bá

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Eton (Cameroon)

Verb

bá

  1. to marry

References

  • Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, →ISBN

Gokana

Noun

bá

  1. arm
  2. hand

References

Hungarian

Etymology

An abbreviation of bácsi or bátya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -baː

Noun

bá (plural bák)

  1. (informal) uncle
    Hogy van, Józsi bá? ― How are you uncle Joe?

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bá bák
accusative bát bákat
dative bának báknak
instrumental bával bákkal
causal-final báért bákért
translative bává bákká
terminative báig bákig
essive-formal báként bákként
essive-modal — —
inessive bában bákban
superessive bán bákon
adessive bánál báknál
illative bába bákba
sublative bára bákra
allative bához bákhoz
elative bából bákból
delative báról bákról
ablative bától báktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		báé báké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		báéi bákéi
Possessive forms of bá
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bám báim
2nd person sing. bád báid
3rd person sing. bája bái
1st person plural bánk báink
2nd person plural bátok báitok
3rd person plural bájuk báik

Related terms

Further reading

  • bá 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
  • bá in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bá f (genitive singular bá, nominative plural bánna)

  1. (geography) bay
  2. expanse (of sea)
  3. strip (of thatch)
  4. swath
Declension
Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bá bánna
Vocative a bhá a bhánna
Genitive bá bánna
Dative bá bánna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhá na bánna
Genitive na bá na mbánna
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

leis na bánna
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish báid.

Pronunciation

Noun

bá f (genitive singular bá)

  1. sympathy, liking
Declension
Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bá
Vocative a bhá
Genitive bá
Dative bá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhá
Genitive na bá
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish bádud.

Pronunciation

Noun

bá m (genitive singular as verbal noun báite, as substantive bá)

  1. verbal noun of báigh
  2. drowning
  3. immersion, inundation
  4. submergence
  5. quenching
  6. (linguistics) elision
Declension
As verbal noun
Declension of bá

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bá
Vocative a bhá
Genitive báite
Dative bá

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bá
Genitive an bháite
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

As substantive
Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bá
Vocative a bhá
Genitive bá
Dative bá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bá
Genitive an bhá
Dative leis an mbá

don bhá

Alternative forms
Derived terms

Verb

bá

  1. present subjunctive indicative of báigh
Alternative forms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bá bhá mbá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go).

Verb

bá

  1. (Barlavento)to go

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p/ba (“male; father”), cognate with Chinese 爸 (bà).

Pronunciation

Noun

bá

  1. father

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

bá (ba2, Zhuyin ㄅㄚˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叐
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坺
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墢／𫭨
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妭
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抜
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拔
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渿
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炦
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犮
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癭／瘿
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秡
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胈
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茇
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菝
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詙
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跋
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軷／𫐈
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈸／钹
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钹
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颰／𩙥
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馛
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魃
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼥
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔜

Navajo

Postposition

bá

  1. for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake
  2. in his/her/its/their favor
    bá yáʼátʼééh ― it is good for him/her/it/them
    bá áshłééh ― I’m making it for him/her/it/them

Inflection

Navajo postpositions
singular duoplural
1st person shá nihá
2nd person ná nihá
3rd person bá
4th person (3o) yá
4th person (3a) há
4th person (3i) á —
reflexive ádá —
reciprocal — ahá

Derived terms

Old Irish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

bá

  1. first-person singular preterite absolute of at·tá

·bá

  1. first/second-person singular preterite conjunct of at·tá

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Conjunction

bá

  1. Alternative form of fa (“or”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

bá f (plural bás)

  1. (Brazil) Alternative form of babá

Interjection

bá!

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) expression of surprise

Alternative forms

Tetum

Verb

bá

  1. to go

Adverb

bá

  1. hence

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伯.

Noun

bá

  1. (only in compounds) paternal uncle, father's elder brother
See also
Derived terms

Noun

bá

  1. (dialectal) aunt, parent's elder sister
  2. (dialectal) paternal aunt-in-law, father's elder brother's wife
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 百. This character is also read as bách.

Numeral

bá

  1. (Southern Vietnam, only in compounds) hundred
See also
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

bá

  1. to crash into; to hit
    Synonyms: tông, bang
  2. (arms around the neck) to embrace; to hug
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