a-tá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"
Classical Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish at·tá. See Irish bí and Scottish Gaelic bi.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
a-tá (imperative bí, verbal noun beith)
- to be
Conjugation edit
conjugation of a-tá (irregular), IGT iii §7
† non-bardic form (a late one or proscribed in the tracts)
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “attá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, 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, §7.26, page 416
- Osborn Bergin (1946) “Irish Grammatical Tracts III (Irregular Verbs)”, in Ériu, volume 14, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →JSTOR, §7 An BHEITH, pages 176–178