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alp

See also: ālp-, Alp, ALP, and Ālp

English edit

Etymology edit

Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)).

Noun edit

alp (plural alps)

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
  2. An alpine meadow
    • 1942, Marco Pallis, Peaks and Lamas, page 54:
      At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens […]

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Alp (superseded)

Etymology edit

Back-formation from Alpen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɑlp/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: alp
  • Rhymes: -ɑlp

Noun edit

alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

  1. alp, (very) high mountain

Derived terms edit

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French edit

Phrase edit

alp

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) à la prochaine

Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare English alp.

Noun edit

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alp (high mountain)
Declension edit
Declension of alp

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alp aalpa
Vocative a ailp a alpa
Genitive ailp alp
Dative alp aalpa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alp na haalpa
Genitive an ailp na n-alp
Dative leis an alp

don alp

leis na haalpa

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Etymology 2 edit

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

Verb edit

alp (present analytic alpann, future analytic alpfaidh, verbal noun alpadh, past participle alptha)

  1. (transitive) devour, swallow whole
  2. (transitive) grab
Conjugation edit
conjugation of alp (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present alpaim alpann tú;
alpair† 		alpann sé, sí alpaimid alpann sibh alpann siad;
alpaid† 		a alpann; a alpas /
a n-alpann*; a n-alpas* 		alptar
past d'alp mé; d'alpas /
alp mé‡; alpas‡ 		d'alp tú; d'alpais /
alp tú; alpais‡ 		d'alp sé, sí /
alp sé, sí‡ 		d'alpamar; d'alp muid /
alpamar; alp muid‡ 		d'alp sibh; d'alpabhair /
alp sibh;
alpabhair‡ 		d'alp siad; d'alpadar /
alp siad; alpadar‡ 		a d'alp /
ar alp* 		alpadh;
halpadh†
past habitual d'alpainn /
alpainn‡; n-alpainn‡‡ 		d'alptá /
alptá‡; n-alptᇇ 		d'alpadh sé, sí /
alpadh sé, sí‡; n-alpadh sé, s퇇 		d'alpaimis; d'alpadh muid /
alpaimis; alpadh muid‡; n-alpaimis‡‡; n-alpadh muid‡‡ 		d'alpadh sibh /
alpadh sibh‡; n-alpadh sibh‡‡ 		d'alpaidís; d'alpadh siad /
alpaidís; alpadh siad‡; n-alpaidís‡‡; n-alpadh siad‡‡ 		a d'alpadh /
a n-alpadh* 		d'alptaí /
alptaí‡; n-alpta퇇
future alpfaidh mé;
alpfad 		alpfaidh tú;
alpfair† 		alpfaidh sé, sí alpfaimid;
alpfaidh muid 		alpfaidh sibh alpfaidh siad;
alpfaid† 		a alpfaidh; a alpfas /
a n-alpfaidh*; a n-alpfas* 		alpfar
conditional d'alpfainn / alpfainn‡; n-alpfainn‡‡ d'alpfá / alpfá‡; n-alpfᇇ d'alpfadh sé, sí / alpfadh sé, sí‡; n-alpfadh sé, s퇇 d'alpfaimis; d'alpfadh muid / alpfaimis‡; alpfadh muid‡; n-alpfaimis‡‡; n-alpfadh muid‡‡ d'alpfadh sibh / alpfadh sibh‡; n-alpfadh sibh‡‡ d'alpfaidís; d'alpfadh siad / alpfaidís‡; alpfadh siad‡; n-alpfaidís‡‡; n-alpfadh siad‡‡ a d'alpfadh /
a n-alpfadh* 		d'alpfaí / alpfaí‡; n-alpfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-alpa mé;
go n-alpad† 		go n-alpa tú;
go n-alpair† 		go n-alpa sé, sí go n-alpaimid;
go n-alpa muid 		go n-alpa sibh go n-alpa siad;
go n-alpaid† 		— go n-alptar
past dá n-alpainn dá n-alptá dá n-alpadh sé, sí dá n-alpaimis;
dá n-alpadh muid 		dá n-alpadh sibh dá n-alpaidís;
dá n-alpadh siad 		— dá n-alptaí
imperative alpaim alp alpadh sé, sí alpaimis alpaigí;
alpaidh† 		alpaidís — alptar
verbal noun alpadh
past participle alptha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms edit
  • alpach, alpúil (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”, adjective)
  • alpaire m (“voracious eater; grabber”)
Related terms edit
  • alpaireacht f (“(act of) bolting food; voracious eating; (act of) grabbing”)
  • alpartha (“greedy; stout, burly”, adjective)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

  1. Alternative form of ailp (“lump, chunk; knob”)
Declension edit
Declension of alp

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alp ailpeanna
Vocative a alp a ailpeanna
Genitive ailpe ailpeanna
Dative alp ailpeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an alp na hailpeanna
Genitive na hailpe na n-ailpeanna
Dative leis an alp

don alp

leis na hailpeanna

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. Alternative form of earc (“lizard; reptile”)
Declension edit
Declension of alp

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alp aalpa
Vocative a ailp a alpa
Genitive ailp alp
Dative alp aalpa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alp na haalpa
Genitive an ailp na n-alp
Dative leis an alp

don alp

leis na haalpa

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alp n-alp halp t-alp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Middle High German edit

Alternative forms edit

  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology edit

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-West Germanic *albi.

Noun edit

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
  3. nightmare (later meaning)

Declension edit

Declension of alp (masculine, i-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër alp die elbe
genitive eines dës albes dër elbe
dative einem dëm albe dën elben
accusative einen dën alp die elbe

Descendants edit

  • German: Alb

References edit

  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Scottish Gaelic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Old Irish alp (“lump, loose mass”); see ailp.

Noun edit

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alp n-alp h-alp t-alp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From French Alpes (“Alps”).

Noun edit

alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

Declension edit

Declension of alp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alp alpen alper alperna
Genitive alps alpens alpers alpernas

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References edit

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish آلپ (alp), from Proto-Turkic *alp (“difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/), Khakas алып (alıp, “hero”), Kazakh алып (alyp, “giant”), Tatar алып (alıp, “giant”), Yakut алып (alıp, “craftiness, deception, magic”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

alp

  1. brave, hero

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ălpa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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