ā

    ā

    English meaning: interjection

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Ausruf der Empfindung

    Note: often new-created

    Material: O.Ind. ü exclamation of the meditation; Gk. ἆ exclamation of the displeasure, pain, astonishment; ἆ, ἀά exclamation of the surprise and complaint; in addition ἄζειν “ groan “; Lat. ü, üh exclamation of pain, the displeasure; Lith. à, aà exclamation of the surprise, the reprimand or mockery, ü exclamation of the astonished question (of loud new creations); Goth. ō exclamation of the displeasure, the admiration; O.H.G. ō exclamation of pain; M.H.G. ō exclamation of pain, the admiration, suspended thus to the vocative.

    References: WP. I 1, WH. I 1, Loewe KZ. 54, 143.