pá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pa"

Asturian

Alternative forms

• papá

Noun

pá m (plural pas)

1. father

Synonyms

• padre

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːtɛk]

Noun

pá m inan

1. Abbreviation of pátek (“Friday”).

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɔɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Noun

pá n

1. (childish) poo

Synonyms

• pa

Derived terms

• gera pá

Preposition

pá

1. (poetic) on, upon

Galician

Noun

pá f (plural pás)

1. Alternative form of pa

Ghomala'

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -a

Verb

pá (transitive) alternate of bá

1. to treat, to cure

   Ě pá fípa. ― He/she cured the fever.

2. to spy, to watch

   Tâmbɛ̂ yə̂ŋ pá á. ― This gentleman spies on me.

3. to stick, to attach

   Ê pá mnwə myə̀ nə̂ m. ― He/she sticks her stories to me.

4. to plant

   Ě pá ŋkədé. ― He/she planted a banana.

See also

• bâ
• lù'
• mʉ́'
• pà
• pɛ̀
• ŋáp

References

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of pá – see 飽 (“full; full; replete; abounding; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 飽).

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaː]

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• Hyphenation: pá

Interjection

pá

1. bye-bye

Further reading

• pá 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

Irish

Alternative forms

• pádh (obsolete)
• páí (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old French paie (“payment, recompense”), from paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācō (“I settle, satisfy, pacify”), from pāx (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠæː/

Noun

pá m or f (genitive singular pá, nominative plural pánna)

1. pay, wages (money given in return for work)

Declension

Declension of pá (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pá pánna vocative a phá a phánna genitive pá pánna dative pá pánna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pá na pánna genitive an phá na bpánna dative leis an bpá don phá leis na pánna

Derived terms

• fear pá (“paid workman”)
• íosphá, pá íosta (“minimum wage”)
• lá pá (“pay-day”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pá

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pá	phá	bpá

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

Further reading

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

Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

pá (pa², Zhuyin ㄆㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扒
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 掭
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杷
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潖
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爬
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琶
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筢, 耙
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跁
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈀 / 钯
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钭

Nùng

Etymology

Cognate with Thai ปลา (bplaa), Lao ປາ (pā).

Noun

pá

1. fish

Old Norse

Noun

pá

1. accusative singular of pái
2. dative singular of pái
3. genitive singular of pái
4. accusative plural of pái
5. genitive plural of pái

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• pa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pá

Etymology 1

Particle

pá

1. (men's speech) yes

   Synonyms: eẽ, hẽhẽ, îé

   Antonym: aan

   — Ereîukápe?
   — Pá, îagûarera aîuká.

   — Did you kill it?
   — Yes, I killed the jaguar.

Etymology 2

Determiner

pá

1. all; every

   Aîybõmbá

   I've shoot them all

Adverb

pá

1. totally; completely

   Ereroŷrõmbápe sekó?

   Do you hate his works completely?

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 367, column 1

Portuguese

pás (sense 1)

pá (sense 4)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pá

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pālam (“shovel”). Doublet of pala. Compare Galician pa and Spanish pala.

Noun

pá f (plural pás)

2. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)
4. windmill blade
6. the end of a paddle or oar with the blade
8. (Portugal) shoulder, chuck (cut of meat)

Etymology 2

Shortening of rapaz (“boy”),^[1] from earlier paz.

Noun

pá m (uncountable)

2. (Portugal, informal, used in the vocative) dude; mate (term of informal address)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) cara, mano, (Brazil) rapá, (Brazil) bróder

   Estás bom, pá? ― You alright, dude?

   Ó pá, aonde vais? ― Hey man, where are you going?

Interjection

pá

2. (Portugal, informal) dude; man

   Ena, pá! ― Wow, dude!

Usage notes

• Despite derived from the masculine rapaz, the word is used for any gender.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

pá

1. (Brazil) bam, boom

   Resolvemos uns assuntos e pá! ― We finished some discussion and bam!

Etymology 4

Preposition

pá

1. (nonstandard, colloquial) Contraction of para a.

References

1. Carlos Marinheiro (2016 November 16 (last accessed)) “O uso de pá (vocativo e interjeição) em Portugal”, in Ciberdúvidas‎

Suyá

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *bə (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʌ]

Noun

pá

1. forest

   Hwĩsôsôk itha khãm kê wapatá me pá me ngô me hwykha me mbyt me khajkhwa me ithadjê ro sujarẽni.

   This book also discusses the importance of our villages, forests, rivers, lands, the sun and the sky.