P (p), the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal
consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language
the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phúnician,
its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely
related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient,
receive. See B, F, and M.
See Guide to Pronunciation, ßß 247, 248, and 184- 195.
Pa (p‰), n. A shortened form of Papa.
Pa"age (p"j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F. pÈage, fr. (assumed) LL.
pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Pedage, Pedal.] (O. Eng. Law) A
toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and
pedage.] Burke.
||Paard (p‰rd), n. [D., a horse.] The zebra. [S. Africa]