a

From ලතින් ā (the name of the letter A).

• IPA^(key): /a/^*

• ඕඩියෝ:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a

a f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the ඉතාලි alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

a ස්ත්‍රී ලිංග (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

From ලතින් ad. In a few phrases, a stems from Latin a, ab.

a

1. indicates the indirect object; to

   Porta questo cesto alla nonna.

   Bring this basket to grandma.

   Ai gatti piacciono i pesci.

   Cats like fish.

   (literally, “Fish are pleasable to cats.”)

   E lo chiedi a me?

   You're asking that to me?

2. indicates the place, used in some contexts, in others in is used; in, to

   Andiamo a casa?

   Can we go home?

   (literally, “Can we go to home?”)

   Ora sto a Palermo, a Roma ci torno domani.

   I'm in Palermo now, I'll go back to Rome tomorrow.

3. denotes the manner; with

   appena, a nuoto, a piedi, a caso

5. forms adverbs meaning "in a manner related or resembling ~"

   a cappella, a bestia, a braccio, a pennello, etc.

6. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation.

   A domani! ― [See you] tomorrow!

   A dopo! ― [See you] later!

   Al prossimo Natale! ― [See you] next Christmas!

7. introduces the ingredients of a dish, perfume, etc.; with

   pasta all'uovo ― pasta with eggs

   cornetto al cioccolato ― chocolate croissant

   shampoo al limone ― lemon shampoo

   patatine alla pizza ― pizza-flavoured crisps

8. (central-southern Italy) denotes the direct object, but only if it's not preceded by articles

   Chiama a Paolo.

   Call Paolo.

   E non ci avevi visto a noi?

   And you didn't see us?

   the "us" here is repeated twice for emphasis

   Ascolti a me, signó!

   Listen to me, ma'am!

• When followed by a word that begins with a vowel sound, the form ad is used instead.
• When followed by the definite article, a combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:

a + article	Combined form
a + il	al
a + lo	allo
a + l'	all'
a + i	ai
a + gli	agli
a + la	alla
a + le	alle

• Norwegian Bokmål: a

a

1. haMisspelling of .

• a in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

• ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවේ අකුරකි.