"á" meaning in Faroese

See á in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ɔaː] Forms: á! [canonical]
Rhymes: -ɔaː Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|fo}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|fo|interjection|head=á!}} á!
  1. oh!
    Sense id: en-á-fo-intj-MIRQcF0n
  2. animal sound of the puffin (lundi)
    Sense id: en-á-fo-intj-FM~OSM4M Categories (other): Animal sounds, Faroese onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 3 69 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Disambiguation of Faroese onomatopoeias: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4 Categories (other): Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [ɔaː] Forms: Á [uppercase]
Rhymes: -ɔaː Etymology: Long Old Norse /a/. Often written as ā or normalized á or even aa, compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian å. Head templates: {{head|fo|letter|upper case|Á}} á (upper case Á)
  1. The second letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Sense id: en-á-fo-noun-bOiXNJ7C Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 1 4 84 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [ɔaː]
Rhymes: -ɔaː Etymology: From Old Norse á (“river”), Svabo: Aa, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|á||river}} Old Norse á (“river”), {{fo-lit-Sv|Aa¹|1}} Aa¹ in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1), {{der|fo|gem-pro|*ahwō}} Proto-Germanic *ahwō, {{der|fo|ine-pro|*h₂ekʷeh₂||water}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”) Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|g=f|head=}} á f, {{fo-noun|f|áar|áir}} á f (genitive singular áar, plural áir) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-f2 (á)|á}} Forms: áar [genitive, singular], áir [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], á [indefinite, nominative, singular], áin [definite, nominative, singular], áir [indefinite, nominative, plural], áirnar [definite, nominative, plural], á [accusative, indefinite, singular], ánna [accusative, definite, singular], áir [accusative, indefinite, plural], áirnar [accusative, definite, plural], á [dative, indefinite, singular], ánni [dative, definite, singular], áum [dative, indefinite, plural], áunum [dative, definite, plural], áar [genitive, indefinite, singular], áarinnar [definite, genitive, singular], áa [genitive, indefinite, plural], áanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. brook, stream, river Tags: feminine Synonyms (brook): løkur
    Sense id: en-á-fo-noun-aiKiEbBQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Preposition

IPA: [ɔaː]
Rhymes: -ɔaː Etymology: From Old Norse á (“on, onto, in, at”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|á||on, onto, in, at}} Old Norse á (“on, onto, in, at”), {{fo-lit-Sv|aa²|1f.}} aa² in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1f.) Head templates: {{head|fo|preposition}} á
  1. on, onto, to, near, beside
    Sense id: en-á-fo-prep-SL8nnmI6 Categories (other): Faroese prepositions Disambiguation of Faroese prepositions: 21 16 16 16 16 16
  2. (fjords, bays, harbours) to
    Sense id: en-á-fo-prep-Zj6hv~~l
  3. on, in, at
    Sense id: en-á-fo-prep-s9HSp~RM
  4. (place names) in
    Sense id: en-á-fo-prep-WClnU00P
  5. (fjords, bays, harbours) at, in
    Sense id: en-á-fo-prep-kUL8ertX
  6. (seafaring and fishery) at
    Sense id: en-á-fo-prep-sda5G2fC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3 Categories (other): Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: [ɔaː]
Rhymes: -ɔaː Etymology: From Old Norse [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non}} Old Norse [Term?] Head templates: {{head|fo|verb form}} á
  1. archaic third-person present of eiga Tags: archaic, form-of, present, third-person Form of: eiga
    Sense id: en-á-fo-verb-byvaCE3S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5 Categories (other): Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fo",
      "name": "Geography",
      "orig": "fo:Geography",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Long Old Norse /a/. Often written as ā or normalized á or even aa, compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian å.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Á",
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "letter",
        "3": "upper case",
        "4": "Á"
      },
      "expansion": "á (upper case Á)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 4 84 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script."
      ],
      "id": "en-á-fo-noun-bOiXNJ7C",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔaː]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔaː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "á"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fo",
      "name": "Geography",
      "orig": "fo:Geography",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "á",
        "4": "",
        "5": "river"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse á (“river”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Aa¹",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Aa¹ in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1)",
      "name": "fo-lit-Sv"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ahwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ahwō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ekʷeh₂",
        "4": "",
        "5": "water"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse á (“river”), Svabo: Aa, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "áar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-f2 (á)",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "á",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "á",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "á",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ánni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "á f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "áar",
        "3": "áir"
      },
      "expansion": "á f (genitive singular áar, plural áir)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "á"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-f2 (á)"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the rivers flow beautiful there",
          "text": "áir renna vakrar har",
          "translation": "the rivers flow beautiful there",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the rivers stand on deep water",
          "text": "áirnar standa á svølgi",
          "translation": "the rivers stand on deep water",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ],
            [
              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "over rivers and gorges",
          "text": "um áir og gjáir",
          "translation": "over rivers and gorges",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "english": "go over the river in order to get water",
          "text": "fara yvir um á(nna) eftir vatni",
          "translation": "go over the river in order to get water",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "it went like after the river",
          "text": "tað gekk sum eftir ánni",
          "translation": "it went like after the river",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "go to the river in order to fish trouts",
          "text": "ganga / fara í áir",
          "translation": "go to the river in order to fish trouts",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brook, stream, river"
      ],
      "id": "en-á-fo-noun-aiKiEbBQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "brook",
          "brook"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "brook",
          "word": "løkur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔaː]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔaː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "á"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fo",
      "name": "Geography",
      "orig": "fo:Geography",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "á",
        "4": "",
        "5": "on, onto, in, at"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse á (“on, onto, in, at”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa²",
        "2": "1f."
      },
      "expansion": "aa² in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 1f.)",
      "name": "fo-lit-Sv"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse á (“on, onto, in, at”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "á",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "info_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "acc"
      },
      "expansion": "[with accusative]",
      "extra_data": {
        "tags": [
          "accusative"
        ]
      },
      "name": "+obj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "dat"
      },
      "expansion": "[with dative]",
      "extra_data": {
        "tags": [
          "dative"
        ]
      },
      "name": "+obj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 16 16 16 16 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on, onto, to, near, beside"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-á-fo-prep-SL8nnmI6",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "onto",
          "onto"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "beside",
          "beside"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-á-fo-prep-Zj6hv~~l",
      "qualifier": "fjords; bays; fjords; bays",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fjords, bays, harbours) to"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "on, in, at"
      ],
      "head_nr": 3,
      "id": "en-á-fo-prep-s9HSp~RM",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in"
      ],
      "head_nr": 3,
      "id": "en-á-fo-prep-WClnU00P",
      "qualifier": "place names",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(place names) in"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "at, in"
      ],
      "head_nr": 3,
      "id": "en-á-fo-prep-kUL8ertX",
      "qualifier": "fjords; bays; fjords; bays",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fjords, bays, harbours) at, in"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "at"
      ],
      "head_nr": 3,
      "id": "en-á-fo-prep-sda5G2fC",
      "qualifier": "seafaring and fishery",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(seafaring and fishery) at"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔaː]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔaː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "á"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fo",
      "name": "Geography",
      "orig": "fo:Geography",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo"
      },
      "expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "á!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "á!"
      },
      "expansion": "á!",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oh!"
      ],
      "id": "en-á-fo-intj-MIRQcF0n",
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 69 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "fo:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the puffin says \"oh oh oh\"",
          "text": "lundin sigur á á á",
          "translation": "the puffin says \"oh oh oh\"",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "animal sound of the puffin (lundi)"
      ],
      "id": "en-á-fo-intj-FM~OSM4M",
      "links": [
        [
          "lundi",
          "lundi#Faroese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔaː]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔaː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "á"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fo",
      "name": "Geography",
      "orig": "fo:Geography",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 5,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse [Term?].",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "á",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "verb",
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