# á

| á | U+00E1, &#225; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE |
| Composition: | a [U+0061] + ◌́ [U+0301] |
| ← à [U+00E0] | Latin-1 Supplement | â → [U+00E2] |

## Czech
### Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)
* The second letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɔaː]
* Rhymes: -ɔaː

### Etymology 1

Long Old Norse /a/. Often written as ā or normalized á or even aa, compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian å.

#### Noun

á (upper case Á)
* The second letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse á (“river”), Svabo: Aa, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

#### Noun

á f (genitive singular áar, plural áir)
* brook, stream, river
    áir renna vakrar har ― the rivers flow beautiful there
    áirnar standa á svølgi ― the rivers stand on deep water (= it's raining a lot) (compare áarføri)
    um áir og gjáir ― over rivers and gorges (= to travel a long way)
    fara yvir um á(nna) eftir vatni ― go over the river in order to get water (= to look for unnecessary struggle)
    tað gekk sum eftir ánni ― it went like after the river (= it was very easy)
    ganga / fara í áir ― go to the river in order to fish trouts (described in Føroysk orðabók 1998 as local usage in the island of Vágar about fishing trouts in a lake)

##### Synonyms

* (brook): løkur

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse á (“on, onto, in, at”).

#### Preposition

á
[with accusative]
* on, onto, to, near, beside
* (fjords, bays, harbours) to
[with dative]
* on, in, at
* (place names) in
* (fjords, bays, harbours) at, in
* (seafaring and fishery) at

##### Usage notes

The preposition 'á' is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location. This is the same usage as with German auf:
    Governing accusative
* legg bókina á borðið ― place the book on the table
* hann fer umborð á skipið ― he goes aboard the ship
* skriva á talvuna ― to write on the blackboard
* fara á fjall ― to go into the mountains
    with fjords, bays, harbours
* skipið kom á Vestmanna ― the ship came to Vestmanna
* skipið kom á Havnina ― the ship came to Tórshavn
    Governing dative
* bókin liggur á borðinum ― the book is on the table
* hann er umborð á skipinum ― he is aboard the ship
* tað stendur á talvuni ― this stands on the blackboard
* vera á fjalli ― to be in the mountains (in order to roundup the sheep)
    Place names (antonym: av)
* á Eiði ― in Eiði
* á Glyvrum ― in Glyvrar
* á Húsum ― in Húsar
* á Kirkju ― in Kirkja
* á Skála ― in Skáli
* á Velbastað ― in Velbastaður
* á bygd ― in the village (countryside)
    with fjords, bays, harbours
* skipið lá á Havnini ― the ship lays in Tórshavn
    with seafaring and fishery
* vera á útróðri ― to be fishing (with a rowing boat)

### Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

á!
* oh!
* animal sound of the puffin (lundi)
    lundin sigur á á áthe puffin says "oh oh oh"

### Etymology 5

From Old Norse [Term?].

#### Verb

á
* archaic third-person present of eiga

### References

* ↑ Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1991) [1891] “á$^{1,2}$”, in Færøsk Anthologi [Faroese Anthology] (in Danish), 3rd edition, volume 2, Copenhagen [1891], Tórshavn [1991], page 2
* ↑ Vibeke Sandersen: „Om bogstavet å“ in Nyt fra Sprognævnet 2002/3 September.
* 1 2 Aa$^1$ in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1)
* ↑ Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen et al. (1998) “á$^2$”, in Føroysk orðabók [Faroese Dictionary] (in Faroese), Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag
* 1 2 3 aa$^2$ in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1f.)

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* à (reintegrationist)

### Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + feminine definite article a (“the”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aː]
* Hyphenation: á

#### Contraction

á f (masculine ao, masculine plural aos, feminine plural ás)
* to the, towards the

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese aa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ala. Compare Portuguese á. Doublet of ala.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa]

#### Noun

á f (plural ás)
* wing
** c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 30:
    et as de leychuzaand wings of an owl
** 1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo:Fala o corbo, escoyten todos: Eu veño con asas negras Cortando os ventos de longe Para chegar à estas festas.The raven speaks, listen everyone: "I come with black wings Cutting the winds from afar To arrive to these feasts"
    Synonym: ala

##### Related terms

* axar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “á”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “á”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “á”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ghomala'
### Particle

á
* Ends a yes/no question
    Ǒ yɔ́ á. ― Did you see?
* Ends a negative clause
    E tə̂ ghɔm á. ― She doesn't speak.
* Evidential topic introducer
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* Relative reinforcer
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* In-situ focus marker
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

### Pronoun

grammatical form of ǎ

### References

* Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)
* Mkounga Tala Teku Blaise (2015), The Structure of the left periphery in Ghɔmáláʼ

## Hokkien
### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of á – see 仔 (“suffix or interfix”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 仔).

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of á – see 猶 (“still; yet”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猶).

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaː]
* Rhymes: -aː

### Etymology 1
#### Interjection

á
* oh, ah (expression of surprise)
    Á, már itt is vagy? ― Oh, are you here already?
* oh (expression of dismissiveness, disagreement, or disbelief)
    Á, nem hiszem. Ő sose mond ilyet. ― Oh, I don't believe it. He/She'll never say such a thing.

### Etymology 2
#### Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)
* The second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.

##### Derived terms

* aki á-t mond, mondjon b-t is
* á-tól z-ig, ától zéig
* ától cettig

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

### Further reading

* (interjection): á in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (sound and letter): á in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* á in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /auː/
* Rhymes: -auː

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

á (upper case Á)
* The second letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### Noun

á n (genitive singular ás, nominative plural á)
* The name of the Latin-script letter Á/á.

##### Declension
#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse á (“river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Compare Danish å, Norwegian å, Swedish å.

#### Noun

á f (genitive singular ár, nominative plural ár)
* river
    Synonyms: fljót, elfur, elfa

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Inflection of á.

#### Noun

á f
* indefinite accusative singular of á
* indefinite dative singular of á

### Etymology 4

Inflection of ær.

#### Noun

á f
* indefinite accusative singular of ær
* indefinite dative singular of ær

### Etymology 5

Conjugation of eiga.

#### Verb

á
* first-person singular present indicative of eiga I own.
* third-person singular present indicative of eiga He owns.

### Etymology 6

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

#### Interjection

á!
* ow! ouch!
    Synonyms: ái, áts, æ
    Á! Þetta var vont!Ouch! That hurt!

### Etymology 7

From Old Norse á, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ (an), from Proto-Germanic *ana.

#### Preposition

á
* on [with dative or accusative]
    Hvar eru lyklarnir? - Þeir eru á borðinu.Where are the keys? - They are on the table.
* in [with dative or accusative]
    Ég bý á Íslandi.I live in Iceland.
    Hvað heitir þetta á íslensku?What’s this called in Icelandic?

##### Derived terms

* á eftir
* á fjórum fótum
* á næstu grösum
* bera kápuna á báðum öxlum
* bíta á jaxlinn
* draga á tálar
* færa sönnur á
* hafa nóg á sinni könnu
* heill á húfi
* hlaupa á glæ
* hæla á hvert reipi
* kasta á glæ
* káfa á
* kyssa á hönd
* kýla á
* leggja á
* leggja á minnið
* leita á
* líta á
* líta á með vanþóknun
* líta niður á
* líta snöggvast á
* lítast á
* minnast á
* peningar vaxa ekki á trjám
* skella á
* spila á
* standa eins og stafur á bók
* stara eins og naut á nývirki
* súpa á
* togast á um
* vel á minnst
* vera á bandi

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑː/

### Etymology 1

From dhá, lenited variant of dá.

#### Pronoun

á (triggers lenition in the masculine singular, h-prothesis in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)
* him, her, it, them (used before the verbal noun in the progressive to indicate a third person direct object)
    Táim á bhualadh. ― I am hitting him.
    Táim á ól.I am drinking it (referring to a masculine noun, e.g. bainne (“milk”)).
    Táim á bualadh. ― I am hitting her.
    Táim á hól.I am drinking it (referring to a feminine noun, e.g. bláthach (“buttermilk”)).
    Táim á mbualadh. ― I am hitting them.
    Táim á n-ól. ― I am drinking them.
* used as a quasi-reflexive pronoun in a sentence with passive semantics
    Tá an buachaill á bhualadh.The boy is being hit (literally ‘The boy is at his hitting’).
    Tá an chloch á tógáil ag Séamas.The stone is being lifted by Séamas (literally ‘The stone is at its lifting by Séamas’).

##### Alternative forms

* agá, ’gá, ’ghá (obsolete)

##### Related terms

* a
* ag
* do

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

á!
* ah!

### Etymology 3

From Latin ā.

#### Letter

á (upper case Á)
* The letter a with an acute accent, called á fada (literally “long a”).

#### Noun

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

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
* (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
* (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ
* (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
* Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “á”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “á”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “á”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* a — nonstandard

### Romanization

á (a$^2$, Zhuyin ㄚˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𭉿

## Navajo
### Letter

á (upper case Á)
* A variant of a representing an /a/ with a high tone (/a˥/)

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* a

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin illa f (“that”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa/

### Article

á f
* feminine singular of o
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 5 (facsimile):
    Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriꝣ de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.
       This 19th is (about) how Holy Mary helped · the empress of Rome · suffer through the great pains she underwent.

#### Descendants

* Fala: a
* Galician: a
* Portuguese: a

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1
#### Determiner

á (3rd person possessive) (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, an unwritten prothetic /h/ in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)
* Alternative form of a (“his, her, its, their”)
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90$^b$12
    Mad·genatar á thimthirthidi.Blessed are his servants.
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 144$^d$3
    Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri denum n-uilc at·rubalt tar hesi á pectha.Every common advantage that had been in them for doing evil has perished for their sin.

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

á (triggers lenition)
* Alternative form of a (“O”)
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53$^c$11
    in tan as·mbeir, Tait, á maccuwhen he says, "Come, O sons"

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s.

#### Noun

á (gender unknown)
* mouth

### Etymology 4

From Proto-Celtic *yās, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go”).

#### Noun

á n (genitive unattested)
* cart, chariot
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 96$^c$12
    dunaib aaibto the chariots

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 á”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Watkins, Calvert (1978) “Varia III”, in Ériu‎, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved July 20, 2022, pages 155–165
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yās”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 á”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“water, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Old English ēa, Old Frisian ā, ē, Old Saxon aha, Old High German aha, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa).

#### Alternative forms

* ǫ́

#### Noun

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)
* river, creek
** Ásmundar saga kappabana, chapter 9:
    Síðan óc hann upp með ánni Rín til móz við Ásmund.Then [Hildibrandr] went up along the river Rhine to meet Ásmundr.

##### Derived terms

* Laxárdalr

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: á
* Faroese: á
* Norwegian Nynorsk: å
* Old Swedish: ā
** Swedish: å
* Old Danish: ā
** Danish: å
*** Norwegian Bokmål: å
* → Middle English: aa

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

#### Noun

á f (genitive ár, plural ár)
* Alternative form of ær

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ (an), from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, onto”). Cognate with Old English on, Old Frisian on, Old Saxon ana, an, Old Dutch ana, an, in, Old High German ana, an, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana).

#### Alternative forms

* ᛅ (a), ᚭ (ą), ᚬ (ą), ᚨ (ą) — Runic form

#### Preposition

á [with dative]
* on
    Þeir eru á hólmi.They are on an island.
* in
    Ek bý á Islandi.I live in Iceland.

##### Descendants

In most descendant languages, this preposition was replaced by reflexes of upp á.
* Icelandic: á
* Faroese: á
* Norwegian Nynorsk: å (dialectal)
* Elfdalian: ą̊
* Old Swedish: ā
** Swedish: å, a (dialectal)
* Old Danish: ā
** Danish: å (dialectal)

### Etymology 4

Probably related to Old Norse æ (“always”)

#### Adverb

á (not comparable)
* always

### Etymology 5

An imitation of a cry of pain.

#### Interjection

á
* ow! ouch!

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: á

### Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

á
* inflection of ái:
** oblique singular
** accusative plural
** genitive plural
* inflection of ær:
** accusative singular
** dative singular
** genitive plural

#### Verb

á
* inflection of eiga:
** first-person singular present indicative
** third-person singular present indicative

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “á”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 29; also available at the Internet Archive
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “á”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 30; also available at the Internet Archive

## Parauk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa̤/

### Verb

á
* to numb.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈa/
* Homophones: à, há, ah, a (Brazil)
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: á

### Etymology 1

From Latin ā.

#### Alternative forms

* a, A, Á

#### Noun

á m (plural ás)
* The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

##### Derived terms

* á-bê-cê

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese aa (“wing”), from Latin āla (“wing”). Cognate with Galician á, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, and Occitan ala, French aile and Ligurian âa. Doublet of ala, which was a borrowing.

#### Noun

á f (plural ás)
* (archaic, usually in the plural) wing
    Synonyms: asa, ala

### Etymology 3
#### Contraction

á f sg
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of à.
** 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria [Victoria]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 65:Se vendesse as gallinhas e a marrã? Infelizmente a excommungada raposa tinha comido a pedrez, a mais gorda. Precisava dar uma licção á raposa. Ia armar o mundeo junto do poleiro e quebrar o espinhaço daquella semvergonha.What if she sold the chickens and the young sow? Unfortunately the damned fox had eaten the spotted hen, the plumpest one. She had to teach a lesson to the fox. She was going to set up a trap by the perch and break that rascal's back.

### References

* “aa” in Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval.

## Rawang
### Interjection

á
* well, Oh!, my God!
    Àngkøø̀ maq rvmá chuaòe.He is ploughing his father-in-law's field.
    Àng dvpvt vv́mpà køtnaòe.They are cooking rice for him.

### Verb

á
* open mouth.
    Ló nònggøp èáshì.Well, open up your mouth..

### Particle

á
* vocative particle suffixed to the name of the person hailed.

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aː]

### Letter

á (upper case Á)
* The second letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

Letter a with acute (◌́) to signify long vowel.

#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /áː/, /àː/
* (letter name): IPA: /dɔ́ːʋɡi àː/, /dɔ́ːʋɡi áː/, dolgi a
* Rhymes: -aː

#### Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)
* Additional letter, used in some words to denote the long stress on a.

#### Symbol

á
* (non-tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [aː].

### Etymology 2

Letter a with acute (◌́) to signify long low-pitched vowel.

#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /àː/, [ǎː]
* (letter name, tonal transcription): IPA: /akutíːrani àː/, /akutíːrani áː/, akutirani a
* Rhymes: -aː

#### Symbol

á
* (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [àː].

##### Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

### Etymology 3

Letter a with acute (◌́) to signify short vowel.

#### Pronunciation

* (Natisone Valley dialect, phoneme): IPA: /ˈa/

#### Letter

á (lower case, usually not in upper case)
* (Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on a.

### Etymology 4

Letter a with acute ´ to signify stress.

#### Pronunciation

* (Resian, sound): IPA: /a/

#### Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)
* (Resian) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the stress on a.

### See also

* a
* à
* ȃ
* ā
* ȁ

## Spanish
### Preposition

á
* Obsolete spelling of a.

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ʔaː˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ʔaː˦]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

á (妸)
* older sister
    pi̱ á ― (polite) elder sister
    pi̱ nhình á ― (polite) eldest sister

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

á
* Question particle.
    Nắm pây nau á? ― You're not coming?
    Hết đảy mí á? ― Can you do it?

### Etymology 3
#### Particle

á
* already
    đảy á ― alright

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

á
* melastoma
    Mạy á oóc bjoóc le̱ đăm nà.When the melastoma blooms, we replant the rice.

#### Synonyms

* nim
* ném

#### Derived terms

* á bản
* á đông

### References

* Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Tlingit
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʌ́/

### Letter

á (upper case Á)
* A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* Canada:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
* US:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔaː˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔaː˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔaː˦˥]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Á

### Etymology 1

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

#### Letter

á (lower case, upper case Á)
* The letter a with the acute accent.

#### See also

* (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

#### Noun

á
* The name of the Latin-script letter Ă/ă.

### Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亞 (“sub-”)

#### Prefix

á
* secondary
    á hậu ― a beauty pageant runner-up
    Mạnh Tử được mệnh danh là á thánh, sau Khổng Tử.Mencius is known as the secondary sage, second only to Confucius.
* semi-; demi-
    á kim ― a metalloid
    á thần ― a demigod

### Etymology 3

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

#### Interjection

á
* An expression of sudden pain or uttered under shock.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ˈa/

### Letter

á (upper case Á)
* The letter A, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.