lá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɑː
  • Homophone: lág
  • Rhymes: -ɔaː

Verb

lá

  1. first-person singular past of at liggja
  2. third-person singular past of at liggja

Conjugation

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaː]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

solmisation

lá (plural lák)

  1. la, a syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

lá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative láði, supine láð)

  1. to blame
    Ég lái Önnu það ekki.
    I don't blame Anna for it.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

lá f (genitive singular lár, nominative plural lár)

  1. the part of the sea near to the shore
  2. billow (large wave)

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lá.

Pronunciation

Noun

lá m (genitive singular lae, nominative plural laethanta)

  1. day
      1. daytime
      2. daylight, dawn
      3. twenty-four-hour period
      1. particular day
      2. particular date
      3. particular occasion
      4. particular festival, etc.
    3. occupied portion of day
    4. day of action
    5. current time
      1. lifetime
      2. period
    7. point in time

Declension

  • Alternative genitive singular: laoi (archaic or dialectal)
  • Alternative plural: laethe (archaic or dialectal)
  • Alternative dative plural: laethibh (archaic or dialectal)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "lá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “lá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “lá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “lá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Mandarin

Romanization

lá (Zhuyin ㄌㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 剋
  2. Pinyin transcription of 拉
  3. Pinyin transcription of 揦
  4. Pinyin transcription of 旯
  5. Pinyin transcription of 砬
  6. Pinyin transcription of 磖
  7. Pinyin transcription of 邋

Particle

lá

  1. it occurred to me (emphasizes a statement, or turns it into an exclamation, usually indicating recently discovered knowledge)
    Ashxoshgo tłʼízí shichʼahkʼįįʼí yę́ę sitsʼą́ą́ʼ yiyííłchozh lá. ― While I was sleeping the goat ate my straw hat.

Derived terms

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈aː/

Noun

lá m, n

  1. day, daylight
  2. (in adverbial phrases) Denoting point in time.

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative lá láeL láiL
Vocative lái láeL láiu
Accusative láeN láeL láiu
Genitive láiL láe láeN
Dative láiuL láib láib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative láeN láeL láeL
Vocative láeN láeL láe
Accusative láeN láeL láe
Genitive láiL láe láeN
Dative láiuL láib láib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
lá
also llá after a proclitic		 lá
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/		 lá
also llá after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “lá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

lá f (genitive lár, plural lár)

  1. the line of the shoal water along the shore
Declension
Descendants
References
  • lá in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • lá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

lá

  1. singular indicative past tense of liggja

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla/
  • Homophone: la
  • Hyphenation: lá
  • Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese ala, from Latin ad (“to”) + illāc (“that way”).

Alternative forms

Adverb

lá (not comparable)

  1. there (in that place, far from both the speaker and the audience)
    Minha casa fica lá.
    My house is located there.
    Synonym: acolá
    Antonyms: aqui, cá
  2. used with an adverb phrase to indicate that something is far
    O Santo Graal está lá no topo do castelo.
    The Holy Grail is on top of the castle.
    A verdade está lá fora.
    The truth is out there.
  3. (informal, in negative phrases) that; particularly (to a significant extent)
    Para andorinhas, carregar cocos não é lá tão difícil.
    For swallows, carrying coconuts isn’t that hard.
    Synonyms: de fato, na verdade, realmente
  4. (informal, in interrogative phrases) even (expresses intensified disagreement with a previous sentence)
    E ele lá entende o que você diz?
    And does he even understand what you say?
    Synonym: por acaso
Usage notes

Ali also means there, but implies a relatively close location. Aí is also translated as there but it is used for things close to the audience.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lá.

Derived terms

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian la, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip’s”).

Noun

lá m (plural lás)

  1. (music) la (sixth note of a major scale, in solfège)
Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lá.

Coordinate terms

Etymology 3

Interjection

lá

  1. meaningless syllable used in joyful singing
    Trá-lá-lá-lá-lá.
    Tra-la-la-la-la

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *s-laːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ; cognate with Khmer ស្លា (slaa, “areca”), Bahnar hla (“leaf”), Mon သၠ (hlaˀ, “leaf”), Khasi sla (“leaf”), Semai sela (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier chiếc) lá (蘿, 𦲿)

  1. leaf

Derived terms

Classifier

lá

  1. Used for thin, flat, leaf-like objects, such as letters, cards, flags, organs that have the shape of a leaf (such as liver, lung, spleen, pancreas), etc.

Adjective

lá

  1. (rare, literary) green
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