pa

«pa» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a word for father or dad, used mostly in old stories and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (pa, pas) — informal; abbreviation (p.a., Pa)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, old-fashioned) Pa is a word for father or dad, used mostly in old stories and in some families. tree →

2) (abbreviation) p.a. means per annum, Latin for each year, as in a salary of 30,000 pounds p.a. tree →

3) (science) Pa is the short symbol for pascal, the unit for measuring pressure. tree →

4) (abbreviation) PA can mean a personal assistant (a helper at work) or a public address system (loudspeakers). tree →

5) (New Zealand, Maori) A pa is a Maori village or hill fort, often with fences and ditches. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Not the word for father here. It is the short form of Pennsylvania in a publisher's address. In the primary lessons: In old stories, such as books about farm families in America, children call their parents Ma and Pa. In science and weather, Pa (pascal) measures pressure; hPa (hectopascal) is used on weather maps. In everyday life the PA announces things at school or the station. In New Zealand history lessons a pa is a fortified Maori settlement.

examples

• Mordell, 4137 Leidy Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Published by the Dropsie College Philadelphia Pa. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Pa came home from the fields at sunset. tree →
• Ma and Pa sat by the fire and told stories. tree →
• The job pays 25,000 pounds p.a. tree →
• Air pressure is measured in pascals, written Pa. tree →
• The weather map showed 1010 hPa over the city. tree →
• The head teacher spoke over the PA system. tree →
• We visited an old Maori pa on a hill. tree →
• Her PA arranges all her meetings. tree →
• You see yo' pa pull his shut off? tree →

note

Pa (dad) is informal and old-fashioned; most children today say dad or daddy. Ma and Pa go together. Pa (pascal) has a capital P because the unit is named after Blaise Pascal. p.a. is usually written with dots and lower-case letters. Do not mix up pa with par (as in golf) or pah (a sound of disgust).

In the corpora

• After pas, des becomes de: J'ai des bonbons, but Je n'ai pas de bonbons.
• Ne goes before the verb and pas after it: je n'aime pas, il n'est pas là.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pa» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.