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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, no plural)
bare forms
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, no plural)
bare forms
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

Mutated forms of atha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
atha n-atha hatha not applicable

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

Further reading

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Verb

atha (infinitive gwatha)

  1. to order, to command

(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

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अथ (atha).

Particle

atha

  1. and, and then, and also, moreover