English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

á — meaning in English

Irish → English · translate English → Irish instead

English meaning

  • A character The first letter of the English alphabet.
  • ah intj An exclamation showing relief, understanding, surprise, or realization, depending on tone.
  • blame noun Responsibility for something bad, or the act of holding someone responsible for it.
  • her det Belonging to her — used before a noun to show something is owned by or associated with a particular woman, girl, or (in older or poetic use) a ship, country, etc.
  • his determiner Belonging to or associated with him.
  • its det Belonging to it.
  • their det Belonging to them.
  • to particle Used before a verb to form the infinitive.
  • which det Used to ask someone to specify one or more people or things from a known set.
  • who pron Used to ask about the identity of a person or people.
  • whose det Belonging to which person; used to ask or show ownership.

Senses

á is used for these senses in English:

  • s Used to form regular plurals of nouns.
  • O The vocative particle, used for direct address.
  • a The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
  • a The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.
  • ah An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
  • blame (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
  • her Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
  • his Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]

A — full definition

  1. character The first letter of the English alphabet.
  2. article Used before a singular noun to mean "one" or "some", without pointing to a specific example.
  3. prep Per, each — used in expressions of rate or frequency.

Related Irish words