ă

See also: Ă, -ă, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ă U+0103, ă LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH BREVE Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̆ [U+0306] ← Ă [U+0102] Latin Extended-A Ą → [U+0104]

English

Symbol

ă

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the TRAP vowel

Jarai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

ă (upper case Ă)

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

Malay

Letter

ă

1. (obsolete) The second letter of the 1927 – 1972 Malay alphabet, written in Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Polabian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/

Conjunction

ă

1. and

   Synonym: un

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “ə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), numbers 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 147
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “ă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “a”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)

1. The second letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ă and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): /aː/, /a/
• (sound, educated): IPA^(key): /ɤ/

Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)

1. (linguistics) Letter used for transcription of Bulgarian letter Ъ / ъ.

See also

• a
• ä
• á
• à

References

• Toporišič, Jože (2001) “Slovaropisna pravila”, in Slovenski pravopis (in Slovene), Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 178

Tuareg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/

Letter

ă (upper case Ă)

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

ă (upper case Ă)

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