às

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "as"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

aas (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /as/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /aʃ/

Homophones: ás, hás, az, as (Brazil)
Hyphenation: às

Contraction

às f pl

Contraction of a as (“to the (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of ao
Fui às cidades.
I went to the cities.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ao.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish as. Cognate with Irish as and Manx ass.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as̪/ (as if spelled as)
Hyphenation: às

Preposition

às (+ dative)

Form of à used before the definite article.
(dated) Form of à used in all contexts before a vowel or fh-.

Pronoun

às

third-person singular masculine of à: from him, from it

Inflection

Personal inflection of à
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	asam	asamsa
	2nd	asad	asadsa
	3rd m	às	às-san
	3rd f	aiste	aistese
Plural	1st	asainn	asainne
	2nd	asaibh	asaibhse
	3rd	asta	astasan

References

Colin Mark (2003) “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2

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