pá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pa"

Asturian

Alternative forms

Noun

pá m (plural pas)

  1. father

Synonyms

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʰɔɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɔaː

Noun

pá n

  1. (childish) poo

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • gera pá

Preposition

pá

  1. (poetic) on, upon

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpaː]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: pá

Interjection

pá

  1. bye-bye

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

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pá phá bpá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "pá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “pá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “pá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Mandarin

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Romanization

pá (Zhuyin ㄆㄚˊ)

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

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of pá – see 飽 (“full; full; replete; abounding; etc.”).
(This character, pá, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 飽.)

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.

Portuguese
pás

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese paa, from Latin pāla (“shovel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *pag-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa/
  • Homophone: pa
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

pá f (plural pás)

  1. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)
  2. windmill blade
  3. the end of a paddle or oar with the blade
Synonyms
  • (spade): cortadeira

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa/

Noun

pá m (uncountable)

  1. (Portugal, informal, used in the vocative) dude; mate (term of informal address)
    Estás bom, pá? ― You alright, mate / dude?
    Ó pá, aonde vais? ― Hey man, where are you going?
Synonyms

Interjection

pá!

  1. (Portugal, informal) dude!; man!
    Ena, pá! ― Wow, dude!
Usage notes

Although derived from the masculine rapaz the word is used for any gender.

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

Tupinambá

Adverb

pá

  1. yes (only used by men)
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