çà

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

hither

Intj

1. so, well, then (with exhortative or intensive effect)
2. (archaic) la! (expressing strong emotion of anger, surprise etc.)

Conceptes

ací

Sinònims

ici

celui-là

par ici

Traduccions

hither

hierhin

hierher

qua

qui

alhier

buraya

hūc

hierheen

acá

herwaarts

eso

aqui

aquí

here

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sa/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de francès mitjà: -

Heretat de francès antic: ça

Cognat amb portuguès: cá

Cognat amb espanyol: acá

In summary

From Middle French and Old French ça, from Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc. Compare Portuguese cá, Spanish acá. The grave accent now serves to distinguish it from ça (“that”). However, çà was already widely spelt thus before ça became common in writing, and in fact the accent was formerly also found for the latter. Thus perhaps by analogy with là. Compare also jà (where the accent has no clear purpose).