та

See also: тя, -та, and Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From the pronoun Bulgarian то (to, “it”) (cognate with English that), possibly from its abl. sg. form *tōd. Applied in a similar logic as English so that.

Conjunction

та • (ta)

1. so, thus (for introducing a clause)

   Synonyms: па (pa), то (to), така (taka)

   Пил студена вода, та се простудил.

   Pil studena voda, ta se prostudil.

   [He] drank cold water and thus [he] caught a cold.

2. that, then (for emphasizing a premise)

   Synonyms: па (pa), че (če), и (i)

   Та се почна.

   Ta se počna.

   And so it has begun.

3. and, but (for connecting clauses)

   Synonym: и (i)

   Той бе тънък та висок.

   Toj be tǎnǎk ta visok.

   He was thin but tall.

Derived terms

• та да (ta da, “in order to”)

References

• “та”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “та”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 731

Anagrams

• ат (at)

Buryat

Pronoun

та • (ta)

1. you (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) (formal and plural)

See also

Buryat personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бидэ (bide)
2nd person	familiar	ши (ši)	та (ta)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		энэ (ene), тэрэ (tere)	эдэ (ede), тэдэ (tede), тэдэнэр (tedener)

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Mandarin Chinese 他 (tā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰa⁵¹/

Pronoun

та • (ta) (II)

1. he, she, it

Kalmyk

Pronoun

та • (ta)

1. you (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) (plural)

See also

Kalmyk personal pronouns

	1st person				2nd person					reflexive
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive		singular	singular polite	plural	plural polite		regular	from бий (biy, “body”)
nominative	би (bi)	мадн (madn)	бидн (bidn)		чи (çi)	та (ta)	тадн (tadn)	таанр (taanr)		эврән (evrän), эврәннь (evrännʹ)	бийнь (biynʹ)
oblique	нам (nam)	ма (ma)	бид (bid)		чи (çi)	та (ta)	тадн (tadn)	таанр (taanr)		эврә (evrä)	бийнь (biynʹ)
genitive	мини (mini)	мана (mana)	биднә (bidnä)		чини (çini)	тана (tana)	тадна (tadna)	таанрин (taanrin)		эврә (evrä)	бийин (biyin)
dative	намд (namd), нанд (nand)	манд (mand)	биднд (bidnd)		чамд (çamd)	танд (tand)	таднд (tadnd)	таанрт (taanrt)		эврәд (evräd)	бийд (biyd)
accusative	намаг (namag), нама (nama), нәмәг (nämäg)	мадниг (madnig), маниг (manig)	бидниг (bidnig)		чамаг (çamag)	таниг (tanig)	тадниг (tadnig)	таанриг (taanrig)		эврәг (evräg)	бийинь (biyinʹ), бийән (biyän)
instrumental	намар (namar), нанар (nanar)	маднар (madnar), манар (manar)	биднәр (bidnär)		чамар (çamar)	танар (tanar)	таднар (tadnar)	таанрар (taanrar)		эврәһәр (evräğär)	бийәрн (biyärn)
comitative	намла (namla), нанла (nanla)	маднла (madnla), манла (manla)	биднлә (bidnlä)		чамла (çamla)	танла (tanla)	таднла (tadnla)	таанрла (taanrla)		эврәлә (evrälä)	бийлә (biylä)
associative	намта (namta), нанта (nanta)	маднта (madnta), манта (manta)	биднтә (bidntä)		чамта (çamta)	танта (tanta)	таднта (tadnta)	таанрта (taanrta)		эврәтә (evrätä)	бийтә (biytä)
ablative	намас (namas), нанас (nanas)	маднас (madnas), манас (manas)	биднәс (bidnäs)		чамас (çamas)	танас (tanas)	таднас (tadnas)	таанрас (taanras)		эврәһәс (evräğäs)	бийәсн (biyäsn)
directive	намур (namur), нанур (nanur)	маднур (madnur), манур (manur)	биднүр (bidnür)		чамур (çamur)	танур (tanur)	таднур (tadnur)	таанрур (taanrur)		эврәһүр (evräğür)	бийүрн (biyürn)

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tä.

Pronoun

та • (ta)

1. this

Komi-Zyrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ/
• Hyphenation: та

Pronoun

та • (ta)

1. short form of тайӧ (tajö)

Usage notes

• Used when preceding a postposition.

Declension

Declension of та
	singular	plural
long nominative	тайӧ (tajö)	тайӧяс (tajöas)
short nominative	та (ta)
accusative	тайӧс (tajös)	тайӧясӧс (tajöasös)
instrumental	таӧн (taön)	тайӧясӧн (tajöasön)
comitative	такӧд (taköd)	тайӧяскӧд (tajöasköd)
consecutive	тала (tala)	тайӧясла (tajöasla)
caritive	татӧг (tatög)	тайӧястӧг (tajöastög)
genitive	талӧн (talön)	тайӧяслӧн (tajöaslön)
ablative	талысь (talyś)	тайӧяслысь (tajöaslyś)
dative	талы (taly)	тайӧяслы (tajöasly)
dative	талысь (talyś)	тайӧяслысь (tajöaslyś)
inessive	таын (tayn)	тайӧясын (tajöasyn)
elative	таысь (tayś)	тайӧясысь (tajöasyś)
illative	таӧ (taö)	тайӧясӧ (tajöasö)
egressive	тасянь (taśań)	тайӧяссянь (tajöasśań)
approximative	талань (talań)	тайӧяслань (tajöaslań)
terminative	таӧдз (taödź)	тайӧясӧдз (tajöasödź)
prolative	таӧд (taöd)	тайӧясӧд (tajöasöd)
	таті (tati)	тайӧясті (tajöasti)

See also

Komi-Zyrian demonstratives
	proximal		distal
	long	short	long	short
nominative (who?)	тайӧ (tajö)	та (ta)	сійӧ (sijö)	сы (sy)
similative (what kind of?)	татшӧм (tačöm)		сэтшӧм (sečöm)
lative (whither?)	татчӧ (tatćö)		сэтчӧ (setćö)
locative (where?)	тані (tani)	тан (tan)	сэні (seni)	сэн (sen)
ablative (whence?)	тотысь (totyś)	тось (toś)	сэтысь (setyś)	сэсь (seś)
temporal (when?)	ӧні (öni)		сэки (seki)	сэк (sek)
instructive (how?)	тадзи (tadźi)	тадз (tadź)	сідзи (sidźi)	сідз (sidź)
partitive (how many?)	тамында (tamynda)	тамда (tamda)	сымында (symynda)	сымда (symda)

Interjection

та • (ta)

1. here! look!

References

• A. I. Podorova, editor (1948), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 188
• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 109
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 629

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta]

Conjunction

та • (ta)

1. (regional) and, so

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠ (ta), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠠ (ta), from Proto-Mongolic *ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰa/
• Syllabification: та (1 syllable)

Pronoun

та • (ta) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠ (ta))

1. (formal) you

Declension

    Declension of та

nominative	та (ta)
genitive	танай (tanaj)
substantive genitive	танад (tanad)
dative-locative	танайг (tanajg)
definite accusative	танаас (tanaas)
ablative	танаар (tanaar)
instrumental	тантай (tantaj)
comitative	тан руу (tan ruu)
directional	{{{9}}}

See also

Mongolian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бид (bid)
2nd person	familiar	чи (či)	та нар (ta nar), таануус (taanuus)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		тэр (ter)	(over there) тэд (ted), тэд нар (ted nar); (over here) эд (ed), эд нар (ed nar)

Northern Mansi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

та (ta)

1. that

Declension

Inflection of та (ta)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	та (ta)	таг (tag)	тат (tat)
dative	тан (tan)	тагын (tagyn)	татын (tatyn)
ablative	таныл (tanyl)	тагныл (tagnyl)	татныл (tatnyl)
instrumental	тал (tal)	тагтыл (tagtyl)	татыл (tatyl)
translative	таг (tag)	――	――

References

• A.N.Balandin, M.P. Vahrusheva (1958) Мансийско-русский словарь с лексическими параллелями из южно-мансийского (кондинского) диалекта [Mansi-Russian dictionary with lexical parallels from Southern Mansi (Kondin) dialect]‎^[1], Leningrad: Государственное учебно-педагогическое издательство министерства просвещения РСФСР, ленинградское отделение, page 113
• Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán[2]

Old East Slavic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ/→/ˈta/→/ˈta/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈta/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈta/

• Hyphenation: та

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ta. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic та (ta).

Adverb

та (ta)

1. too, as well
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[3], page 2:

     нъ пораꙁоумѣи чьто гл҃ють книгꙑ и словеса та·

     nŭ porazuměi čĭto gl:jutĭ knigy i slovesa ta·

     but understand what the books say and the words, too

Conjunction

та (ta)

1. and

Synonyms

• и (i), да (da)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: та (ta)
  • Belarusian: та (ta)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: та (ta)
  • Ukrainian: та (ta)
    • → Pannonian Rusyn: та (ta)
    • → Polish: ta (dialectal)
    • → Slovak: ta (dialectal)
• Russian: та (ta) (dialectal)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

та (ta)

1. inflection of тъ (tŭ):
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative dual masculine
   3. nominative/accusative plural neuter

Determiner

та (ta)

1. inflection of тъ (tŭ):
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative dual masculine
   3. nominative/accusative plural neuter

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “та”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[4] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 909

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Determiner

та • (ta) f sg (demonstrative)

1. feminine nominative singular of тот (tot)

Pronoun

та • (ta) f sg (demonstrative)

1. feminine nominative singular of тот (tot)

Etymology 2

Particle

та • (ta)

1. (Internet slang, often associated with Ukrainians) Alternative form of да (da)

Udmurt

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *ta, from Proto-Uralic *tä. Cognates include Moksha тя (ťa), Finnish tämä and Northern Sami dát.

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian та (ta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtä]
• Rhymes: -ä
• Hyphenation: та

Pronoun

та • (ta)

1. this, these

   та мынам атае

   ta mynam ataje

   this is my father

2. it, he, they

References

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “та”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 631
• T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 71
• Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 254

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta. May be related with Serbo-Croatian te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta]

• Audio:

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Conjunction

та • (ta)

1. and, also, even

   Synonyms: і (i), й (j)

2. but

   Synonym: але (ale)

   Пий, та не напива́йся. ― Pyj, ta ne napyvájsja. ― Drink, but don't overdrink.

Usage notes

"та" is used for "and", usually between a vowel and then a consonant, or in a clause that already has i and/or й.

Descendants

• → Polish: ta

Etymology 2

Clipping of так (tak).

Interjection

та • (ta)

1. (colloquial) yes, yeah, yay

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “та”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka