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atá

atá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠæː/

Verb

atá

present indicative independent affirmative progressive relative of bí
Labharfaidh mé leis an buachaill atá ag dul abhaile.‎
I will speak to the boy who is going home.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of at ‎(“to swell”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈt̪ˠɑː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠæ/

Verb

atá

second-person singular past subjunctive of at

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
atá	n-atá	hatá	t-atá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Verb

atá

Alternative form of at·tá

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈta/, /taˈta/

Noun

atá

fire

Usage notes

The stem atá could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form tatá was used whenever the noun was not possessed.

References

LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

Spanish

Verb

atá

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of atar.