atá
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"
Pronunciation
Verb
atá
- (intransitive) to burn
Etymology 1
Inflected form of bí; from Old Irish at·tá.
Pronunciation
Verb
atá
- present indicative independent affirmative progressive relative of bí
- Labhróidh mé leis an mbuachaill atá ag dul abhaile.
- I will speak to the boy who is going home.
- 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:
- Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
- [original: Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.]
Etymology 2
Inflected form of at (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
Verb
atá
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| atá | n-atá | hatá | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Verb
a·tá
- Alternative spelling of at·tá
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