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a U+0061, a
LATIN SMALL LETTER A
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[U+0060]
Basic Latin b
[U+0062]
Some typefaces have a single-story form of a. This has a dedicated Unicode character ɑ for IPA use.

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Etymology 1

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Approximate form of Greek upper case Α (a, “alpha”) that was the source for both common variants of a Modification of capital A.

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  • Pronunciation of IPA [aː]:(file)

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a (upper case A)

  1. The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
    (superscript) See ª.

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a

  1. (IPA, phonetics) an open front or central unrounded vowel.
  2. (IPA, superscript ⟨ᵃ⟩) [a]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [a].
  3. (international standards) transliterates Indic (or equivalent).

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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of atto-, from Danish atten (eighteen).

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a

  1. atto-, prefix for 10-18 in the International System of Units.

Etymology 3

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From Latin annum or annus.

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a

  1. Year as a unit of time, specifically a Julian year or 365.25 days.

Etymology 4

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Abbreviation of are, from French are.

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a

  1. An are, a unit of area one hundredth of a hectare; ares.

Etymology 5

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Abbreviation of English acceleration.

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a

  1. (physics) acceleration

Etymology 6

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

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a

  1. (actuarial notation) Annuity; (specifically) annuity-immediate.
    ax:n̅|n-year annuity-immediate to a person currently age x
    axlife annuity-immediate to a person currently age x

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English

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Etymology 1

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The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also (æ).

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a (lowercase, uppercase A, plural as or a's)

  1. The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    • 1917, John Wesley Young, Frank Millett Morgan, Elementary Mathematical Analysis, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 487:
      This expression is zero, for we have replaced the column of a's by the column of b's and hence the determinant has two columns identical.
    • 1926, George Kelly, Craig's Wife, Act I, page 5:
      Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.
    • 1974, Ervin A. Dennis, John D. Jenkins, “A Font of Type”, in Comprehensive Graphic Arts, Indianapolis, I.N.: Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 26, column 2:
      Note that with 18-point type, fifteen capital A's, twenty-five lowercase a's, and twelve 1's are obtained with one font. With this information, it is possible to refer to Table 10-1 which gives the number of characters for each letter, punctuation mark, or figure.
    • 2013, Margaret McPhee, Mistress to the Marquis, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Historical, →ISBN, page 249:
      Across every sheet of paper were lines and lines of letters of the alphabet. A row of a's followed by a row of b's and so on, pages of them, like pages from a copy book, crudely formed as if from the hand of a young child.
    • 2014 February 23, Rivka Galchen, “What’s Become of the So-Called Literary Bad Boy?”, in The New York Times[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-02-19:
      In the seventh grade I admired a charismatic, witty girl who had a particular way of writing her lowercase a's. After some practice, I took to writing my lowercase a's in the same fashion.
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Numeral

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a (lower case, upper case A)

  1. The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Noun

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a (plural a's or (rare) aes)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
    • 1816, William Young Ottley, An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving [], volume II, London: [] John and Arthur Arch, [] by J. M'Creery, page 621:
      This piece somewhat resembles an a. On the left is a man seated on the ground, with a dog between his legs, and a large bird of prey in his hands, which appears to be biting his head.
    • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Epic”, in Poems. [], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, page 2:
      But with some prelude of disparagement, / Read, mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music, and to this result.
    • [1906, Leigh H[adley] Irvine, “Abbreviations in General”, in The Magazine Style Code: A Manual For The Guidance Of Authors, Reporters And All Who Write, San Francisco, C.A.: Crown Publishing Company, pages 15–16:
      Letters should be spelled as follows; aes, bees, cees, dees, ees, efs, gees, aitches, ies, jays, kays, els, ems, ens, oes, pees, ques, ars, esses, tees, ues, vees, ws or dubleyuz, exes, wyes, zees.]
    • 1993, Frank Pagden, “Teaching”, in The Gospel According to St. Lynas, Tunbridge Wells: Mitre, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      St Lynas was chatting with a group of rebellious young college students one day, who decried the moral standards of the past. ¶ So St Lynas drew an 'a' on some paper, and asked them what it was. ¶ 'A' they said.
    • 2023, Amanda Stevens, Secret of Shutter Lake, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Intrigue, →ISBN, page 237:
      Compare Lydia's signature on some of the work orders with the warning notes. The loop through the lowercase a is similar. See what I mean?
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Etymology 2

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    From Middle English a, an, from Old English ān (one; a; lone; sole). More at one. The "n" was gradually lost before consonants in almost all dialects by the 15th century. Cognate with Alemannic German a (a, an), East Franconian a (a, an).

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    a

    1. An unspecified example of (something); the indefinite article. [from before 1150][1]
      There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
      • 1835, [Washington Irving], chapter XX, in A Tour on the Prairies (The Crayon Miscellany; no. 1), Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, →OCLC, page 151:
        He had another formidable difficulty in getting him across the river, where both horses stuck for a time in the mire, and Beatte was nearly unseated from his saddle by the force of the current and the struggles of his captive.
      • 1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round [], volume II, London: [] C[harles] Whiting, [], →OCLC, page 6, column 1:
        The young man thanked me, and took his leave with some little precipitation, after declining a glass of liquor.
      • 1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “(please specify the page) [Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings.]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. [], volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, [], published 1868, →OCLC, page 185:
        Speaking as a servant, I am deeply indebted to you. Speaking as a man, I consider you to be a person whose head is full of maggots, and I take up my testimony against your experiment as a delusion and a snare.
      • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, “Preface”, in The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
        With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get []
      • 2005, Emily Kingsley (lyricist), Kevin Clash (voice actor), “A Cookie is a Sometime Food”, Sesame Street, season 36, Sesame Workshop:
        Hoots the Owl: Yes a, fruit, is a [sic], any, time, food!
      • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
        Anna, do you have a pen? — Yes. I have a pen in my bag. I have a (stressed) …
        Audio (US):(file)
      • 2023 March 9, Moya Lothian-Mclean, “A nose ring, a bicycle, a Radiohead album: I'm becoming a total cliche – and I quite like it”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-11:
        In retrospect, I realise, I had been unconsciously devoting a large amount of energy to negative choice, a concept I'm borrowing and adapting from sociologist Eva Illouz's 2019 treatise, The End of Love (by way of a viral Paris Review essay).
      • 2024 May 21, Sarah Larson, “When the C.I.A. Turned Writers Into Operatives”, in The New Yorker[4], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-21:
        The C.I.A. infiltrated not just magazines, radio, and movies but youth organizations and movements like Abstract Expressionism; all were meant to inspire a reverence for democracy and freedom, a project that, in Walker's telling, often tips into absurdity.
    2. One; used before score, dozen, hundred, thousand, million, etc.
      I've seen it happen a hundred times.
      • 1945, Peter Cheyney, Sinister Errand, London: Collins, published 1952, page 8:
        Everybody drinks a lot in wartime, but it seemed to me that I must have drunk enough to float a couple of battleships.
      • 1999, Sara Hylton, Separate Lives, London: Piatkus, →ISBN, page 93:
        You've seen it a dozen times already.
      • 2024 February 27, “The economics of skiing in America”, in The Economist[5], London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 May 2024:
        By the time he gets onto a chair, the pristine powder snow below the lift has already been chopped up by a hundred tracks, and the line to get back up stretches the length of a football field.
    3. Used in some phrases denoting quantity, such as a few, a good many, a couple, a little, a bit, etc.
      He's a bit thick, isn't he?
      They asked me a few questions.
      • 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “My Lord and Lady”, in Little Women: [], part second, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 315:
        But I was going to say, that while I was dawdling about abroad, I saw a good many talented young fellows making all sorts of sacrifices, and enduring real hardships, that they might realize their dreams. Splendid fellows, some of them, working like heroes, poor and friendless, but so full of courage, patience and ambition, that I was ashamed of myself, and longed to give them a right good lift.
      • 1989, Robert T. Michael, Heidi I[rmgard] Hartmann, Brigid O'Farrell, editors, Pay Equity: Empirical Inquiries, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, →ISBN, page 3, column 2:
        The main influence here is job tenure—the men had been at their specific jobs a good while longer than the women.
      • 2024 February 13, René M. van Westen, Henk A. Dijkstra, Michael Kliphuis, “If the Atlantic Ocean Loses Circulation, What Happens Next?”, in Scientific American[6], New York, N.Y.: Springer Nature America, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 February 2024:
        Twenty years after the movie's release, we know a lot more about the Atlantic Ocean's circulation. Instruments deployed in the ocean starting in 2004 show that the Atlantic Ocean circulation has observably slowed over the past two decades, possibly to its weakest state in almost a millennium.
      1. Used before a numeral.
        There are a few hundred orders that need to be fulfilled by tomorrow.
        • 1934, Alan Villiers, Whalers of the Midnight Sun: [], New York, N.Y., London: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 154:
          The blues were eating leisurely, swimming about and opening their great mouths, spouting and filling their enormous stomachs with intense satisfaction. They had no idea of danger. There must have been about fifteen of them, peacefully feeding. One of them, its belly gorged probably with a few trillion plankton, seemed to be lying asleep on the surface.
        • 2020 July 31, Brian Friedberg, “The Dark Virality of a Hollywood Blood-Harvesting Conspiracy”, in Wired[7], San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-15:
          The impact of hidden virality can't be stopped by retroactively banning a few thousand Twitter accounts; it is an iterative, memetic phenomenon that outpaces terms of service.
        • 2023, Don Winslow, City of Dreams, London: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 332:
          That was on the first day's walk. It took him until day three, after a good ten miles, to ask her out.
    4. Used in some adverbial phrases denoting the degree or extent of an action, such as a little, a bit, a lot, etc.
      The door was opened a little.
      • 1978, Deane H. Shapiro, Jr., Precision Nirvana, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc., →ISBN, page 104:
        If, for example, you ask a child what he likes to do, he may say he doesn't know. However, if you watch him during free time, and note that he plays basketball a lot, you may infer that this is a high-probability behavior, and he finds it reinforcing.
      • 2009, James H. S. McGregor, Paris From the Ground Up, Cambridge, M.A., London: Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 163:
        The bridge was shifted a bit to the east and rebuilt, this time with the shops of money-changers along both sides.
      • 2023 January 13, Dana G. Smith, “Even a Little Alcohol Can Harm Your Health, Research Shows”, in The New York Times[8], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-10:
        You don't need to go cold turkey to help your health. Even reducing a little bit can be beneficial, especially if you currently drink over the recommended limits.
    5. The same; one and the same. Used in phrases such as of a kind, birds of a feather, etc.
      We are of a mind on matters of morals.
      They're two of a kind.
    6. Any; every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope.[2]
      A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
    7. Any; used with a negative to indicate not a single one.[3]
      It was so dark that we couldn't see a thing.
      He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
      • 2001, Stephen Lawhead, The Mystic Rose Book (Celtic Crusades; III), London,  []: BCA, page 180:
        No, it is impossible. My conscience would give me not a moment's peace if I let you go. I would never forgive myself.
      • 2014, Sherry D. Ficklin, Queen of Someday: A Stolen Empire Novel, [Colony, T.X.]: Clean Teen Publishing, →ISBN, page 116:
        When had my own feelings become so muddled and complicated? Before I take a single step, he catches my arm, turning me to him.
      • 2016, Daphna Rabinovitch, “Fudge Truffle Tart”, in The Baker in Me, Vancouver, B.C.: Whitecap Books, →ISBN, page 204:
        My friend Cindy's husband, Michael Zahavi, a true chocoholic if there ever was one, adores this tart. In fact, when I visited their cottage up in Muskoka, Ontario one summer and brought this along as a treat, he got up in the middle of the night to nosh away at it, leaving us sleepyheads with nary a crumb the next day.
    8. Used before an adjective that modifies a noun (singular or plural) delimited by a numeral.
      The lottery jackpot is worth a staggering three hundred million dollars.
      The holidays are a mere one week away.
    9. One; someone named; used before a person's name, suggesting that the speaker knows little about the person other than the name.[4]
      We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
    10. Used before an adjective modifying a person's name, typically used to emphasize that person's current condition or emotional state.
      • 1963, Robert Hancock, Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman To Be Hanged, London: Orion, published 1993, →ISBN, page 35:
        At Waterloo she asked George for £5 and said that she would go home by tube, and a relieved George watched her descend the Underground steps.
      • 2016, David J. Bailey, The Storm, London: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd., →ISBN, page 147:
        "There, I think that's done it," declared a triumphant John, "we just need to try it with the bar now, where is it?"
      • 2018, “Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure”, in Associated Press:
        "I will continue my campaign to fight for the rights of all Rwandans," a surprised but happy Rwigara told reporters after celebrating.
    11. Someone or something like; similar to; used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.[3]
      The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
      The man is a regular Romeo.
      • 1987, Frederic V. Grunfeld, Rodin: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 88:
        [Jules] Pécher actually sculpted a sort of Statue of Liberty for the centerpiece of the monument, but for the rest he thought it advisable to call in Van Rasbourgh, and Rodin thus became a ghost sculptor to a ghost sculptor.
      • 2009, Ed Macy, Hellfire, London: Harper Press, →ISBN, page 134:
        Billy fancied himself as a bit of a Han Solo, but he shook his head. 'Stop being a wuss.' He grinned. 'Your go.'
      • 2020, Laura Erickson, The Love Lives of Birds: Courting and Mating Rituals, North Adams, M.A.: Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 81:
        For the first 5 or 6 days after the eggs hatch, the mother spends most of her time keeping the chicks warm while the father provides most of their meals. All that work may be what prompts the female to leave the family. They share feeding duties more equally during the next week or 10 days, until the young leave the nest. Producing a second batch is easier if she skips the last grueling week or two of provisioning fledglings. She can recharge her batteries by moseying off and, while on vacation, looking for a new Casanova.
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    • In standard English, the article a is used before consonant sounds, while an is used before vowel sounds; for more, see the usage notes about an.
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    Etymology 3

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    a

    1. To do with separation; In, into. [from before 1150][1]
      torn a pieces
    2. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. Often occurs between two nouns, where the first noun occurs at the end of a verbal phrase.[from before 1150][1]
      I brush my teeth twice a day.
    3. To do with status; In. [from before 1150][1]
    4. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. [from before 1150][1]
      stand a tiptoe
    5. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. [from before 1150][1]
    6. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. [16th c.][1]
    7. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. [16th c.][1]
    8. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. [from before 1150][1]
    9. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. [from before 1150][1]
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    • (position, direction): Can also be attached without a hyphen, as aback, ahorse, afoot. See a-
    • (separation): Can also be attached without hyphen, as asunder. See a-
    • (status): Can also be attached without hyphen, as afloat, awake. See a-.
    • (process): Can also be attached with or without hyphen, as a-changing
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    Etymology 4

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    From Middle English a, ha contraction of have, or haven.

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    a

    1. (dialectal or slang) Have (auxiliary verb).
      I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
    2. (dialectal or slang, rare) had (auxiliary verb).
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    • Now often attached to a preceding auxiliary verb. See -a.
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    Etymology 5

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    From Middle English a, a reduced form of he (he)/ha (he), heo (she)/ha (she), ha (it), and hie, hie (they).

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    a

    1. (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.[4]
      • 1855, Kingsley, W. Ho!, page 120 (edition of 1889):
        He've a got a great venture on hand, but what a [it] be he tell'th no man.
      • 1864, Tennyson, N. Farmer, Old Style, st. 2:
        Doctors, they knaws nowt, fur a [they] says what's nawways true.
      1. (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, the third-person singular nominative.
        • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
          a’ brushes his hat o’ mornings.
        • 1795, Peter Pindar, The Royal Visit to Exeter, a Political Epistle: by John Ploughshare ... published by Peter Pindar, Esq, page 5:
          Well! in a come [in he came]—KING GEORGE to town, / With doust and zweat az netmeg brown, / The hosses all in smoke;
        • 1860, Kite, Sng. Sol., ii, 16:
          A do veed amang th' lilies.
        • 1864, Tennyson, N. Farmer, Old Style, st. 7, version of 1917, Raymond Macdonald Alden, Alfred Tennyson, how to Know Him, page 226:
          "The amoighty's a taakin' o' you to 'issén, my friend," a said, []
      2. (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) She, the third-person singular nominative.
        • 1790, Grose, MS. add. (M.):
          A wanted me to go with her.
        • 1876, Bound, Prov.:
          Did a do it!
        • 1883, Hardy, Tover, page 124 (edition of 1895):
          A's getting wambling on her pins [shaky on her legs].

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      From Middle English of, with apocope of the final f and vowel reduction.

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      a

      1. (archaic or slang) Of.
        The name of John a Gaunt.
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      • Often attached without a hyphen to preceding word.

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      From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all.

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      a (not comparable)

      1. (chiefly Scotland) All. [from ca. 1350—1470]

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      a (not comparable)

      1. (chiefly Scotland) All. [from ca. 1350—1470]

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      a

      1. Pronunciation spelling of to.
        • 1923 January, “The Sunshine of Childhood (Contributed)”, in Benedict Brown, editor, The Grail, volume 4, number 9, St. Meinrad, Ind.: The Abbey Press, page 284, column 2:
          James was going with his mother to attend the ceremonies at which his oldest sister in the convent would make perpetual vows. Being asked where he was going, he answered, “I’m goin’ a see my sister make percapital vowels.”
        • 2007, BK Loren, “Got Tape?”, in Barry Lopez, editor, The Future of Nature: Writing on a Human Ecology from Orion Magazine, Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 43:
          The man walks toward me. “I met that asshole. He’s tryin’ a sell us a bag a bullshit.”
        • 2012 October 23, Tom Wolfe, Back to Blood: A Novel, Large Print edition, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 66:
          Don’tcha try deny it, / ’Cause Hose knows you dyin’ a try it— [] Knows you out tryin’ a buy it, / But Hose only gives it free
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      Contraction of gonna, itself a reduction of going to; see Etymology 8 above (“to”).

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      1. (African-American Vernacular) Used to express a future action; going to.
        I'm a go see what's going on out there.
        • 2010, Todd Bridges, Killing Willis: From Diff'rent Strokes to the Mean Streets to the Life I Always Wanted, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 146:
          "Sure, Billy, I'm a run downstairs to the machine and get me a pack of bigarettes," he said, taking off with his Melody.
        • 2012, Bertrand E. Brown, Sylvia's Dilemma: A Novel, →ISBN, page 95:
          Ain't nothin' in the house to eat and now that we has Mr. Alex staying with us a few days I'm a need to buy some groceries so yous two can have the house to yo'self 'til I get back.
        • 2018, Monica Jeremie, Married to a Dade County Bully 2, Urban Chapters Publications, →ISBN, page 85:
          I'm a head out there now and take a look.
        • 2021, Ioan Grillo, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels, New York, N.Y. []: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 141:
          "The Glock 26 and the motherfucking, uh, the Hi-Point. I'm a try to get the both of them," another said.

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      • Mainly used in the phrase I'm a, which is usually spelled Imma.
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      Contraction of and.[5]

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      a

      1. (obsolete, dialectal, rare) Contraction of and.
        • 1655, William Barton, Man's Monitor, or, the Free-school of Virtue; Holding Forth the Duties Required and Sins Forbidden in the Two Tables of the Law., London: W.D. for T. Underhill, unnumbered page; republished in Early English Books Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Text Creation Partnership, p. 2011:
          By cock a pie and Mous-foot Dent bring's in, / Examples to express forbidden Sin:
        • 1746, “Exmoor Scolding: Or, a Devonſhire Dialogue:”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XVI, London: Edw. Cave, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 353, column 2:
          Thee lace ma? Chem a laced well-a-fine aready.—Zey wone word more, and chell breſh tha, chell make thy boddize pilmee.
        • 1823, Edward Moor, Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms of that County, London: J. Loder, page 2:
          4. as if. "I'll gi ye a dunt i' the hid 'a ye dew so no more." This is equivalent to the "an if" of some of our old writers.
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      • The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The form is not common in any period, and some of the earlier examples could instead show a transmission error for an in its abbreviated form (i.e. ā, with mark of suspension)."[5]

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      a

      1. Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
      2. specific absorption coefficient
      3. (chemistry) specific rotation
      4. (genetics) allele (recessive)

      Etymology 12

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      a

      1. (crosswords) across
        Do you have the answer for 23a?
      2. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of a.m. (ante meridiem) or am

      Etymology 13

      [edit]

      Particle

      [edit]

      a

      1. Alternative form of -a (empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech)
        • 2001, Louis F. Newcomb, Car Salesman: A Legacy, iUniverse (→ISBN), page 91:
          “I show a you right a here I can fuck a you.” “Is she crazy?” I asked Wyman.

      Etymology 14

      [edit]

      Borrowed from Russian а (a).

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.

      Translations

      [edit]

      Etymology 15

      [edit]

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. ah; er (sound of hesitation)
        • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair [], London: Bradbury and Evans [], published 1848, →OCLC:
          "We will resume yesterday's discourse, young ladies," said he, "and you shall each read a page by turns; so that Miss a—Miss Short may have an opportunity of hearing you"; and the poor girls began to spell a long dismal sermon delivered at Bethesda Chapel, Liverpool, on behalf of the mission for the Chickasaw Indians.

      Etymology 16

      [edit]

      Abbreviations.

      1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨a⟩.
      2. (stenoscript) the long vowel /eɪ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɛə˞] counts as /eɪr/.)
        Thus the word a, plus its inflection an.
      3. (stenoscript) the word a.m.
      4. (stenoscript) the prefix ad-.

      Quotations

      [edit]

      Additional quotations for any terms on this page may be found at Citations:a.

      References

      [edit]
      1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Brown, Lesley, (2003)
      2. ^ Gove, Philip Babcock, (1976)
      3. 3.0 3.1 Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
      4. 4.0 4.1 Oxford University Press, (2023)
      5. 5.0 5.1 a, conj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

      Further reading

      [edit]

      Abau

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      IPA(key): /a/

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. house

      Afar

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Determiner

      [edit]

      á

      1. this, these (masculine)

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      See also

      [edit]

      See Template:aa-demonstrative determiners.

      References

      [edit]
      • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “a”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
      • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[11], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

      Albanian

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. or
      2. there

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      From Proto-Albanian *(h)an, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en (there). Cognate with Latin an (yes, perhaps). Interrogative particle, usually used proclitically in simple sentences.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Particle

      [edit]

      a

      1. probably, perhaps
      2. whether

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.

      See also

      [edit]

      References

      [edit]
      1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “a part. ('whether'), conj. ('or')”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
      2. ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “a”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 1

      Further reading

      [edit]
      • “a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[12] (in Albanian), 1980
      • a”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

      Ama

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. tree

      Anguthimri

      [edit]

      Verb

      [edit]

      a

      1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to pull

      References

      [edit]
      • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

      Aragonese

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Latin illa.

      Article

      [edit]

      a f sg

      1. the
        a luenga aragonesathe Aragonese language

      Asturian

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Latin ad.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. to, towards

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a f

      1. a (the name of the letter A, a)

      Azerbaijani

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Bambara

      [edit]

      Article

      [edit]

      a

      1. the (definite article).

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. ah (expression of surprise)
      2. eh (expression of reluctance)

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. they, them (plural)
      2. he, she, they (singular)

      Synonyms

      [edit]
      • (they): u

      Basque

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Basque alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a (indeclinable)

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

      See also

      [edit]

      Bavarian

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Cognate with German ein, eine, Yiddish אַ (a), אַן (an).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Article

      [edit]

      a

      1. a
      See also
      [edit]
      • oa (one, determiner)

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Unstressed form of ea

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. he
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Cognate with German auch.

      Adverb

      [edit]

      a

      1. Alternative form of aa: also, too, as well

      Belizean Creole

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. of

      References

      [edit]
      • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 19.

      Big Nambas

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. in

      References

      [edit]

      Breton

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      From Proto-Brythonic *o, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a (triggers soft mutation)

      1. from (expresses origin)
        tud a Vrestpeople from Brest
      2. of (indicates an amount)
        un tamm brav a giga nice piece of meat
      3. of (expresses a quality)
        ur plac’h a enora girl of honour
      4. after certain adjectives or adverbs expressing quantity
        ur voutailh leun a sistra bottle full of cider
      5. after ordinal numbers with a plural noun
        tri a vugalethree children
      6. used in negative sentences with the grammatical object
        nʼem eus ket ken a vutunI donʼt have any more tobacco
      7. before the infinitive after certain verbs like paouez, mirout, diwall, c'hwitañ
        paouezet eo ar glav a gouezhañit has stopped raining [lit. the rain has stopped falling]
      8. after substantivized adjectives used as nouns
        ur vrav a blacʼha pretty girl
      9. combined with a personal pronoun
        gwelet em boa acʼhanoutI saw you
        an den a gomzan anezhañthe man Iʼm talking about
      Inflection
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Particle

      [edit]

      a (triggers soft mutation)

      1. preverbal particle used when
        1. the subject precedes the verb
          ar mor a zo glasthe sea is blue
        2. the object precedes the verb
          an den-se a glevanI hear that man

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a (triggers soft mutation)

      1. (relative) that, which, who (used in 'direct' relative clauses, i.e. where the pronoun refers to the subject or the direct object of an inflected verb)
        an hini a garanthe one whom I love

      Cameroon Pidgin

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. Alternative spelling of I (1st person singular subject personal pronoun)

      Catalan

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Catalan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
      Derived terms
      [edit]
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      From Latin ad.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. in, at; indicating a particular time or place
        Sóc a Barcelona.
        I am in Barcelona.
      2. to; indicating movement towards a particular place
        Vaig a Barcelona.
        I'm going to Barcelona.
      3. to; indicating a target or indirect object
        Escric una carta a la meva àvia.
        I'm writing my grandmother a letter.
      4. per
      5. by
        dia a dia.
        day by day.
      Usage notes
      [edit]
      • When the preposition a is followed by a masculine definite article, el or els, it is contracted with it to the forms al and als respectively. If el would be elided to the form l’ because it is before a word beginning with a vowel, the elision to a l’ takes precedence over contracting to al.

      The same occurs with the salat article es, to form as except where es would be elided to s’.

      Derived terms
      [edit]

      Chayuco Mixtec

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

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

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. or

      References

      [edit]
      • Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎[13] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, pages 3, 110

      Chibcha

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. open mouth
      2. smell, taste

      References

      [edit]
      • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

      Choctaw

      [edit]

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. yes

      Chuukese

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. he
      2. she
      3. it

      Adjective

      [edit]

      a

      1. he is
      2. she is
      3. it is
      [edit]
      Present and past tense Negative tense Future Negative future Distant future Negative determinate
      Singular First person ua use upwe usap upwap ute
      Second person ka, ke kose, kese kopwe, kepwe kosap, kesap kopwap, kepwap kote, kete
      Third person a ese epwe esap epwap ete
      Plural First person aua (exclusive)
      sia (inclusive)
      ause (exclusive)
      sise (inclusive)
      aupwe (exclusive)
      sipwe (inclusive)
      ausap (exclusive)
      sisap (inclusive)
      aupwap (exclusive)
      sipwap (inclusive)
      aute (exclusive)
      site (inclusive)
      Second person oua ouse oupwe ousap oupwap oute
      Third person ra, re rese repwe resap repwap rete


      Cimbrian

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]
      • an (Sette Comuni)

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain.

      Article

      [edit]

      a (oblique masculine an)

      1. (Luserna) a, an
        Maria iz a lavròunaren.Maria is a Lavaronese.

      References

      [edit]

      Coatepec Nahuatl

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. water

      Cora

      [edit]

      Particle

      [edit]

      a

      1. outside
      2. out of view (from the speaker)
      3. entering a shallow domain; entering a domain in a shallow or restricted manner
        atyásuuna káasu hece
        The water is pouring into the (shallow) pan.

      Antonyms

      [edit]
      • u (inside; within view)

      References

      [edit]
      • Eugene Casad, Ronald Langacker (1985) “'Inside' and 'outside' in Cora grammar”, in International Journal of American Linguistics

      Cornish

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Onomatopoeic

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. ah

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Compare Welsh a

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Particle

      [edit]

      a (triggers soft mutation)

      1. Inserted before the verb when a subject or direct object precedes the verb

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      From Proto-Brythonic *o, from Proto-Celtic *ɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a (triggers soft mutation)

      1. of (expressing separation, origin, composition/substance or a quality)
      2. of (between a preceding large number and a following plural noun to express quantity)
      3. from (indicating provenance)

      Inflection

      [edit]

      Corsican

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From the earlier la.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Article

      [edit]

      a f (masculine u, masculine plural i, feminine plural e)

      1. the (feminine)

      Usage notes

      [edit]
      • Before a vowel, a turns into l'

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a f

      1. her, it (direct object)

      Usage notes

      [edit]
      • Before a vowel, a turns into l'

      See also

      [edit]

      References

      [edit]
      • a” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

      Czech

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      Inherited from Old Czech a, from Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic .

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. and

      Further reading

      [edit]
      • a”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
      • a”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

      Dakota

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      IPA(key): /a/

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (uppercase A)

      1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

      See also

      [edit]

      Dalmatian

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Latin ad.

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. to
      2. at

      Danish

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Danish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a n (singular definite a'et, plural indefinite a'er)

      1. The name of the letter A or a.
      Inflection
      [edit]

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]
      • à (unofficial but common)

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. of, of...each, each containing
      2. at
      3. to, or

      Etymology 4

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Verb

      [edit]

      a

      1. imperative of ae

      Dutch

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      From Middle Dutch â, from Old Dutch ā, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

      Alternative forms

      [edit]
      • aa (especially in names)
      • ie

      Noun

      [edit]

      a f (plural a's, diminutive aatje)

      1. (archaic) a stream or water
      [edit]

      Further reading

      [edit]

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. (Brabant, dialectal) Alternative form of u (you, objective or reflexive pronoun)

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. (Brabant, dialectal) Alternative form of uw (your)
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      The masculine singular form of the possessive pronoun is awe.

      Egyptian

      [edit]

      Romanization

      [edit]

      a

      1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of .

      Emilian

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Latin ego (I).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a (personal, nominative case)

      1. I
      2. we
      3. you (plural)

      Alternative forms

      [edit]
      • Becomes aj- before a vowel (proclitic).
      • Becomes -ja when acting as an enclitic.
      [edit]

      Esperanto

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Esperanto alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a (accusative singular a-on, plural a-oj, accusative plural a-ojn)

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

      See also

      [edit]

      Estonian

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]
       a on Estonian Wikipedia

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Estonian alphabet, called aa and written in the Latin script.
      See also
      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a (genitive a or a', partitive a-d or a'd)

      1. The letter a (the first letter of the Estonian alphabet)
      2. (music) A (note)
        Synonym: la
      Declension
      [edit]

      (the first letter of the Estonian alphabet):

      Declension of a (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative - -d
      accusative nom.
      gen. -
      genitive -de
      partitive -d -id
      -sid
      illative -sse -desse
      -isse
      inessive -s -des
      -is
      elative -st -dest
      -ist
      allative -le -dele
      -ile
      adessive -l -del
      -il
      ablative -lt -delt
      -ilt
      translative -ks -deks
      -iks
      terminative -ni -deni
      essive -na -dena
      abessive -ta -deta
      comitative -ga -dega

      (music):

      Declension of a (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative ' 'd
      accusative nom.
      gen. '
      genitive 'de
      partitive 'd 'id
      'sid
      illative 'sse 'desse
      'isse
      inessive 's 'des
      'is
      elative 'st 'dest
      'ist
      allative 'le 'dele
      'ile
      adessive 'l 'del
      'il
      ablative 'lt 'delt
      'ilt
      translative 'ks 'deks
      'iks
      terminative 'ni 'deni
      essive 'na 'dena
      abessive 'ta 'deta
      comitative 'ga 'dega

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Clipping of aga. Probably influenced by Russian а (a).

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. (colloquial, in fast speech) but

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. Abbreviation of aasta.
      2. Abbreviation of aar.

      References

      [edit]
      • a in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
      • a”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

      Fala

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      From Old Galician-Portuguese á, from Latin illa (that).

      Article

      [edit]

      a f sg (plural as, masculine u or o, masculine plural us or os)

      1. Feminine singular definite article; the
        • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
          A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, []
          The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, []

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. Third person singular feminine accusative pronoun; her
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      From Old Galician-Portuguese a, from Latin ad (to).

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. to
        • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
          A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, []
          The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, []

      References

      [edit]
      • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[14], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

      Faroese

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Latin a.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (upper case A)

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

      See also

      [edit]

      Finnish

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and a for information on the development of the glyph itself.

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Finnish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      German musical notation.

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. (music) A (note)
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

      Declension
      [edit]
      Derived terms
      [edit]
      compounds

      Franco-Provençal

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      Inherited from Latin ad.

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a (ORB)

      1. to
      2. at
      3. of (possessive)

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      References

      [edit]
      • Stich, Dominique (2003) “a”, in Dictionnaire francoprovençal/français, français/francoprovençal: Dictionnaire des mots de base du francoprovençal: Orthographe ORB supradialectale standardisée, Thonon-les-Bains: Éditions Le Carré:a (sert parfois à la possession).

      French

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      Etymology 1

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      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      Noun

      [edit]

      a m or f (plural as)

      1. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Quebec eye-dialect spelling of elle.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Pronoun

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      a f

      1. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of elle (she)
        C’te fille-là, a’a l’air cute.
        That girl, she looks cute.

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      From Old French a, at from Vulgar Latin *at, from Latin habet.

      Pronunciation

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      Verb

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      a

      1. third-person singular present indicative of avoir
        Elle a un chat.
        She has a cat.

      See also

      [edit]

      Further reading

      [edit]

      Fula

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
      Usage notes
      [edit]
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. you (second person singular subject pronoun; short form)
      Usage notes
      [edit]
      • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
      • Used in all conjugations except the affirmative non-accomplished, where the long form is used instead.
      See also
      [edit]
      • aɗa (second person singular subject pronoun; long form), hiɗa (variant used in the Pular dialect of Futa Jalon)
      • aan (emphatic form) (Maasina)
      • an (emphatic form) (Pular)
      • maaɗa (second person singular possessive pronoun (Adamawa))
      • -maa (second person singular dependent pronoun (Adamawa))

      Galician

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      Etymology 1

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      From Latin ad (to, toward).

      Pronunciation

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      IPA(key): /a̝/

      • Hyphenation: a

      Preposition

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      a

      1. to, toward; indicating direction of motion
      2. introducing an indirect object
      3. used to indicate the time of an action
      4. (with de) to, until; used to indicate the end of a range
        de cinco a oitofrom five to eight
      5. by, on, by means of; expresses a mode of action
        aon foot
      6. for; indicates price or cost
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      The preposition a regularly forms contractions when it precedes the definite article o, a, os, and as. For example, a o ("to the") contracts to ao or ó, and a a ("to the") contracts to á.

      Derived terms
      [edit]
      at/to + the table
      - Singular Plural
      Masculine ao (ó) aos (ós)
      Feminine á ás

      Etymology 2

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      From Old Galician-Portuguese a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille (that).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      IPA(key): /a̝/

      Article

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      a f (masculine singular o, feminine plural as, masculine plural os)

      1. (definite) the
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      The definite article o (in all its forms) regularly forms contractions when it follows the prepositions a (to), con (with), de (of, from), and en (in). For example, con a (with the) contracts to coa, and en a (in the) contracts to na.

      Also, the definite article presents a second form that could be represented as <-lo/-la/-los/-las>, or either lack any specific representation. Its origin is in the assimilation of the last consonant of words ended in -s or -r, due to sandhi, with the /l/ present in the article in pre-Galician-Portuguese period. So Vou comer o caldo or Vou come-lo caldo are representations of /ˈβowˈkomelo̝ˈkaldo̝/ ("I'm going to have my soup"). This phenomenon, rare in Portuguese, is already documented in 13th century Medieval Galician texts, as the Cantigas de Santa Maria.[1]

      Derived terms
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      Etymology 3

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      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      IPA(key): /ˈa/

      Noun

      [edit]

      a m (plural as)

      1. a (name of the letter A, a)

      Etymology 4

      [edit]

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronoun

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      a

      1. accusative of ela
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      Due to sandhi, the accusative form o (in all its forms) regularly changes to -lo after verbal forms ended in r or s, and to -no after verbal forms ended in a semivowel:

      • Eu apagueina 'I quenched it' < apaguei‿a
      • Ti apagáchela 'You quenched it' < apagaches‿a
      • El apagouna 'He quenched it' < apagou‿a
      • Nós apagámola 'We quenched it' < apagamos‿a
      • Temos de apagala 'We must quench it' < apagar‿a
      See also
      [edit]
      Galician articles
      Singular Plural
      Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
      Definite articles
      (the)
      o a os as
      Indefinite articles
      (a, an; some)
      un unha uns unhas

      References

      [edit]
      1. ^ Vaz Leão, Ângela (2000) “Questões de linguagem nas Cantigas de Santa Maria, de Afonso X”, in Scripta[1], volume 4, number 7, →DOI, retrieved 16 November 2017, pages 11-24

      German

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      Etymology 1

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      Pronunciation

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      Letter

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      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      Noun

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      a n (strong, genitive a or as, plural a or as)

      1. Alternative form of A

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. Abbreviation of a-Moll.
      2. Abbreviation of Ar.

      Gilbertese

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

      Pronunciation

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      Numeral

      [edit]

      a

      1. four

      Gothic

      [edit]

      Romanization

      [edit]

      a

      1. Romanization of 𐌰

      Grass Koiari

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. you (singular)

      References

      [edit]
      • 2010, Terry Crowley & Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics, fourth edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142.

      Gun

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      Etymology

      [edit]

      Cognates include Fon à.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      à

      1. you (second-person singular subject pronoun)

      See also

      [edit]
      Gungbe personal pronouns
      Number Person Emphatic Pronoun Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner
      Singular First nyɛ́, yẹ́n ùn, n mi , ṣié
      Second jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀ à tòwè
      Third éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀ é è étɔ̀n, étọ̀n
      Plural First mílɛ́, mílẹ́ mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n
      Second mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́ mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n
      Third yélɛ́, yélẹ́ yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n

      Haitian Creole

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      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      IPA(key): /a/

      Article

      [edit]

      a

      1. the, definite article

      Usage notes

      [edit]

      This term only follows words that end with an oral (non-nasal) consonant and an oral vowel in that order, and can only modify singular nouns.

      See also

      [edit]

      Hawaiian

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

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      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. and (used between sentences)
      2. until, up to

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. of, belonging to

      Usage notes

      [edit]
      • Used for acquired possessions, while o is used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars).

      Hokkien

      [edit]
      For pronunciation and definitions of a – see .
      (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

      Hungarian

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      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      See az.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Article

      [edit]

      a (definite)

      1. the
        a hölgythe lady
      2. (before some time phrases) this
        a héten(during) this week
        a télen(in) this winter
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      Used before words starting with a consonant.

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      • az (for words starting with a vowel sound)

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a (demonstrative)

      1. (in reduplicated constructions formed with postpositions) that
        A mellett a ház mellett vártam rá.I waited for him/her next to that house.

      Determiner

      [edit]

      a (demonstrative)

      1. (rare, only in consonant-initial fixed phrases, with zero article) Alternative form of az (that).
        Foglalja össze, miről szóltak az a heti beszédek és leckék.[1]Summarize what that week’s sermons and lessons were about.
        November 12-én, az a havi frissítőkedden jelenhet meg.It may be released on November 12th, on the Patch Tuesday of that month.
        Kérjük szíves tájékoztatásukat a tekintetben, hogy… (abban a tekintetben, see az)We kindly request your information in that [= the] aspect…
        amondó vagyok, hogy…I am of the opinion that…, what/all I can / want to say is that… (literally, “I am that-sayer/-saying…”)

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (letter or phoneme itself): IPA(key): [ˈɒː][2]
      • (identifier or musical note): IPA(key): [ˈaː] (in the names of minor scales; see also A)

      Letter

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      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
      2. (music) designation of the sixth note from C and the corresponding tone
      Derived terms
      [edit]

      See also

      [edit]

      References

      [edit]
      1. ^ a heti at e-nyelv.hu
      2. ^ Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 280

      Further reading

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      Icelandic

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      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (upper case A)

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

      Noun

      [edit]

      a ?

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

      Declension

      [edit]

      This noun needs an inflection-table template.

      See also

      [edit]

      Ido

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA(key): /a/

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a (plural a-i)

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

      See also

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. Apocopic form of ad
      [edit]
      • e (and)
      • o (or)

      Igbo

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      Letter

      [edit]

      a (upper case A, lower case a)

      1. The first letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]
      • e (neutral tongue position)

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. (indefinite) somebody, one, they, people (an unspecified individual).
        A gwara ya ka ọ bịa.
        He/she was told to come.
      Usage notes
      [edit]
      • Often gets translated into English with the passive voice.
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Determiner

      [edit]

      a

      1. this.
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      Indo-Portuguese

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Portuguese a.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (Sri Lankan Creole) IPA(key): /a/, /ə/

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. to
        • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3 (overall work in German):
          [] , que da-cá su quião que ta pertencê a êll.
          [] , to give him his share which belongs to him.

      Indonesian

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      Pronunciation

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      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Indonesian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
      2. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

      See also

      [edit]

      Further reading

      [edit]

      Ingrian

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      Etymology

      [edit]

      Borrowed from Russian а (a).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. and, but
        • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 17:
          A siä Jaakko, kuhu määt?
          And you Jaakko, where are you going?
        • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
          keskipäivääl hää [päivyt] on kaikkiin ylemmääl, a siis alkaa laskiissa.
          on midday it [the Sun] is highest, and then it starts to descend.

      References

      [edit]
      • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 1
      • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 15

      Interlingua

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      Pronunciation

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      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. to, at
      2. to, for (indicating purpose)
        sala a attenderwaiting room

      Derived terms

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      Inupiaq

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      Pronunciation

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      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. listen, hark
      2. oops (used to acknowledge an error)
      3. oh (used to express surprise)

      Irish

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      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      From Old Irish a, from Proto-Celtic *esyo (the final vowel triggering lenition), feminine Proto-Celtic *esyās (the final -s triggering h-prothesis), plural Proto-Celtic *ēsom (the final nasal triggering eclipsis), all from the genitive forms of Proto-Indo-European *éy. Cognate with Welsh ei.

      Determiner

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      a (triggers lenition)

      1. his, its
        a athair agus a mháthairhis father and mother
        Chaill an t-éan a chleití.
        The bird lost its feathers.

      Determiner

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      a (triggers h-prothesis)

      1. her, its
        a hathair agus a máthairher father and mother
        Bhris an mheaig a heiteog.
        The magpie broke its wing.

      Determiner

      [edit]

      a (triggers eclipsis)

      1. their
        a n-athair agus a máthairtheir father and mother
        a dtithetheir houses
        a n-ainmneachatheir names
      2. (Connacht) our
      3. (Connacht) your (plural)
      See also
      [edit]

      Determiner

      [edit]

      a (triggers lenition)

      1. how (used with an abstract noun)
        A ghéire a labhair sí!
        How sharply she spoke!
        A fheabhas atá sé!
        How good it is!

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      A reduced form of older do (itself a reanalysis of do used in past tenses, and also present in early modern verbs like do-bheirim (I give), do-chím (I see)), or from the preverb a- in early modern verbs like a-tú (I am), a-deirim (I say) in relative clauses.

      Particle

      [edit]

      a (triggers lenition except of d’ and of past autonomous forms)

      1. introduces a direct relative clause, takes the independent form of an irregular verb
        an fear a chuireann síolthe man who sows seed
        an síol a chuireann an fearthe seed that the man sows
        an síol a cuireadhthe seed that was sown
        nuair a bhí mé ógwhen I was young
        an cat a d'ól an bainnethe cat that drank the milk

      References

      [edit]
      • Gerald O’Nolan (1920) Studies in Modern Irish[15], volume 1, pages 89, 93–94

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      From Old Irish a (that, which the relative particle used after prepositions), reanalyzed as an independent indirect relative particle from forms like ar a (on which, on whom), (to which, to whom), or early modern le a (with which, with whom), agá (at which, at whom) when prepositional pronouns started to be repeated in such clauses (eg. don té agá mbíon cloidheamh (…) aige, daoine agá mbíonn grádh aco do Dhia). Compare the forms used in Munster instead: go (from agá (at which)) and na (from i n-a (in which), go n-a (with which), ria n-a (before which) and later lena (with which), tréna (through which)).

      Particle

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      a (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of an irregular verb; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)

      1. introduces an indirect relative clause
        an bord a raibh leabhar airthe table on which there was a book
        an fear a bhfuil a mhac ag imeachtthe man whose son is going away
      [edit]
      • ar (used with the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of an irregular verb; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)

      1. all that, whatever
        Sin a bhfuil ann.
        That's all that is there.
        An bhfuair tú a raibh uait?
        Did you get all that you wanted?
        Íocfaidh mé as a gceannóidh tú.
        I will pay for whatever you buy.
      [edit]
      • ar (used with the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

      References

      [edit]
      • Nicholas Williams (1994) “Na Canúintí a Theacht chun Solais”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, page 464:Tháinig nós chun cinn sa 17ú haois freisin an réamhfhocal a dhúbláil: don té agá mbíonn cloidheamh..aige; daoine agá mbíonn grádh aco do Dhia (Ó Cuív, 1952b, 177), an tí ag a bhfuil a bheag do chuntabhairt aige (Williams, 1986, 155).
      • Gerald O’Nolan (1934) The New Era Grammar of Modern Irish, The Educational Company of Ireland Ltd., page 56

      Etymology 4

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      Particle

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      a (triggers lenition)

      1. introduces a vocative
        A Dhia!
        O God!
        A dhuine uasail!
        Sir!
        Tar isteach, a Sheáin.
        Come in, Seán.
        A amadáin!
        You fool!

      Etymology 5

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      Particle

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      a (triggers h-prothesis)

      1. introduces a numeral
        a haon, a dó, a trí...one, two, three...
        Séamas aJames the Second
        bus a seachtbus seven

      Etymology 6

      [edit]

      Originally a reduced form of do.

      Preposition

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      a (plus dative, triggers lenition)

      1. to (used with verbal nouns)
        síol a churto sow seed
        uisce a ólto drink water
        an rud atá sé a scríobhwhat he is writing
        D’éirigh sé a chaint.
        He rose to speak.
        Téigh a chodladh.
        Go to sleep.

      Mutation

      [edit]
      Mutated forms of a
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      a n-a ha not applicable

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Further reading

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      Istriot

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Latin ad.

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. at
        • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
          A poûpa, a prùa a xì doûto bandere,
          At the stern, at the bow everything is flags,

      Particle

      [edit]

      a

      1. emphasises a verb; mandatory with impersonal verbs
        • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
          A poûpa, a prùa a xì doûto bandere,
          At the stern, at the bow everything is flags,

      Italian

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

      Letter

      [edit]

      a f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Italian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

      Noun

      [edit]

      a f (invariable)

      1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      From Latin ad. In a few phrases, a stems from Latin ā, ab.

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. Indicates the indirect object. to
        Porta questo cesto alla nonna.
        Bring this basket to grandma.
        Ai gatti piacciono i pesci.
        Cats like fish.
        (literally, “Fish are pleasable to cats.”)
        E lo chiedi a me?
        You're asking that to me?
      2. Indicates the place, used in some contexts, in others in is used. in, to
        Andiamo a casa?
        Can we go home?
        (literally, “Can we go to home?”)
        Ora sto a Palermo, a Roma ci torno domani.
        I'm in Palermo now, I'll go back to Rome tomorrow.
      3. Denotes the manner. with
        appena, a nuoto, a piedi, a casoalmost, swimming, by foot, randomly
      4. Forms adverbs meaning in a manner related or resembling ~.
        a cappella, a bestia, a braccio, a pennello, etc.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
      5. Forms goodbye formulas from the time the persons will meet again. see you...
        A domani!See you tomorrow!
        A dopo!See you later!
        Al prossimo Natale!See you next Christmas!
      6. Introduces the ingredients of a dish, perfume, etc. with
        pasta all'uovopasta with eggs
        cornetto al cioccolatochocolate croissant
        shampoo al limonelemon shampoo
        patatine alla pizzapizza-flavoured crisps
      7. (central-southern Italy) Denotes the direct object, but only if it's not preceded by articles
        Chiama a Paolo.
        Call Paolo.
        E non ci avevi visto a noi?
        And you didn't see us?
        the "us" here is repeated twice for emphasis
        Ascolti a me, signó!
        Listen to me, ma'am!
      8. (followed by the definite article) Forms an interjection that gives an instruction or calls attention to something.
        Al ladro!Thief!
        Al fuoco!Fire!
        Al lupo!Wolf!
        All'attacco!Attack!
        All'arrembaggio!Assault! (yelled by pirates)
      9. (regional) Forms continuous tense when preceded by stare and followed by verb infinitives. -ing. The standard language for this scope uses gerunds.
        che stai a di'?what are you saying?
        stavo a dormi'I was sleeping
      10. Repeated indicates the amount by which something grows. by
        a due a duetwo by two; in pairs
        a poco a pocolittle by little
      11. Indicates the agent of a verb in some contexts. by. Sometimes interchangable with da.
        L'ho sentito dire a Livia.
        I heard Livia say it.
        (literally, “I heard it said by Livia.”)
        • c. 1909, Luigi Pirandello, chapter 2.3, in I vecchi e i giovani:
          Mi duole, creda, sinceramente, veder fare a un uomo come lei, per cui ho tanta stima, una figura... non bella, via! non bella.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      Usage notes
      [edit]
      • When followed by a word that begins with a vowel sound, the form ad is used instead.
      • When followed by the definite article, a combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
      a + article Combined form
      a + il al
      a + lo allo
      a + l' all'
      a + i ai
      a + gli agli
      a + la alla
      a + le alle
      Descendants
      [edit]
      • Norwegian Bokmål: a (learned)

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Verb

      [edit]

      a

      1. Misspelling of ha.

      References

      [edit]
      1. ^ a in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

      Jamaican Creole

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      Compare French c’est. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. Indicates location: at, in, on.
        a mi yaad
        at my home
      2. of
        Yunaitid Stiet a Amoerka
        United States of America
      3. to
        Dem go a maakit. Mi a-go a skuul.
        They go to the market. I'm going to school.

      Verb

      [edit]

      a

      1. to be
        Jumieka a wahn ailan konchri.
        Jamaica is an island country.
        Wi a api.
        We are happy.
        Mi a di tiicha.
        I am the teacher.
      2. As a copulative verb:
        1. (with there, or it) to exist.
          A tuu apruoch tu Ort sayans.
          There are two approaches to Earth science.
      3. As an auxiliary verb:
        1. Used with present participles of verbs to form the continuous aspect.

      Particle

      [edit]

      a

      1. Habitual present tense marker.
        wan plies we dem a plie haki mach
        a place where they play hockey matches
      2. Precedes a verb to mark the -ing form.
        • 1968, Beryl Loftman Bailey, Jamaican Creole Language Course: (for English Speaking Students):
          Jan sidong de a laaf.
          Sta Kiet op de-a baal
          John sat there laughing
          Sister Kate is up there crying

      See also

      [edit]

      Further reading

      [edit]

      Japanese

      [edit]

      Romanization

      [edit]

      a

      1. The hiragana syllable (a) or the katakana syllable (a) in Hepburn romanization.

      Jersey Dutch

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʊ/, /ɑ/

      Letter

      [edit]

      a

      1. A letter of the Jersey Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      Kabuverdianu

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (uppercase A)

      1. The first letter of the Kabuverdianu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      Kabyle

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Determiner

      [edit]

      a

      1. this
        a rgaz a
        this man

      Kalasha

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Sanskrit अहम् (ahám).

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a (Arabic آ)

      1. I (1st-person personal pronoun)

      See also

      [edit]

      Kankanaey

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Borrowed from Tagalog a. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English a.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (letter) IPA(key): /ˈʔej/ [ˈʔei̯]
      • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʔa/ [ʔʌ]
        • Rhymes: -a
        • Syllabification: a

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called ey and written in the Latin script.
      See also
      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Possibly borrowed from Ilocano a.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ʔa/ [ʔʌ]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: a

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. hey!; eh!
        Synonym: ay

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ʔa/ [ʔʌ]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: a

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. act of getting
        Synonym: ala
      Derived terms
      [edit]

      Etymology 4

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ʔa/ [ʔʌ]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: a

      Particle

      [edit]

      a

      1. indicates polite, persuasive emphasis
        • 2021, Allen, Larry, “a”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary[16], Summer Institute of Linguistics:
          Kamán kan adí pinikpík mo? Pinikpík ko a.
          How come it seems like you didn't pat him? I patted him, all right.
      Usage notes
      [edit]
      • This is used at the end of the sentence.
      See also
      [edit]

      References

      [edit]
      • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[17] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11
      • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “a”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[18], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 1
      • Allen, Larry (2021) “a”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary[19], Summer Institute of Linguistics
      • Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis[20] (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 164

      Kapampangan

      [edit]

      Ligature

      [edit]

      a

      1. connects adjectives to nouns
        Romantiku a bengi.
        A romantic night.
        Pinakapalsintan a tau.
        The person I love the most.
        Mayap a abak.
        Good morning.
        Mayap a bengi.
        Good night.
        Dakal a salamat.
        Thank you very much.

      See also

      [edit]

      Kari'na

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. ah, aah

      References

      [edit]
      • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[21], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 213
      • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “a”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume[22], University of Oregon, page 707

      Kashubian

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • IPA(key): /ˈa/
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: a

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and a for development of the glyph itself.

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lowercase, uppercase A)

      1. The first letter of the Kashubian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a.

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. and (used to continue a previous statement or to add to it)

      Noun

      [edit]

      a n (indeclinable)

      1. (music) a (note)

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a.

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. interjection that expresses various emotions; ah!

      Further reading

      [edit]
      • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “a”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 1
      • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “a, a!”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 1
      • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “a”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[23], volume 1, page 9
      • A, a”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
      • a!”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

      Kayan

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a

      1. a the first letter of Kayan alphabet.

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. used for he, she, third person.

      K'iche'

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Adjective

      [edit]

      a

      1. masculine youth indicator

      Adverb

      [edit]

      a

      1. (interrogatory) indicator of a question

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. your

      References

      [edit]

      Koitabu

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. you (singular)

      References

      [edit]
      • Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

      Krisa

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      IPA(key): /a/

      Noun

      [edit]

      a m

      1. pig
        Nana a doma.
        I shot your pig.

      References

      [edit]
      • Donohue, Mark and San Roque, Lila. I'saka: a sketch grammar of a language of north-central New Guinea. (Pacific Linguistics, 554.) (2004).

      Ladin

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Latin a.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. in
      2. at
      3. to

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      Lashi

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Adverb

      [edit]

      a

      1. not

      References

      [edit]
      • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[24], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

      Latgalian

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic . The source is not clear:

      • Probably borrowed from a Slavic language (compare Russian а (a) and Belarusian а (a)).
      • Alternatively, irregularly shortened from *ā, inherited from .

      Compare Lithuanian o.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • IPA(key): [ˈa]
      • Hyphenation: a

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a f

      1. and, but

      References

      [edit]
      • A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN

      Latin

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      From Ancient Greek Α (A, alpha), likely through Etruscan.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      (letter name):

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. (sometimes with littera) the first letter of the Latin alphabet.
        littera athe letter a

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      From Etruscan.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      ā f (indeclinable)

      1. The name of the letter A.
      Coordinate terms
      [edit]

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Alternative form of ab by apocope (not used before a vowel or h).

      Alternative forms

      [edit]
      • à (earlier in New Latin)
      • ab

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Preposition

      [edit]

      ā (+ ablative)

      1. (indicating ablation) from, away from, out of
        • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:
          Gallōs ab Aquītānīs Garumna flūmen, ā Belgīs Matrona et Sēquana dīvidit.
          The river Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitani; the Marne and the Seine (separate them) from the Belgae.
      2. (indicating ablation) down from
      3. (indicating agency: source of action or event) by, by means of
        • 45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.2:
          Quamquam philosophiae quidem vituperātōribus satis respōnsum est eō librō, quō ā nōbīs philosophia dēfēnsa et collaudāta est, cum esset accūsāta et vituperāta ab Hortēnsiō.
          Although indeed to the vituperators of philosophy an adequate response is in that book, in which philosophy has been defended and highly praised by us [me], when it had been accused and vituperated by Hortensius.
      4. (indicating instrumentality: source of action or event) by, by means of, with
      5. (indicating association) to, with
      6. (indicating location) at, on, in
      7. (time) after, since
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      Used in conjunction with passive verbs to mark the agent.

      • Liber ā discipulō aperītur.
        The book is opened by the student.
      Derived terms
      [edit]
      Descendants
      [edit]
      • Italian: a
      • Norwegian Bokmål: a (learned)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: a (learned)

      Etymology 4

      [edit]

      Expressive.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Interjection

      [edit]

      ā

      1. ah

      Further reading

      [edit]
      • a”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • a”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • a in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • a”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

      Latvian

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]
      A

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a m (invariable)

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

      See also

      [edit]

      Further reading

      [edit]

      Laz

      [edit]

      Determiner

      [edit]

      a

      1. Latin spelling of (a)

      Letter

      [edit]

      a

      1. The first letter of the Laz alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Numeral

      [edit]

      a

      1. Latin spelling of (a)

      Ligurian

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]
      Ligurian Definite Articles
      singular plural
      masculine o i
      feminine  a e

      Article

      [edit]

      a f sg (plural e)

      1. the

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      From Latin ad.

      Preposition

      [edit]

      a

      1. in
      2. at
      3. to
        Vàddo a câza.I'm going home. (literally, “I go to home.”)
      4. indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis
        A mæ seu ghe fa mâ 'n bràsso.My sister's arm hurts. (literally, “To my sister an arm hurts.”)
      a + article Combined form
      a + o a-o
      a + a a-a
      a + i a-i
      a + e a-e

      Livonian

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.


      Louisiana Creole

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From French avoir (to have).

      Verb

      [edit]

      a

      1. to have

      Lower Sorbian

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
      2. The name of the Latin-script letter a/A.

      Conjunction

      [edit]

      a

      1. and

      See also

      [edit]

      Further reading

      [edit]
      • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “a”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
      • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “a”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

      Lushootseed

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a

      1. The second letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as an open back unrounded vowel.

      Malay

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a (Jawi spelling ا)

      1. Used to show excitement or to show agreement.
        A, macam itulah sepatutnya kaujawab!
        Yes, that's how you should answer!
      2. Used to express hesitation; er, uh.
        Synonym: er
        Dia ni, a, salah seorang Perdana Menteri Britain dulu.
        This guy is, er, one of Britain's Prime Ministers in the past.

      Further reading

      [edit]

      Maltese

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
      • IPA(key): /a/ (short phoneme)
      • IPA(key): /aː/ (long phoneme)

      Letter

      [edit]

      a (lower case, upper case A)

      1. The first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      [edit]

      Mandarin

      [edit]

      Romanization

      [edit]

      a (a5a0, Zhuyin ˙ㄚ)

      1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
      2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
      3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

      a

      1. Nonstandard spelling of ā.
      2. Nonstandard spelling of á.
      3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎ.
      4. Nonstandard spelling of à.

      Usage notes

      [edit]
      • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

      Mandinka

      [edit]

      Pronoun

      [edit]

      a

      1. he, him (personal pronoun)
        A m busaHe/she struck me.
        Y a busaThey struck him/her.
      2. she, her (personal pronoun)
      3. it (personal pronoun)

      See also

      [edit]

      Maori

      [edit]

      Particle

      [edit]

      a

      1. of
      2. (determinative particle for names)
      3. (particle for pronouns when succeeding ki, i, kei, and hei)

      Usage notes

      [edit]
      • When used in the sense of of, suggests that the possessor has control of the relationship (alienable possession).

      Mezquital Otomi

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Interjection

      [edit]

      a

      1. expresses satisfaction, pity, fright, or admiration

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Verb

      [edit]

      a

      1. (transitive) wake, awaken

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      From Proto-Otomi *ʔɔ, from Proto-Otomian *ʔɔ.

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Noun

      [edit]

      a

      1. flea
      Derived terms
      [edit]

      References

      [edit]
      • Andrews, Enriqueta (1950) Vocabulario otomí de Tasquillo, Hidalgo[25] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 1
      • Hernández Cruz, Luis, Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎[26] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3

      Middle Dutch

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

      From Old Dutch ā, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

      Noun

      [edit]

      â f

      1. (rare) river, stream, water

      Inflection

      [edit]

      This noun needs an inflection-table template.

      Descendants

      [edit]

      Further reading

      [edit]
      • a (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

      Middle English

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

        Article

        [edit]

        a

        1. Alternative form of an (mainly preconsonantal)

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a

        1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of I (I)

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a

        1. Alternative form of heo (she)

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a

        1. Alternative form of he (he)

        Etymology 5

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a

        1. Alternative form of he (they)

        Etymology 6

        [edit]

        Numeral

        [edit]

        a

        1. (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of oo (one)

        Middle French

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Old French a, from Latin ad.

        Alternative forms

        [edit]
        • à (after 1550)

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. to; towards

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Old French, from Latin habet.

        Verb

        [edit]

        a

        1. third-person singular present indicative of avoir

        Middle Scots

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Inherited from Middle English a

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Middle Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Inherited from Middle English a

        Article

        [edit]

        a

        1. a, an (indefinite article)
        2. With numbers (other than score, hundred, etc)
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • This form can be used before consonant and vowels, compare an which also can be used before vowels (and h) but also before consonants.

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Inherited from Middle English a

        Alternative forms

        [edit]

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a

        1. ah!

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        Inherited from Northern Middle English a

        Middle Scots numbers (edit)
        1
            Cardinal: a
            Ordinal: first

        Numeral

        [edit]

        a

        1. one
        Alternative forms
        [edit]

        Etymology 5

        [edit]

        Inherited from Middle English a

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a

        1. Alternative form of I (first-person singular pronoun)

        Further reading

        [edit]

        Middle Welsh

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Particle

        [edit]

        a (triggers lenition)

        1. O (vocative particle)

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a (triggers lenition)

        1. who, which, that

        Particle

        [edit]

        a (triggers lenition)

        1. inserted before the verb when the subject of direct object precedes it

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Particle

        [edit]

        a (triggers lenition)

        1. used to introduce a direct question
        2. whether, used to introduce an indirect question

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        Reduction of o (from).

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. used between a focused adjective and the noun it modifies

        Etymology 5

        [edit]

        From Old Welsh ha.

        Alternative forms

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a (triggers aspiration)

        1. and

        Etymology 6

        [edit]

        Alternative forms

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a (triggers aspiration)

        1. with

        Etymology 7

        [edit]

        From Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

        Alternative forms

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Verb

        [edit]

        a

        1. third-person singular present indicative of mynet

        Mutation

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        Mutated forms of a{{{2}}}
        radical soft nasal h-prothesis
        a unchanged unchanged ha

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Mòcheno

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        Etymology

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        From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (one, a).

        Article

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        a (oblique masculine an)

        1. a, an

        References

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        Mopan Maya

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        Article

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        a

        1. the

        References

        [edit]
        • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

        Mountain Koiari

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        Pronoun

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        a

        1. you (singular)

        References

        [edit]
        • Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

        Murui Huitoto

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        Adverb

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        a

        1. Superseded spelling of aa.

        References

        [edit]
        • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[27] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 19

        Nauruan

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        Pronunciation

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        Pronoun

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        a

        1. I (first person singular pronoun)
          • 2000, Lisa M Johnson, Firstness of Secondness in Nauruan Morphology (overall work in English):
            a pudun
            1sing fall+Vn
            I fell
            []
            a nuwawen
            1pers.sing. go+Vn
            I did go. (I left.)
            []
            a kaiotien aem
            [1pers.sing.] [hear+Vn] [your words]
            I hear what you said.
            []
            a nan imoren
            1pers.sing. FUT health+Vn
            I shall be cured (get better).
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        Letter

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        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.
          a = /a˨/
          ą = /ã˨/
          á = /a˥/
          ą́ = /ã˥/
          aa = /aː˨˨/
          ąą = /ãː˨˨/
          áa = /aː˥˨/
          ą́ą = /ãː˥˨/
          aá = /aː˨˥/
          ąą́ = /ãː˨˥/
          áá = /aː˥˥/
          ą́ą́ = /ãː˥˥/

        See also

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        Neapolitan

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Latin de ab.

        Preposition

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        a

        1. from (referring to a place)
        2. by (introducing the actor in the passive voice)
        3. to (implying necessity)

        Etymology 2

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        From Latin ad.

        Preposition

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        a

        1. in (locative: staying in a place of relative width)
        2. to (locative: moving towards a place of relative width)
        3. to (dative)

        Nias

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

        Verb

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        a (imperfective manga)

        1. (transitive) to eat

        References

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        • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 15.

        Norman

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        Verb

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        a

        1. (Guernsey) third-person singular present indicative of aver

        North Frisian

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        Etymology 1

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): [a] (short vowel)
        • IPA(key): [aː], (Sylt) [oː] (long vowel, spelt aa)

        Letter

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        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        Usage notes
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        • Sylt Frisian ⟨aa⟩ was originally [ɔː], but has since merged with ⟨oo⟩. The letter ⟨ā⟩ is used for [aː]. The diphthongs ⟨ai, ia⟩ are both monophthongized to [ɛː] when followed by ⟨r⟩.
        • In Föhr-Amrum Frisian, ⟨ai⟩ represents a lengthened diphthong [aːɪ̯] as if written ⟨*aai⟩. The short equivalent is ⟨ei⟩.
        See also
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        Etymology 2

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        Article

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        a

        1. (Föhr-Amrum) the (masculine and all-gender plural definite article, reduced form)
          Coordinate terms: (full forms) de, dön
        Usage notes
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        • For the alternative use of the form a with certain original feminines, see at.
        Alternative forms
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        See also
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        Norwegian Bokmål

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        The letter a from the Norwegian alphabet.

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, alpha), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾, representing the head of an ox.

        Pronunciation

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        Letter

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        a (uppercase A)

        1. The first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
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        Noun

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        a m (definite singular a-en, indefinite plural a-er, definite plural a-ene)

        1. the letter a, the first letter of the Norwegian alphabet
          fra A til Bfrom A to B
          fra A til Åfrom A to Z
          har man sagt a, må man si bif you have said A, you should say B
          • 1999, Lars Roar Langslet, I kamp for norsk kultur, page 234:
            bruken av a i bestemt form i hunkjønnsord
            the use of a in the definite form of feminine words
        2. indicates the first or best entry of a list, order or rank
          Synonyms: A-, a-
          oppgang Aapartment entrance A
          blodgruppe Ablood group A
          førerkort i klasse A(motorcycle) driver's license in class A
          øl i klasse Abeer in class A (with 0,0-0,7 volume percent alcohol)
          A postA post / priority mail
          A-aksjeclass A-share
          hepatitt Ahepatitis A
          • 1919, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede digter-verker I [Collected poetic works 1], page 454:
            [bokstavene begynte] at gaa sammen, to og to: a stod og hvilte under et træ, som hedte b
            [the letters began] to go together, two by two: a stood and rested under a tree called b
          • 1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker V, page 389:
            begynde paa Ø istedet for A
            start with Ø instead of A
          • 1886, Arne Garborg, Mogning og manndom I, page 172:
            jeg traf sammen med et par generalbanditter, gamle gutter, storartede ranglefanter, 1ste klasse 1 A med stjerne, deilige herremænd
            I met a couple of general bandits, old boys, great revelers, 1st class 1 A with a star, lovely gentlemen
          • 1939, Knut Hamsun, Artikler, page 99:
            historie er hvad A mener til forskel fra B, og hvad C igen mener til forskel baade fra A og B om den samme sag
            story is what A thinks differently from B and what C again thinks differently from both A and B about the same case
        3. the highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
          få A til eksamen
          receive an A on an exam
          • 2019, Helene Uri, Stillheten etterpå, page 14:
            jeg har gode karakterer. Bare A-er og B-er
            I have good grades. Only A's and B's
        4. (music) designation of the sixth note from C and the corresponding tone
          A-dur
          A major
          A-moll
          A minor
          • 1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, page 10:
            synge en riktig A uten hjelp av et instrument eller stemmegaffel
            sing a correct A without the aid of an instrument or tuning fork
          • 1973, Finn Havrevold, Avreisen, page 127:
            han slår énstrøken a på klaveret
            he strikes one stroke A on the piano
          • 1997, Tove Nilsen, G for Georg, page 42:
            så gal at man virkelig tror at svaler er g-nøkler og bass-nøkler og a’er og c’er som svever rundt hverandre og lager konsert i himmelen
            so crazy that you really think swallows are g-keys and bass-keys and a's and c's floating around each other and making a concert in the sky
        5. (physics) symbol for ampere
        6. (physics) symbol for nucleon number
        7. (horology) symbol for avance
        8. symbol for anno
        9. short form of atom-
          Synonym: a-
          a-bombe
          atom bomb (a-bomb)

        Derived terms

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        Etymology 2

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        Abbreviation of atto- (atto-).

        Symbol

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        a

        1. atto-, prefix for 10-18 in the International System of Units.

        Etymology 3

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        Abbreviation of ar (are).

        Symbol

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        a

        1. an are, a unit of area one hundredth of a hectare; ares
          Synonym: ar

        Etymology 4

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        From French à (to, on, in).

        Preposition

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        a

        1. Alternative spelling of à
        Alternative forms
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        Etymology 5

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        From Latin ā (from, away from, out of), alternative form of ab (from, away from, out of, down from).

        Preposition

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        a

        1. (used in Latin expressions, before a consonant) from, of
          a posteriori, a prima vista, a priori, a tempo, a verbo, a viso, a vista
        Alternative forms
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        Etymology 6

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        From Italian a (in, at, to).

        Preposition

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        a

        1. (used in Italian expressions, before a consonant) from, of, with
          a battuta, a cappella, a due, a dato, a konto
        2. weak form of av (of)

        Etymology 7

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        From Old Norse hana (her), accusative form of hón (she), from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hān-), from a prefixed form of Proto-Germanic *ainaz (one; some), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (one; single).

        Pronoun

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        a

        1. (dialectal, used enclitically after a conjunction or subjunction) she
          • 1948, Helge Krog, Skuespill I, page 43:
            jagu slår a ja. Og det så det kjens. Forleden dag ga hun meg en knallende ørefik
            she can certainly punch. And so you feel it. The other day she gave me a popping slap to the ear
          • 1989, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Den guddommelige tragedie:
            hu kunne ikke henge på seg så mye som et enrada perlebånd, uten at a måtte skotte opp i skyene for å høre hva den aller høyeste mente
            she could not put on as much as a single string of pearls, without having to shoot up into the clouds to hear what the very highest one meant
        2. (dialectal, about grammatically feminine animals or objects) it, she
          • 1899, Sfinx, Vi og Voreses, page 45:
            hos Hansens laa dem te klokka var ni, og 10 var a mange ganger ogsaa
            at Hansen's they laid until nine o'clock, and 10 she was many times too
          • 1954, Agnar Mykle, Lasso rundt fru Luna, page 476:
            hvor ligger a [duskeluen] henne?
            where is the hat?
          hvor er a katta di?
          where is your cat?
          Synonym: hun
        3. (dialectal, used enclitically) her; object form of hun (=she)
          hva gjorde du med a?
          what did you do to her?
          • 1847–1868, Halfdan Kjerulf, Av hans efterladte papirer, page 245:
            jeg [skrev] klaverstykker … en lille scherzo med nordisk motiv … «gjenta» og «Jørgen Matros», som gjør kur til ’a og «Ola Spelman» som hun foretrækker
            I [wrote] piano pieces… a small scherzo with a Nordic motif… «gjenta» and «Jørgen Matros», which makes cure for her and «Ola Spelman» which she prefers
          • 1875, Alexander Erbe, Fra skjærgaarden, page 23:
            [klokkeren] skulle da koste paa a amen
            [the clockmaker] would then cost her amen
          • 1921, Sigrid Undset, Samlede romaner og fortællinger fra nutiden I, page 6:
            jeg kan da gjerne skjære litt mat til a
            I could happily cut some food for her
          • 1931, Aksel Sandemose, En sjømann går i land, page 19:
            han stakk henne med kniven, riktig kylt’n midt i magan på a
            he stabbed her with the knife, really threw in the middle of her stomach
          • 2010, Helene Guåker, Kjør!:
            flere enn deg i hvert fall, di lørje, svarte jeg og så a midt i aua
            more than you at least, you skank, I answered and looked her in the eye
        4. (dialectal, about grammatically feminine animals or objects) it, her
          hvis katta stikker av, må du fange a!
          if the cat runs away, you need to catch her!
          • 1895, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Over Ævne II, page 136:
            naar kjærka ikke kan holde arbejderne i ave [age], aa faen skal vi saa me’a
            when the church can not keep the workers in duty, what the hell do we do with her then
          Synonym: henne
        5. (dialectal, used proclitically with a woman's name or female relation) she, her
          • 1921, Sigrid Undset, Samlede romaner og fortællinger fra nutiden V, page 96:
            ta a Guldborg
            consider Guldborg
          • 1921, Sigrid Undset, Samlede romaner og fortællinger fra nutiden V, page 64:
            har du glemt a mamma
            did you forget about mom
          • 2015, Rudolf Nilsen, Samlede dikt, page 88:
            a Paula kom plystrende hjem
            Paula came home whistling
          • 2015 March 12, Gerd Nyland, “Fire år uten radio”, in Oppland Arbeiderblad[28], archived from the original on 2023-01-28:
            a tante Karen, mor hennes Reidun, hadde ordne med sengeplasser i stua, Booken på en divan og a Rita på flatseng på golvet
            aunt Karen, her mother Reidun, had arranged beds in the living room, Booken on a daybed and Rita on a flat bed on the floor

        Etymology 8

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        From Danish ah (oh), likely from German ach (oh), from Middle High German ach, from Old High German ah. Also see ah and akk.

        Interjection

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        a

        1. expression of surprise or horror
          a, for noe tøv!
          oh, such nonsense!
          • 1888, Herman Colditz, Kjærka, et Atélierinteriør:
            a, det er bare noe drit til han terracottaen
            oh, that is just some crap for that terracotta guy
        2. expression of admiration or happiness
          a, det gjorde godt!
          oh, that felt good!
          • 1897, Fridtjof Nansen, Fram over Polhavet I, page 345:
            a, kunde vi bare gi «Fram» slige vinger
            oh, if only we could give "Fram" wings like that
        3. used with the words yes and no to give a sense of impatience or rejection
          a jo, men hold nå fred!
          oh yes, but keep quiet now
          • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Fru Inger til Østråt, page 99:
            a nej, det kan være det samme
            oh no, it does not matter
          • 1874-1878, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Brytnings-år I, page 25:
            a ja, lad Schirmer tegne staburet
            oh yes, let Schirmer draw the storehouse
          • 1988, Arild Nyquist, Giacomettis forunderlige reise:
            verden er vakker, bestemor. Selv når det regner og blåser. A ja da.
            the world is beautiful, grandma. Even when it's raining and windy. Oh yes.

        Etymology 9

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        Mostly likely from Norwegian ad (against, on), from Danish ad (by, at), from Old Danish at, from Old Norse at (at, to), from Proto-Germanic *at (at, toward, to), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (to, at).

        Interjection

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        a

        1. expression of anger or sorrow, especially with a personal pronoun
          uff a meg!
          oh, my!
          huff a meg!
          oh, no!
        Alternative forms
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        References

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        • “a” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
        • “a” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
        • a” in Store norske leksikon
        • a on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.Wikipedia nb

        Anagrams

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        Norwegian Nynorsk

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        Etymology 1

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        Pronunciation

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        Letter

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        a (lowercase, uppercase A)

        1. The first letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
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        Noun

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        a m (definite singular a-en, indefinite plural a-ar, definite plural a-ane)

        1. the letter a

        Etymology 2

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        Interjection

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        a

        1. ah!
          Synonyms: ah, å

        Etymology 3

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        From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó.

        Preposition

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        a

        1. (dialect) alternative form of av
          • c. 1700, Sigurd Kolsrud, quoting Jacob Rasch, “Eldste nynorske bibeltekst: Jacob Rasch c. 1700”, in Syn og Segn, volume 56, published 1950, page 110:
            fre a Gud okka far aa Jesu Christo den herræ.
            peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

        References

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        Nupe

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        Etymology 1

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        Pronunciation

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        • (phoneme): IPA(key): /a/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ã/

        Letter

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        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

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        Pronunciation

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        Particle

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        à

        1. not (placed at the end of a clause to negate it)
          Mi de eshìgi à, mi ma de dàǹgi à.I don't have a dog, and I don't have a cat.

        Etymology 3

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        Clipping of

        Pronunciation

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        Particle

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        á

        1. Marks the perfective aspect, for actions that are completed
        Usage notes
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        á, which is derived from the verb (to take), functions like a verb so that the word order in the present perfect tense is that of a serial verb construction.

        • Musa shi dùkùnMusa bought a pot
        • Musa á dùkùn shi.Musa has bought a pot. (literally, “Musa took a pot to buy”)

        Etymology 4

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        Clipping of

        Pronunciation

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        Particle

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        à

        1. Used to express the future tense (placed before verbs)
          A à lá èbi be nakànThey will use a knife to cut the meat

        Occitan

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Latin ad.

        Preposition

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        a

        1. to
        2. at
        Derived terms
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        Etymology 2

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        Noun

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        a f (plural as)

        1. a (the letter a)

        Etymology 3

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        Verb

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        a

        1. third-person singular present indicative of aver

        Old Czech

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic .

        Interjection

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        a

        1. ah!
        Descendants
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        • Czech: a

        Etymology 2

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        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic .

        Particle

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        a

        1. Connective, contrasitve particle; and
        2. then, as, if
        3. yes, of course

        Conjunction

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        a

        1. and (used to continue a previous statement or to add to it)
        2. and, but, whereas (used contrastively)
        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Czech: a

        References

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        Old Danish

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        Alternative forms

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        • aa (Jutlandic)

        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

        Noun

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        ā (genitive ār, plural ār)

        1. (Scania) stream, river
        Descendants
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        • Danish: å

        Etymology 2

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        From Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ana.

        Preposition

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        ā

        1. (Scania) on, in, at
        Descendants
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        Etymology 3

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        Verb

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        ā

        1. first/third-person singular present indicative of ēgha

        Old Dutch

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-West Germanic *ahu.

        Noun

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        ā f

        1. river, stream, water

        Inflection

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        This noun needs an inflection-table template.

        Alternative forms

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        Descendants

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        • Middle Dutch: â

        Further reading

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        • ā, ē”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

        Old English

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-West Germanic *aiw, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (eternity, age).

        Pronunciation

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        Adverb

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        ā

        1. ever, always

        References

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        Etymology 2

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        Noun

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        ā f

        1. Alternative form of ǣ: law

        References

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        Etymology 3

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        Pronunciation

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        Preposition

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        a

        1. Alternative form of on: to, in

        References

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        Old French

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        Etymology 1

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        Letter

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        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Old French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        Etymology 2

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        From Latin ad.

        Alternative forms

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        • ad
        • à (not in manuscripts; occasionally used by scholars to differentiate between the preposition and the verb form)

        Preposition

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        a

        1. to
        2. towards
        3. belonging to
          fil a putainson of a whore
        Derived terms
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        Descendants
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        • French: à
          • Danish: à
          • Dutch: à
          • German: à
          • Hungarian: à
          • Norwegian Bokmål: à, a
          • Swedish: à

        Etymology 3

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        Alternative forms

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        Verb

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        a

        1. third-person singular present indicative of avoir

        Etymology 4

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        From Latin ab.

        Adverb

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        a

        1. by, by means of

        Old Galician-Portuguese

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        Inherited from Latin ad (toward, to).

        Preposition

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        a

        1. to; towards

        Descendants

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        • Fala: a
        • Galician: a
        • Portuguese: a
          • Indo-Portuguese: a

        Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Article

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        a f

        1. Alternative spelling of á

        Old Irish

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Proto-Celtic *sosim (this).

        Alternative forms

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        • (relative pronoun): an

        Article

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        a

        1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of in

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Pronoun

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        a (triggers eclipsis, takes a leniting relative clause using a deuterotonic or absolute verb form)

        1. that which, what

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Descendants
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        • Irish: a
        • Scottish Gaelic: a

        Further reading

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        Etymology 2

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

        Conjunction

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        a (triggers eclipsis, takes a nasalizing relative clause)

        1. when

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Etymology 3

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        From Proto-Celtic *esyo (m and n), *esyās (f), and *ēsom (pl), from Proto-Indo-European *ésyo, genitive singular of *ís and *íd; compare Welsh ei (his, her, its), eu (their); Old High German iro (their); and Sanskrit अस्य (asyá, his, its), अस्यास् (asyā́s, her), and एषाम् (eṣā́m, their).

        Alternative forms

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        Determiner

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        a (predicative or áe) (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, an unwritten prothetic /h/ before a vowel in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)

        1. his, its
        2. her, its
        3. their

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Irish: a (his, her, its, their)
        • Scottish Gaelic: a (his, her, its); an (their)

        Further reading

        [edit]

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        From Proto-Celtic (compare Welsh a), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Ancient Greek (ô), Latin ō).

        Alternative forms

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        Particle

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        a (triggers lenition)

        1. O (vocative particle)

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Irish: a
        • Scottish Gaelic: a

        Further reading

        [edit]

        Etymology 5

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        Particle

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        a (triggers an unwritten prothetic /h/ before a vowel)

        1. introduces a numeral
          a deichten
        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Irish: a
        • Scottish Gaelic: a

        Further reading

        [edit]

        Etymology 6

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        From Proto-Celtic *exs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

        Preposition

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        a (combined with plural article asnaib, combined with 1st singular possessive determiner asmo, combined with 3rd person possessive determiner assa)

        1. out of

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Inflection
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        [edit]
        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Irish: as
        • Manx: ass
        • Scottish Gaelic: à

        Further reading

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        Old Polish

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a. First attested in the first half of 14th century.

        Interjection

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        a

        1. ah! (used when the speaker has remembered or noticed something)
        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Polish: a
        • Silesian: a

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic . First attested in the first half of 14th century.

        Conjunction

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        a

        1. and (used to continue a previous statement or to add to it)
        2. and, but, whereas (used contrastively)
        3. and then (used to say an event will occur if some requirement is fulfilled)
        4. emphasizes a question
        5. introduces a new sentences
        [edit]
        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Polish: a
        • Silesian: a

        References

        [edit]
        • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “a”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
        • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “a”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
        • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “a”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
        • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “a”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
        • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “a”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
        • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “a, ha”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
        • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “a”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

        Old Swedish

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Noun

        [edit]

        ā f

        1. creek, river

        Declension

        [edit]

        Descendants

        [edit]
        • Swedish: å

        References

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        Omaha-Ponca

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        Noun

        [edit]

        a

        1. arm

        References

        [edit]

        Ometepec Nahuatl

        [edit]

        Noun

        [edit]

        a

        1. water

        Oromo

        [edit]

        Noun

        [edit]

        a (plural aa)

        1. The first letter of the Oromo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        Palauan

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Pre-Palauan *a, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a.

        Article

        [edit]

        a

        1. a, the

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Pre-Palauan *a, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a, from Proto-Austronesian *a.

        Conjunction

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        a

        1. linking particle

        Papiamentu

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        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case upper case, A)

        1. The first letter of the Papiamentu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Particle

        [edit]

        a

        1. Indicates the past tense.
          Mi a papia kuné.I talked to him.

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        From Portuguese a.

        Preposition

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        a

        1. to
        2. by
        3. at
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • Only used in set expressions from Spanish.

        Polish

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        Pronunciation

        [edit]
         

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and a for development of the glyph itself.

        Letter

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        a (lowercase, uppercase A)

        1. The first letter of the Polish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
          małe aa minuscule/small/little a
          duże aa capital/big/large a
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        First attested in 1551.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

        Noun

        [edit]

        a n (indeclinable)

        1. a, near-open central vowel
          samogłoska athe vowel a
          powiedzieć ato say a
        2. (music) a (note)
          zagrać ato play an a
          zaśpiewać ato sing an a
        [edit]

        Etymology 3

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        Abbreviation of ar.

        Noun

        [edit]

        a m inan

        1. (metrology) Abbreviation of ar.

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        Inherited from Old Polish a.

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a

        1. and, but, whereas (used contrastively)
          A ty?And you?
          Wolisz tabletki, a ja wolę zastrzyki.You prefer pills whereas I prefer injections.
        2. and (used to continue a previous statement or to add to it)
          walka między dobrem a złembattle between good and evil
        3. and then (used to say an event will occur if some requirement is fulfilled)
          Poszukasz, a znajdziesz.If you seek it, then you shall find it.
        4. and (used after a verb to indicate it will last a long time)
          pracować a pracowaćto work and work (for a long time)
        5. such and such (used when the speaker does not want to be more specific, when repeating an element)
        6. is (used to show some connection between two objects which are very different from each other)
        7. what about
          Ja jestem gotowy, a ty?I'm ready, what about you?
        Derived terms
        [edit]
        [edit]

        Etymology 5

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        Inherited from Old Polish a.

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a

        1. ah! (used when the speaker has remembered or noticed something)

        Trivia

        [edit]

        According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), a is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 555 times in scientific texts, 307 times in news, 507 times in essays, 703 times in fiction, and 1175 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 3226 times, making it the 13th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

        References

        [edit]
        1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “a”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
        2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “a”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 1

        Further reading

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        • a in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • a in Polish dictionaries at PWN
        • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “a”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
        • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “a”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
        • A”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2022 May 31
        • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “a”, in Słownik języka polskiego
        • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “a”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
        • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “a”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 1
        • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “a”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 107-109

        Portuguese

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        Pronunciation

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        letter
        article, pronoun

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Latin a, form of A, from Etruscan 𐌀 (a), from Ancient Greek Α (A, alpha), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, aleph), from Egyptian 𓃾.

        Letter

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        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
        [edit]

        Noun

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        a m (plural as)

        1. Alternative spelling of á
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Old Galician-Portuguese a, from Latin illa (with the disappearance of an initial l; compare Spanish la).

        Article

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        a

        1. feminine singular of o
        Quotations
        [edit]

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:o.

        See also
        [edit]
        Portuguese articles (edit)
        Singular Plural
        Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
        Definite articles
        (the)
        o a os as
        Indefinite articles
        (a, an; some)
        um uma uns umas

        Pronoun

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        a f (third-person singular)

        1. her, it (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhe; after prepositions, see ela)
          Encontrei-a na rua.I met her/it on the street.
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • Becomes -la after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos (us) and vos (plural you), and the adverb eis (here is; behold); the final letter causing the change disappears.
          After ver (to see): Posso vê-la? — “May I see her/it?”
          After pôs (he/she/it put): Ele pô-la ali. — “He put her/it there.”
          After fiz (I made; I did): Fi-la ficar contente. — “I made her/it become happy.”
          After nos (us): Ela deu-no-la relutantemente. — “She gave her/it to us reluctantly.”
          After eis (here is; behold): Ei-la! — “Behold her/it!”
        • Becomes -na after a nasal vowel or diphthong: -ão, -am [ɐ̃w̃], -õe [õj̃], -em, -êm [ẽj̃].
          Detêm-na como prisioneira. — “They detain her/it as a prisoner.”
        • In informal Brazilian Portuguese, the nominative form ela (she) is more commonly used.
          Eu a vi.Eu vi ela.: “I saw her/it.”
        Quotations
        [edit]

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        See also
        [edit]

        See Template:Portuguese personal pronouns for more.

        Etymology 3

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        From Old Galician-Portuguese a, from Latin ad (to) and ab (from, away, by).

        Preposition

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        a

        1. to, introduces the indirect object
          Synonym: para
          Dê-o a mim.Give it to me.
          Meu coração pertence a você.My heart belongs to you.
        2. to; towards, indicates destination
          Synonyms: para, até
          Vamos a Paris!Let’s go to Paris!
        3. away, indicates a physical distance
          A vila fica a onze milhasThe village is eleven miles away.
          Comunicação à distância.Communication at a distance.
        4. with; by means of, using as an instrument or means
          Synonyms: com, por meio de
          Mataram o cão a pauladas.They bludgeoned the dog to death. (literally, “they killed the dog with bludgeonings”)
          A cavalo.On horseback.
          Livro escrito a lápis.A book written with a pencil.
        5. with; on, using as a medium or fuel
          Quadro pintado a óleo.A painting painted with oil.
          Fornalha a carvão.Coal furnace.
        6. by, using the specified measurement; in the specified quantity
          É mais barato comprar comida ao quilo.It is cheaper to by food by the kilogram.
          Os fracassos ocorrem às dezenas.Failures occur by the dozen.
        7. (preceded and followed by the same word) by, indicates a steady progression
          Synonym: por
          Calma lá. Resolva o problema passo a passo.Easy there. Solve the problem step by step.
        8. in the style or manner of; a la
          Synonym: ao modo de
          Ele puxou o temperamento ao pai.He inherited his temperament from his father.
          Camarão à grega.Greek-style shrimp.
        9. (limited use, see usage notes) at, during the specified period
          Synonyms: em, de
          Dormimos à noite.We sleep at night.
          O filme começa às duas horas.The film starts at two o’clock.
        10. (rare except in set terms) at; in, indicates a location or position
          Synonym: em
          Isto fica à frente do altar.This stays in front of the altar.
        11. indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis
          A mim ele não engana.He doesn’t deceive me. (literally, “To me he doesn’t deceive.”)
        12. (Portugal, followed by a verb in the infinitive form) forms the present participle
          Estou a preparar a canja.I am preparing the chicken soup.
        13. (followed by an infinitive or present passive) to, forms the future participle
          Synonyms: para, por
          Um trabalho a ser feito.A job to be done.
          Nada a fazer.Nothing to be done.
        Usage notes
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        When followed by a definite article, a is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

        In the sense of to (introducing the indirect object) usage with a personal pronoun can be replaced with an indirect pronoun (me, nos, te, vos, lhe, lhes):

        • Deram um livro a ele.Deram-lhe um livro.

        In the sense of at (during the specified period) it can be used with:

        Dia (day), manhã (morning), madrugada (early morning) use de (of) instead, which can optionally be used for tarde, noitinha and noite as well. Names of months, days of the month and of the week use em (in).

        Quotations
        [edit]

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Descendants
        [edit]
        • Indo-Portuguese: a
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        Interjection

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        a

        1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of ah
          A, tudo bem então.
          Oh, all right then.
        Quotations
        [edit]

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Etymology 5

        [edit]

        From homophone .

        Verb

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        a

        1. Misspelling of .
        Quotations
        [edit]

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Etymology 6

        [edit]

        From homophone à.

        Contraction

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        a

        1. Misspelling of à.
        Quotations
        [edit]

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:a.

        Rapa Nui

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        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): /ˈa/
        • Hyphenation: a

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Proto-Polynesian *a. Cognates include Maori a and Tongan ʻa.

        Article

        [edit]

        a

        1. the personal article, used before proper nouns

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *a. Cognates include Hawaiian ā and Maori ā.

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. along, towards

        References

        [edit]
        • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[32], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 102

        Rawang

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        Pronunciation

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        Suffix

        [edit]

        a

        1. verbal suffix for marking benefactive of the V.

        Pronoun

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        a (upper case A)

        1. proximate demonstrative pronoun
          Alòng èlámò.
          Dry this one.
          Ló webǿng nàí baqòé, ngàí abǿng bakngò lé" wa.
          Well, you carry that side, I will carry this side.
          A wedø nø bvttut mvjòǃ
          Oh, it is absolutely wrong to do (it) that way.

        Romagnol

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Alternative forms

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈaɐ̯]
        • (San Zaccaria): IPA(key): [ˈaɐ]

        Verb

        [edit]

        a

        1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of avér (to have)

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Latin ego.

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a (plural a)

        1. (Ville Unite) I
        2. (Ville Unite) plural of a (we)
        3. (Ville Unite) plural of te (you)

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Inherited from Latin ad, a (to, toward).

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. to; at

        Romani

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a

        1. oh, ah

        References

        [edit]
        • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “a”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 134

        Romanian

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Article

        [edit]

        a

        1. feminine singular of al (of, possessive article)

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Latin ad, from Proto-Indo-European *ád (near; at).

        Preposition

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        a

        1. (used with infinitive verbs) the infinitive marker: to
          a fito be
        2. (obsolete) at (now almost completely replaced by la)
        3. (used only with a few perception verbs like suna, mirosi, arăta) like, of

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        From Proto-Romanian, from a late Vulgar Latin *ae(t), from Latin habet.[1]

        Verb

        [edit]

        (el/ea) a (modal auxiliary, third-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

        1. modal auxiliary
          (he/she) has...
          A văzut acest film?
          Has he/she seen this film?
        Usage notes
        [edit]

        a is used instead of are to form the third-person singular perfect compus.

        References

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        Sardinian

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        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Latin ac, alternative form of atque (and, and also; as, then).

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): /a/ (triggers final cogemination (syntactic gemination of the initial consonant of the following word) in senses 1 and 2)

        Conjunction

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        a

        1. (Nuorese) Only used in che a (like, as)
        2. (Campidanese) Only used in tottu a and a tottu
        3. used in the words for the numbers 17 and 19
          1. (Logudorese) Only used in degasette (seventeen)
          2. (Campidanese) Only used in dexasetti (seventeen) and degannoi (nineteen)
          3. (Nuorese) Only used in decassette (seventeen) and decannobe (nineteen)

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Latin ad from Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (near, at).

        Alternative forms

        [edit]
        • ad (used before vowel-initial words)
        • an (Nuorese, before words starting with d-)

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): (Logudorese, Nuorese) /a/ (triggers final cogemination (syntactic gemination of the initial consonant of the following word))
        • IPA(key): (Campidanese) /a/ (often does not trigger final cogemination)

        Preposition

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        a

        1. indicates the indirect object; to
        2. indicates the place; in, to
        3. denotes the manner; with
          a pe' (Logudorese)on foot

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        From Latin aut (or), from Proto-Italic *auti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewti (on the other hand), derived from *h₂ew (away from, off). Doublet of o.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): /a/ (triggers final cogemination (syntactic gemination of the initial consonant of the following word))

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a

        1. (central Sardinia) Used to introduce a question or an exhortation
          a benis?are you coming?
          a nos pasamos!Let's rest!
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • Used in expressions such as a chie ... a chie ... (Logudorese, Nuorese) and a chini ... a chini ... (Campidanese)
          a chie ridet, a chie pranghet (Nuorese)one laughs, the other one cries (literally, “[there's] who laughs, [there's] who cries”)
          • In these expressions, e can be used instead of a, though it's not common.
        Derived terms
        [edit]

        References

        [edit]
        • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “a1”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
        • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “a2”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
        • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “a3”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

        Sassarese

        [edit]

        Alternative forms

        [edit]
        • ad (before a vowel)

        Etymology

        [edit]

        From Latin ad, from Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to, sometimes untranslated
        2. Used to indicate destination; to
        3. Used to indicate purpose; to
        4. Used with adverbs expressing position or proximity; to, sometimes untranslated
        5. Used to indicate a moment in time; at
        6. Used to indicate a period of time; in
        7. in, about, with regard to
        8. Used to indicate a comparison; to
        9. Denotes the direct object
        10. Indicates manner.
        11. Indicates shape.
        12. Used to introduce a question.

        Quotations

        [edit]

        References

        [edit]
        • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

        Satawalese

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        IPA(key): /a/

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a (third-person singular)

        1. he
        2. she
        3. it

        References

        [edit]

        Kevin M. Roddy (2007), "A Sketch Grammar Of Satawalese, The Language Of Satawal Island, Yap State, Micronesia"

        Scots

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Middle English a, from Old English ān (one; a; lone; sole).

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Article

        [edit]

        a

        1. a, an (indefinite article)
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • Unlike English, this form can be used before both consonant and vowel sounds. However, this is not often the case in written Scots, probably due to the influence of English. [1]
        Synonyms
        [edit]
        • (before a vowel): an

        References

        [edit]

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Determiner

        [edit]

        a

        1. Alternative form of a'

        Adverb

        [edit]

        a

        1. Alternative form of a'

        Noun

        [edit]

        a (uncountable)

        1. Alternative form of a'

        References

        [edit]

        Scottish Gaelic

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): (etymologies 2–8) /ə/, (etymologies 1 and 9) /a/
        • Hyphenation: a

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is followed by b. Its traditional name is ailm (elm).
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Old Irish a, from Proto-Celtic . Cognates include Irish a and Welsh a.

        Particle

        [edit]

        a (triggers lenition)

        1. Used to mark a vocative; O
          Halò, a Ruairidh.Hello, (O) Roderick.

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        From Old Irish a. Cognates include Irish a.

        Determiner

        [edit]

        a

        1. (triggers lenition) his, its
        2. (triggers H-prothesis) her, its
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        From Old Irish a. Cognates include Irish a.

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a (governs the relative form of the verb)

        1. who, which, that
          Cuin a chluinneas tu e?When will you hear it? (literally, “When [is it] that you will hear it?”)

        Etymology 5

        [edit]

        From Old Irish a. Cognates include Irish a.

        Particle

        [edit]

        a (triggers H-prothesis)

        1. Used before cardinal numbers not succeded by a noun
          A bheil agad a ceithir?Do you have four?

        Etymology 6

        [edit]

        From Old Irish a. Cognates include Irish a.

        Particle

        [edit]

        a (triggers lenition)

        1. Used to mark the infinitive of a verb; to
          Tha mi a' dol a chadal.I'm going to sleep.

        Etymology 7

        [edit]

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a (+ dative, triggers lenition of consonants and Dh-prothesis of vowels)

        1. Reduced form of do
        2. Reduced form of de

        Etymology 8

        [edit]

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Particle

        [edit]

        a (triggers lenition)

        1. Form of an used before bheil
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • Less frequently, am may be used before bheil as well.

        Etymology 9

        [edit]

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a!

        1. ah!
        Alternative forms
        [edit]

        References

        [edit]
        • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “a”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[33], Stirling, →ISBN
        • Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1
        • Edward Dwelly (1911) “a”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[34], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

        Serbo-Croatian

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        See Translingual section.

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The 1st letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), followed by b.

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Proto-Slavic *a (and, but).

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a (Cyrillic spelling а)

        1. but, and (compare ȁli)
          Učio sam c(ij)elo posl(ij)epodne, a ništa nisam naučio.I studied for the whole afternoon, but I didn't learn anything.
          A kako biste vi to napravili?And how would you do that?
        2. while (on the contrary), whereas
          Stolovi su crveni, a stolice su zelene.The tables are red, whereas the chairs are green.
        3. (with da ne) without (usually after negative verbs)
          Ne mogu se uključiti u raspravu, a da ne napravim nered.I cannot enter a discussion without making a mess.
          Odlazi, a da nije rekao ni zbogom.He's leaving without even saying goodbye.
        4. (a ȉpāk) and yet
          Pravi prijatelj zna sve o tebi, a ipak te voli.The real friend knows everything about you, and yet he loves you.
        5. (a kȁmoli) not to mention, let alone
          U moru loših v(ij)esti teško je ostati objektivan, a kamoli optimističan.In the sea of bad news it's hard to stay objective, let alone optimistic.
        6. (a + i + da) even if
          A i da jesam to napravio, ne bi to učinilo neku razliku.Even if I did it, it wouldn't have made much of a difference.
        7. (a + i) and so, and also, and too
          Sviđaju mi se plavuše, a i ja se pokojoj svidim.I like blondes, and some of them even like me.
          Bili su žalosni, a i ja sam.They were sad, and so am I.

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Attested since the 15th century. Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Slovene a, Russian а (a), Lithuanian õ, Latin ō and Ancient Greek (ô). These could all derive from Proto-Indo-European interjection (oh, ah), but each form in individual languages could easily be an independent, expressive formation.

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a (Cyrillic spelling а)

        1. oh, ah
          a da?oh really?

        References

        [edit]
        • a”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
        • a”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
        • Skok, Petar (1971) “a”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 1

        Sicilian

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Noun

        [edit]

        a f

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

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From the lenition of la, from the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Article

        [edit]

        a f sg (m u, plural i)

        1. the (feminine singular definite article)
          Synonym: la
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • As for other Romance languages, such as Neapolitan or Portuguese, Sicilian definite articles have undergone a consonant lenition that has led to the phonetic fall of the initial l. The use of this illiquid variant has not yet made the use of liquid variants disappear, but today it is still the prevalent use in speech and writing.
        • In the case of the production of literary texts, such as singing or poetry, or of formal and institutional texts, resorting to "liquid articles" and "liquid articulated prepositions" confers greater euphony to the text, although it may sound a form of courtly recovery.
        • Illiquid definite articles can be phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: l'arancina (liquid) and ârancina (illiquid).
        Inflection
        [edit]
        Sicilian articles
        Masculine singular definite article Feminine singular definite article Masculine and feminine plural definite article
        Definite articles (liquid) lu la li
        Definite articles (illiquid) u a i
        Definite articles nu
        (also: un,'n)
        na

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        From the lenition of la, from the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

        Alternative forms

        [edit]
        • la (liquid form)

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a f sg (plural i, masculine u)

        1. (accusative) her
          Synonym: la
          A canusci?Do you know her?
        2. (accusative) it, this or that thing
          Synonym: la
          Quannu desi.When I gave it to you.
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • This pronoun can blend in contracted forms with other particles, especially other personal pronominal particles.
        Inflection
        [edit]
        Sicilian pronominal particles
        Masculine singular pronominal particles Feminine singular pronominal particles Masculine and feminine plural pronominal particles
        mi
        ti
        ci ci u ci a
        ni
        vi
        ci ci u ci a

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        From the merge of Latin ad and ab.

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. indicates the indirect object; to
          Porta stu panaru â nanna.
          Bring this basket to grandma.
          Ê jatti ci piàciunu i pisci.
          Cats like fish.
          (literally, “Fish are pleasable to cats.”)
          E mû dumanni a mìa?
          You're asking that to me?
        2. indicates the place, used in some contexts, in others in is used; in, to
          Jemu â casa?
          Can we go home?
          (literally, “Can we go to the home?”)
          Cchiui staju a Palermu, a Ruma cci tornu dumani.
          I'm in Palermo now, I'll go back to Rome tomorrow.
        3. denotes the manner; with
          a pedi, a muzzu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
        4. denotes the direct object, but only if it's not preceded by articles
          Chiama a Paulu.
          Call Paolo.
          E nun ni vidisti cchiui a nuiautri?
          And you didn't see us?
          the "us" here is repeated twice for emphasis
          Ascutassi a mìa, signù!
          Listen to me, ma'am!
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • When followed by a word that begins with a vowel sound, the form ad (also rhotacized as ar) is used instead.
        • When followed by the definite article, a combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
        a + article Combined form
        a + u ô
        a + lu a lu
        a + a â
        a + la a la
        a + i ê
        a + li a li

        Etymology 5

        [edit]

        Verb

        [edit]

        a

        1. Misspelling of àvi.

        Silesian

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): /ˈa/
        • Rhymes: -a
        • Syllabification: a

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and a for development of the glyph itself.

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Inherited from Old Polish a.

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a

        1. and (used to continue a previous statement or to add to it)
        2. and, but, whereas (used contrastively)
        3. and then (used to say an event will occur if some requirement is fulfilled)
        4. and (used for clairification)

        Particle

        [edit]

        a

        1. intensifies agreement

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Inherited from Old Polish a, from Proto-Slavic *a.

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a

        1. interjection that expresses various emotions; ah!

        Further reading

        [edit]
        • a in dykcjonorz.eu
        • a in silling.org

        Skolt Sami

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        See Translingual section.

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Borrowed from Russian а (a) 'but'.[1]

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a

        1. but
        2. how, what about

        References

        [edit]
        1. ^ Juutinen, Markus. 2022. “Russian Loanwords in Skolt Saami”. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2022 (67):75–126. https://doi.org/10.33339/fuf.110737.

        Further reading

        [edit]
        • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[35], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

        Slovak

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Latin a, form of A, from Etruscan 𐌀 (a), from Ancient Greek Α (A, alpha), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, aleph), from Egyptian 𓃾.

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Proto-Slavic *a (and, but).

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a

        1. and
        Derived terms
        [edit]

        Further reading

        [edit]
        • a”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

        Slovene

        [edit]
        Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia sl

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        From Gaj's Latin alphabet a, from Czech alphabet a, modification of capital A, itself derived from the Etruscan letter 𐌀 (a), from the Ancient Greek letter Α (A, alpha), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, aleph), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃾.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • (phoneme, tonal variety): IPA(key): /áː/, /àː/, /ʌ́/, /a/, [â], [ǎ]
        • (phoneme, non-tonal variety): IPA(key): /aː/, /a/
        • (letter name): IPA(key): /àː/, /áː/
        • Audio (letter name, non-tonal):(file)
        • Rhymes: -aː
        • Homophone: a

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        2. The first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
        3. The first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

        Symbol

        [edit]

        a

        1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [a].

        Noun

        [edit]

        ā m inan

        1. The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
        2. The name of the phonemes /a, , ʌ/.
        Inflection
        [edit]
        • Overall more common
        The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
        Masculine inan., soft o-stem
        nom. sing. ā
        gen. sing. ā-ja
        singular dual plural
        nominative
        (imenovȃlnik)
        ā ā-ja ā-ji
        genitive
        (rodȋlnik)
        ā-ja ā-jev ā-jev
        dative
        (dajȃlnik)
        ā-ju ā-jema ā-jem
        accusative
        (tožȋlnik)
        ā ā-ja ā-je
        locative
        (mẹ̑stnik)
        ā-ju ā-jih ā-jih
        instrumental
        (orọ̑dnik)
        ā-jem ā-jema ā-ji
        • More common when with a definite adjective
        Masculine inan., no endings
        nom. sing. ā
        gen. sing. ā
        singular dual plural
        nominative ā ā ā
        accusative ā ā ā
        genitive ā ā ā
        dative ā ā ā
        locative ā ā ā
        instrumental ā ā ā

        Derived terms

        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Attested since the 18th century. Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Serbo-Croatian a, Russian а (a), Lithuanian õ, Latin ō and Ancient Greek (ô). These could all derive from Proto-Indo-European interjection (oh, ah), but each form in individual languages could easily be an independent, expressive formation.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): /àː/, /áː/, /á/
        • Audio (non-tonal, long):(file)
        • Audio (non-tonal, short):(file)

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a

        1. oh
        2. Used at the end of a sentence for confirmation, similarly to 'didn't I' in English.
          Tega nisi pričakoval, a?You did not expect this, did you?
        Synonyms
        [edit]

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        From Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Indo-European *ō̃t, which is ablative form of Proto-Indo-European *e- 'this'. Cognates with Serbo-Croatian a, Russian а (a) and Czech a.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a

        1. but
          Synonyms: in, pa, toda, vendar

        Particle

        [edit]

        a

        1. contracted form of ali, particle used to form a yes- no question.
          Synonyms: kaj, ali

        See also

        [edit]

        Further reading

        [edit]
        • a”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

        Slovincian

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • IPA(key): /ˈa/
        • Rhymes: -a
        • Syllabification: a

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a (and; but).

        Conjunction

        [edit]

        a

        1. and
          Synonym: ë
        2. and, but, whereas
        Derived terms
        [edit]
        conjunctions

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a (ah!).

        Interjection

        [edit]

        a

        1. ah!
          Synonyms: ach, ach, o

        References

        [edit]

        Spanish

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (lower case, upper case A)

        1. The first letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        Noun

        [edit]

        a f (plural aes)

        1. Name of the letter A.
        Usage notes
        [edit]

        Nominally, a always takes the usual feminine articles la and una (la a, una a). This makes it an exception to the rule according to which feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ frequently take the articles el and un otherwise reserved for masculine nouns (e.g., el alma, un alma).

        See also
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        From Latin ad (to).

        Alternative forms

        [edit]
        • (obsolete) á
        • (obsolete) à

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. to
          • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
            Tenía en su casa una ama que pasaba de los cuarenta y una sobrina que no llegaba a los veinte, y un mozo de campo y plaza que así ensillaba el rocín como tomaba la podadera.
            He had in his house a housekeeper past forty, a niece under twenty, and a lad for the field and market-place, who used to saddle the hack as well as handle the billhook.
        2. by
        3. at
        4. Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
          Lo busca a usted.
          He is looking for you.
        Usage notes
        [edit]
        • Personal a is not translated into English.
        Derived terms
        [edit]
        See also
        [edit]

        Sranan Tongo

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        a

        1. he, she, it
          • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎[38], Frankfurt/Madrid: Iberoamericana, retrieved 20 March 2021:
            Odi mijn heer hoe fa joe tan gran tanki fo myn heer a komi ja fo loeke da pranasie wan trom.
            Good day, Sir, how are you? Many thanks to Sir, (that) he has come here to look at the plantation on this occasion.

        Article

        [edit]

        a (singular)

        1. the

        Usage notes

        [edit]

        Sranan Tongo makes no difference between singular and plural forms, except for pronouns and determiners and the definite article. Common nouns referring to a collection of similar items are usually treated as singular where in English they would be grammatically plural, and so are referred to with singular pronouns and determiners and the singular definite article.

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. at, to
          Synonym: na

        Particle

        [edit]

        a

        1. (copula) to be (used with a noun phrase as complement)
          Synonym: na

        Usage notes

        [edit]

        This particle is only used when the temporal aspect is unmarked, whether for timeless facts, or for statements where time is not considered relevant.

        Sumerian

        [edit]

        Romanization

        [edit]

        a

        1. Romanization of 𒀀 (a)

        Swahili

        [edit]

        Particle

        [edit]

        -a

        1. The genitive particle; adjectival particle; of
          kitabu cha mtotochild's book
          kiini cha yaiegg yolk (literally, “center of egg”)
          • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[39], stanza 9:
            كِطَّمْسِكِزَ گَوُجُهَّالِ ، نُرُ نَمِيَاغَ اِتَظَلَالِ
            Kiṭamsi-kiza cha-ujuhali, nuru na-mianga itaẓalali
            Brightness and lights will overcome the shadow and darkness of ignorance

        Usage notes

        [edit]

        Inflection

        [edit]

        See also

        [edit]

        Swedish

        [edit]

        Preposition

        [edit]

        a

        1. from (very formal, seldom used outside written formal texts.)

        Usage notes

        [edit]

        See also

        [edit]

        Letter

        [edit]

        a (name a, uppercase form A)

        1. The first letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

        [edit]

        Adverb

        [edit]

        a (not comparable)

        1. (colloquial) Alternative form of aa

        Tagalog

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Borrowed from Spanish a. Each pronunciation has a different source:

        • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English a.
        • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character (a).
        • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish a.

        Pronunciation

        [edit]
        • (Standard Tagalog)
          • IPA(key): /ˈʔej/ [ˈʔeɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
          • IPA(key): /ˈʔa/ [ˈʔa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
            • Rhymes: -a
          • IPA(key): /ˈa/ [ˈa] (phoneme, stressed)
            • Rhymes: -a
          • IPA(key): /a/ [ɐ] (phoneme, unstressed)
        • Syllabification: a

        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and written in the Latin script.

        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and written in the Latin script.
        2. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet (the Abecedario), called The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and written in the Latin script.
        See also
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        Noun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.the name of the Latin-script letter [[A#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|A]]/[[a#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|a]], in the Abakada alphabetThe time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        2. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.the name of the Latin-script letter [[A#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|A]]/[[a#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|a]], in the AbecedarioThe time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        See also
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 2

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        Pronunciation

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Interjection

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. ah: an exclamation of pity, admiration or surprise
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        2. oh (The time allocated for running scripts has expired.)
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Alternative forms

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 3

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        Pronunciation

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Interjection

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. ouch (The time allocated for running scripts has expired.)
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Alternative forms
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 4

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        Pronunciation

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Particle

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Alternative forms
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Further reading

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Tarantino

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        Preposition

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. in
        2. at
        3. to

        Tày

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 1

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        Particle

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. alright?; okay?; will you?
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        2. already
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Derived terms
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 2

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        From The time allocated for running scripts has expired.. Cognate with The time allocated for running scripts has expired., The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Noun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. paternal aunt
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        2. younger sister
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Derived terms
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        References

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Tok Pisin

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        Etymology

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        Imitative or onomatopoeia.

        Interjection

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. eh?
          • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Tokelauan

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 1

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired. From The time allocated for running scripts has expired.. Cognates include The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Article

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Derived terms
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        See also
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        Etymology 2

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        From The time allocated for running scripts has expired.. Cognates include The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Preposition

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.; of
        See also
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        References

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Tooro

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Particle

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.; The time allocated for running scripts has expired.; of

        Declension

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        References

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Turkish

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

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        Noun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        See also

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        Turkmen

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        See also

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        Tyap

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        Interjection

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. ah (expression of surprise, question)
        2. eh (expression of reluctance)

        Pronoun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. you (2nd person subject singular personal pronoun)

        Pronoun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. he/she (3rd person singular personal pronoun)

        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Pronoun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. they (indefinite) (3rd person plural personal pronoun)

        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        See also

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.


        Upper Sorbian

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        Conjunction

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. and
        2. the (establishing a parallel between two comparatives)
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Further reading

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        • a” in Soblex

        Vietnamese

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        Pronunciation

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 1

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        Borrowed from The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet, called The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and written in the Latin script.

        Noun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The name of the Latin-script letter [[A#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|A]]/[[a#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|a]].The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        See also

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 2

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        Noun

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        (classifier The time allocated for running scripts has expired.) The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. a cutting tool consisting of two blades inserted into a long handle to cut grass or to harvest rice
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 3

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        Verb

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. to rush or charge forward at
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 4

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        Pronoun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 5

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        Particle

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 6

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        Interjection

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Volapük

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from The time allocated for running scripts has expired. or The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Pronunciation

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Preposition

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. per, The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        2. by
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Votic

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        Pronunciation

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 1

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        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet, written in the Latin script.

        Etymology 2

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        Borrowed from The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Conjunction

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. but (Following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather
        2. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand

        Etymology 3

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        Natural. Compare The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Interjection

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. ah!, oh!
        2. oops!
        3. ouch!

        See also

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        References

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Walloon

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        Etymology

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        From The time allocated for running scripts has expired..

        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Preposition

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. at

        Welsh

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        Etymology 1

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        Alternative forms

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Letter

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The The time allocated for running scripts has expired. letter of the The time allocated for running scripts has expired. alphabet, called The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and written in the Latin script. It is followed by The time allocated for running scripts has expired..
        Mutation
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        • a cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take The time allocated for running scripts has expired., for example with the word The time allocated for running scripts has expired.:

        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Derived terms
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        • Digraph sequences: The time allocated for running scripts has expired., The time allocated for running scripts has expired., The time allocated for running scripts has expired., The time allocated for running scripts has expired., The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        See also
        [edit]

        Noun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.The name of the Latin-script letter [[A#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|A]]/[[a#The time allocated for running scripts has expired.|a]].The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Mutation
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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 2

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Verb

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Synonyms
        [edit]
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 3

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        From The time allocated for running scripts has expired., from The time allocated for running scripts has expired., from The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (compare The time allocated for running scripts has expired. and The time allocated for running scripts has expired.).

        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Conjunction

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. and
        Synonyms
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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 4

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Pronoun

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. that, which, who (used in 'direct' relative clauses, i.e. where the pronoun refers to the subject or the direct object of an inflected verb (as opposed to a periphrastic construction with bod, to be)).
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Usage notes
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        1. a is not used with the third person singular present of the verb bod, where the relative verb form sydd is used instead
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          not *Y dyn a yw'n ifanc
        2. a is not used in indirect relative clauses, where the pronoun is part of a genitive or periphrastic construction. Instead the second relative pronoun y is used
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
          not *Y dyn a oedd ei chwaer yma

        West Makian

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        Etymology 1

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Verb

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. to be cooked
        2. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. to be done, finished
        Conjugation
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        Conjugation of a (stative verb)
        singular plural
        inclusive exclusive
        1st person The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        2nd person The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        3rd person inanimate The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        animate The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        imperative —, The time allocated for running scripts has expired. —, The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Etymology 2

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        Pronunciation

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        • The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        Verb

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        The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

        1. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
        Usage notes
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        The verb a ("to eat") takes the same verbal prefixes that directional verbs do.

        Conjugation
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        Template:mqs-conj

        References

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        Yele

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        Pronunciation

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        Letter

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        Template:head

        1. Template:ng

        Derived terms

        [edit]

        See also

        [edit]

        Yola

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Template:dercat From Template:inh, from Template:inh.

        Alternative forms

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        Pronunciation

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        Article

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        Template:head Template:attention

        1. the, in later times the.

        Etymology 2

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        From Template:inh, Template:m, from Template:inh.

        Alternative forms

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

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        Article

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        Template:head

        1. one

        Etymology 3

        [edit]

        Unstressed form of Template:m.

        Pronunciation

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        Preposition

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        Template:head

        1. on

        Etymology 4

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. Template:alt form

        Etymology 5

        [edit]

        Preposition

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. Template:alt form

        References

        [edit]

        Yoruba

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        Etymology 1

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        Pronunciation

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        Letter

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        Template:head

        1. Template:Latn-def

        Noun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. Template:Latn-def

        See also

        [edit]

        Etymology 2

        [edit]

        Likely a Template:clipping

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. we Template:gloss
          Template:ux
          Template:ux
        Usage notes
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        Similar to other shortened subject pronouns, its usage is restricted and can only be found directly before a verb or pre-verbal marker. It cannot be used with particles/discourse markers such as Template:m or conjunctions such as Template:m, Template:m, and Template:m. In those cases, Template:m must be used instead.

        Etymology 3

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        Pronunciation

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        Pronoun

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        Template:head

        1. him, her, it Template:gloss
          Template:syn
          Template:ux

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. him, her, it Template:gloss
          Template:syn
          Template:uxi
          Template:uxi

        See also

        [edit]

        Template:see-temp

        Yucatec Maya

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. you Template:gloss

        Zazaki

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        Letter

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. Template:Latn-def

        See also

        [edit]

        Pronoun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. she

        Zhuang

        [edit]

        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Etymology 1

        [edit]

        Compare Template:cog.

        Noun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. crow
        Synonyms
        [edit]

        Etymology 2

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        Noun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. Template:lb mother

        Etymology 3

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        Particle

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. Template:n-g

        Zou

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        Pronunciation

        [edit]

        Noun

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. hen

        References

        [edit]

        Zulu

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        Letter

        [edit]

        Template:head

        1. Template:Latn-def

        See also

        [edit]