative plural ár)

river
Synonym: fljót, elfur, elfa

Declension

declension of á

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s1	singular		plural
nominative	á	áin	ár	árnar
accusative	á	ána	ár	árnar
dative	á	ánni	ám	ánum
genitive	ár	árinnar	áa	ánna

Etymology 3

Inflection of á.

Noun

á f

indefinite accusative singular of á
indefinite dative singular of á

Etymology 4

Inflection of ær.

Noun

á f

indefinite accusative singular of ær
indefinite dative singular of ær

Etymology 5

Conjugation of eiga.

Verb

á

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

Etymology 6

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

Interjection

á!

ow! ouch!
Á! Þetta var vont!
Ouch! That hurt!
Synonyms: ái, áts, æ

Etymology 7

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

Preposition

á

(with dative, with accusative) on
Hvar eru lyklarnir? - Þeir eru á borðinu.
Where are the keys? - They are on the table.
(with dative, with accusative) in
Ég býá Íslandi.
I live in Iceland.
Hvað heitir þetta á íslensku?
What’s this called in Icelandic?

Derived terms

á eftir
á fjórum fótum
á næstu grösum
bera kápuna á báðum öxlum
bíta á jaxlinn
draga á tálar
færa sönnur á
hafa nóg á sinni könnu
heill á húfi
hlaupa á glæ
hæla á hvert reipi
kasta á glæ
káfa á
kyssa á hönd
kýla á
leggja á
leggja á minnið
leita á
líta á
líta á með vanþóknun
líta niður á
líta snöggvast á
lítast á
minnast á
peningar vaxa ekki á trjám
skella á
spila á
standa eins og stafur á bók
stara eins og naut á nývirki
súpa á
togast á um
vel á minnst
vera á bandi

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː/

Etymology 1

From dhá, lenited variant of dá.

Pronoun

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

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.
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’).

Alternative forms

agá, ’gá, ’ghá (obsolete)

Related terms

a
ag
do

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

á!

ah!

Letter

á

The letter a with an acute accent.

Mandarin

Alternative forms

a (nonstandard)

Romanization

á (a², Zhuyin ㄚˊ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啊.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗄.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𭉿.

Min Nan

Conjunction

á (POJ)

introduces an alternative or a word that explains or means the same

Particle

á (POJ, traditional and simplified 仔)

a diminutive suffix for nouns, adjectives or quantities
囡仔 [Hokkien] ― gín-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― child
小叔仔 [Hokkien] ― sió-chek-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)
勻勻仔／匀匀仔 [Hokkien] ― ûn-ûn-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― slowly
小可仔 [Hokkien] ― sió-khóa-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― a little bit
歌仔戲／歌仔戏 ― gēzǐxì ― Taiwanese opera
a suffix that converts a verb or adjective into a noun
抿仔 [Hokkien] ― bín-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― brush
矮仔 [Hokkien] ― é-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― shorty
a suffix placed after a name or title, used endearingly, humorously or pejoratively

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 子 (zǐ)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of á – see 猶 (“still; yet”). (This character, á, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猶.)

Old Irish

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)

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.

Particle

á (triggers lenition)

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"

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s.

Noun

á

mouth

Etymology 4

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

Noun

á n (genitive unattested)

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

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	á^N	á^N	áe^L
Vocative	á^N	á^N	áe^L
Accusative	á^N	á^N	áe^L
Genitive	áe^L	áe	áe^N
Dative	á^L	áib	áib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
á	unchanged	n-á
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Watkins, Calvert (1978), “Varia III”, in Ériu‎, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, ISSN 20090056 03320758, 20090056 Invalid ISSN, JSTOR 30007772, retrieved July 20, 2022, pages 155–165
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yās”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434

Old Norse

á

Etymology 1

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).

Alternative forms

ǫ́

Noun

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)

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.

Declension

Declension of á (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	á	áin	ár, áir	árnar, áirnar
accusative	á	ána	ár, áir	árnar, áirnar
dative	á	ánni	ám	ánum
genitive	ár	árinnar	á	ánna

Derived terms

Laxárdalr

Descendants

→ Middle English: a, aa
Icelandic: á
Faroese: á
Norwegian Nynorsk: å
Norwegian Bokmål: å
Old Swedish: ā
- Swedish: å
Old Danish: ā
- Danish: å

Etymology 2

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

Noun

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)

Alternative form of ær

Declension

Declension of á (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	á	áin	ár	árnar
accusative	á	ána	ár	árnar
dative	á	ánni	ám	ánum
genitive	ár	árinnar	á	ánna

Etymology 3

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).

Alternative forms

ᛅ (a), ᚭ (ą), ᚬ (ą), ᚨ (ą) – Runic

Preposition

á

(with dative) on
Þeir eru á hólmi.
They are on an island.
(with dative) in
Ek býá Islandi.
I live in Iceland.

Descendants

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

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

Etymology 4

Probably related to Old Norse æ (“always”)

Adverb

á (not comparable)

always

Etymology 5

An imitation of a cry of pain.

Interjection

á

ow! ouch!

Descendants

Icelandic: á

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

á

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

Verb

á

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

References

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.

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

a

Etymology

From Latin illa f (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a/

Article

á

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 emperadriz 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.

Descendants

Fala: a
Galician: a
Portuguese: a

Parauk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔa̤/

Verb

á

to numb.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa/

Homophones: à, há, ah
Audio (BR) (file)
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: á

Etymology 1

From Latin ā.

Alternative forms

a
A
Á

Noun

á m (plural ás)

The name of the Latin-script letter A.

Derived terms

á-bê-cê

Etymology 2

From Old 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.

Noun

á f (plural ás)

(archaic, usually in the plural) wing
Synonyms: asa, ala

References

“aa” in Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval.

Rawang

Interjection

á

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.

Verb

á

open mouth.
Ló nònggøp èáshì.
Well, open up your mouth..

Particle

á

vocative particle suffixed to the name of the person hailed.

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

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)

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

Symbol

á

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Symbol

á

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

Usage notes

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

á (lower case, usually not in upper case)

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

Etymology 4

Letter a with acute ´ to signify stress.

Pronunciation

(Resian, sound): IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)

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

Spanish

Preposition

á

Obsolete spelling of a

Tày

Pronunciation

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

(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˦]

Noun

á

older sister
pi̱ á ― (polite) elder sister

Particle

á

Question particle.
Nắm pây nau á? ― You're not coming?
Hết đảy mí á? ― Can you do it?

Particle

á

already
đảy á ― alright

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

á

The name of the Latin-script letter Ă.

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亞 (“sub-”)

Prefix

á

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.
semi-; demi-
á kim ― a metalloid
á thần ― a demigod

Etymology 3

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Interjection

á

An expression of sudden pain or uttered under shock.

[1] V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (volume 2, page 2, entry á^{1, 2})

[2] Vibeke Sandersen: „Om bogstavet å“ in Nyt fra Sprognævnet 2002/3 September.

[Sv-3] Aa¹ in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1)

[4] Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (Entry á²)

[Sv2-5] aa² in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1f.)

[Watkins_1978_pp._155–165-6] Watkins, Calvert (1978), “Varia III”, in Ériu‎, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, ISSN 20090056 03320758, 20090056 Invalid ISSN, JSTOR 30007772, retrieved July 20, 2022, pages 155–165

[7] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yās”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434

á

Translingual

Letter

See also

Czech

Letter

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Etymology 3

Preposition

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Etymology 4

Interjection

Etymology 5

Verb

References

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Contraction

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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References

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Interjection

Letter

Declension

Derived terms

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Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Letter

Noun

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Etymology 5

Verb

Etymology 6

Interjection

Etymology 7

Preposition

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Pronoun

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Etymology 2

Interjection

Letter

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

Min Nan

Conjunction

Particle

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Etymology 2

Old Irish

Determiner