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See also: Atha, àtha, átha, ätha, and aþa

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish athad.

Noun

atha f (genitive singular atha)

  1. space of time
Declension
Declension of atha

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative atha
Vocative a atha
Genitive atha
Dative atha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an atha
Genitive na hatha
Dative leis an atha

don atha

Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

atha f (genitive singular atha)

  1. Alternative form of aife (“ebb; decline, decay; reflux”)
Declension
Declension of atha

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative atha
Vocative a atha
Genitive atha
Dative atha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an atha
Genitive na hatha
Dative leis an atha

don atha

Mutation

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

Further reading

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Verb

atha (infinitive gwatha)

  1. to order, to command

Related terms

(Nouns)

References

  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  • “atha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अथ (atha).

Particle

atha

  1. and, and then, and also, moreover
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