tá
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).
Noun edit
tá f (genitive singular táar, plural tær)
Declension edit
Declension of tá | ||||
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f26 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tá | táin | tær | tærnar |
accusative | tá | tánna | tær | tærnar |
dative | tá | tánni | tóm | tónum |
genitive | táar | táarinnar | táa | táanna |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Compare Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan), Old English þan and þā.
Adverb edit
tá
Conjunction edit
tá
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tá (plural ták)
- a syllable used in solfège to represent the quarter note as a rhythm, usually accompanied by clapping
- dash (the longer of the two symbols of Morse code)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tá | ták |
accusative | tát | tákat |
dative | tának | táknak |
instrumental | tával | tákkal |
causal-final | táért | tákért |
translative | tává | tákká |
terminative | táig | tákig |
essive-formal | táként | tákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tában | tákban |
superessive | tán | tákon |
adessive | tánál | táknál |
illative | tába | tákba |
sublative | tára | tákra |
allative | tához | tákhoz |
elative | tából | tákból |
delative | táról | tákról |
ablative | tától | táktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
táé | táké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
táéi | tákéi |
Possessive forms of tá | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tám | táim |
2nd person sing. | tád | táid |
3rd person sing. | tája | tái |
1st person plural | tánk | táink |
2nd person plural | tátok | táitok |
3rd person plural | tájuk | táik |
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).
Noun edit
tá f (genitive singular táar, nominative plural tær)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą.
Noun edit
tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû).
Noun edit
tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)
- tau (Greek letter)
Declension edit
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- thá (Waterford, Kilkenny, very sporadically throughout Munster)
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɑː/[1]
- (Ulster, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, before extinction of original dialects) IPA(key): /t̪ˠaː/
Verb edit
tá
- present indicative independent affirmative progressive analytic of bí: "is"
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 185, page 93
Kaingang edit
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
tá
Macanese edit
Particle edit
tá
- Alternative form of tâ: present continuous particle
- Como tá vai?
- How's it going?
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹹
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𨓬
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *tāti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·tá
- unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Verb edit
·tá
- third-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).
Noun edit
tá f (genitive tár, plural tær)
- a toe
Declension edit
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tá | táin | tær | tærnar |
accusative | tá | tána | tær | tærnar |
dative | tá | tánni | tám | tánum |
genitive | tár | tárinnar | tá | tánna |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *tanhwą. Compare Finnish tanhua (“stockyard”), which was borrowed from Proto-Norse or Proto-Germanic. The noun itself is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“tough”).
Noun edit
tá n (genitive tás, plural tá)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: tá
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tåg
- Old Swedish: tā, ⇒ fortā
- Swedish: tå (dialectal)
- ⇒ Old Danish: fortā, fortæ
References edit
- tá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: tá
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of está, third-person singular present indicative of estar.
Verb edit
tá
- Eye dialect spelling of está.
- Cê tá falando com quem?
- Who are you talking to?
- Vamo, tá na hora de tomar café.
- Let's go, it’s time for breakfast.
- (Brazil) Eye dialect spelling of estar.
- Eu queria tá com você.
- I’d like to be with you.
- É bom tá sempre aprendendo, né?
- It’s good to always be learning, right?
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of está bem and está bom.
Interjection edit
tá
- (Brazil, colloquial) OK; all right
- Synonym: tá bom
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.
Slovak edit
Pronoun edit
tá
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of está, or borrowed from Portuguese tá.
Interjection edit
tá
- (Uruguay) okay
- 2008, Néstor Ganduglia, Historias mágicas del Uruguay interior, page 52:
- Y tá, y me quedé ahí.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 打 (SV: đả), perhaps from a rendition in Mandarin 打臣 (dǎchén, đả thần), from English dozen.
Numeral edit
tá
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐.
Noun edit
tá
- (military) field officer (higher than uý but lower than tướng)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐.
Verb edit
tá
- (only in compounds) to help
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 借.
Verb edit
tá
- to borrow
Derived terms edit
- giả tá (假借, “(Chinese characters) phonetic loan”)