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alas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alas"

English edit

WOTD – 24 September 2015

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English alas, from Old French a las (French hélas), from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”). Compare Dutch helaas, North Frisian ielas, West Frisian eilaas.

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alas

  1. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
    Synonyms: alack, oh well
    I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead.
    • c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:
      Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne
      The enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes
      Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 278, column 1:
      Alas poore Yorick, I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite Ieſt; of moſt excellent fancy, he hath borne me on his backe a thouſand times: And how abhorred my Imagination is, my gorge riſes at it.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 18:10:
      Standing afarre off for the feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that mighty citie: for in one houre is thy iudgement come.
    • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 188:
      The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex has alas! been reserved for what is called "Christian civilization," and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution and Syphilis have grown into appalling evils, accompanied by a gigantic degradation of social standards, and upgrowth of petty Philistinism and niaiserie.
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 Alas (geography) on Wikipedia

From Yakut алаас (alaas).

Noun edit

alas (plural alases or alasses)

  1. A type of geological depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.
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Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin laxō. Compare Romanian lăsa, las.

Verb edit

alas first-singular present indicative (past participle alãsatã)

  1. to let, allow
  2. to leave (something), drop

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Balinese edit

Romanization edit

alas

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬮᬲ᭄.

Cebuano edit

Etymology 1 edit

Blend of a +‎ las. From Spanish a las.

Adverb edit

alas

  1. o'clock

Etymology 2 edit

From Spanish as.

Noun edit

alas

  1. (card games) an ace; a card with a single spot
  2. a trump card

Estonian edit

Noun edit

alas

  1. inessive singular of ala

Finnish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *alas. Equivalent to ala- +‎ -s (s-lative singular).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑs/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑs
  • Syllabification(key): a‧las

Adverb edit

alas (comparative alemmaksi or alemmas, superlative alimmaksi or alimmas)

  1. down, downward, downwards

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Declension of ala-
{{#ifeq:{{{adv}}}|no||
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative ala- –superessive alhaalla –
genitive – –delative alhaalta –
partitive – –sublative alhaalle –
accusative – –lative alas –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive alla –distributive – –
ablative alta –temp. dist. – –
allative alle –prolative ali
alitse		 –
essive – –situative allekkain
(alakkain)		 –
translative – –oppositive alatusten –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

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Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of “down; downward”): ylös

Interjection edit

alas

  1. (followed by a nominative) down with (e.g. in demonstrations)
    Alas rikolliset!
    Down with the criminals!

Verb edit

alas

  1. second-person singular present imperative of alkaa (with enclitic -s)

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compounds

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Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.las/
  • Hyphenation: a‧las

Etymology 1 edit

From Malay alas (“base, layer”), from Classical Malay الس (alas).

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alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)

  1. base, foundation
  2. layer, lining, covering
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Etymology 2 edit

From Javanese alas (ꦲꦭꦱ꧀, “forest”), from Old Javanese alas (“forest”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas (“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), from Proto-Austronesian *Salas (“forest, wilderness, woods”). Cognate to Balinese ᬳᬮᬲ᭄ (alas, “forest”).

Noun edit

alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)

  1. forest
    Synonyms: hutan, rimba, wana

Etymology 3 edit

From Javanese [Term?].

Noun edit

alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)

  1. rope on a small boat balancer

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Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *alas. Cognates include Finnish alas and dialectal Estonian alas.

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Adverb edit

alas

  1. Synonym of allaa
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13:
      Yks, kaks! Alas läks.
      Yks! Kaks! Ympäär plaks!
      One, two! Down you go.
      One! Two! Around you plop down!

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References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 11
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 19

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

alas

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦱ꧀

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Etymology 1 edit

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Noun edit

ālās

  1. accusative plural of āla

Etymology 2 edit

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Verb edit

alās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of alō

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Latvian edit

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alas f

  1. inflection of ala:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

Malay edit

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Noun edit

alas (Jawi spelling الس, plural alas-alas, informal 1st possessive alasku, 2nd possessive alasmu, 3rd possessive alasnya)

  1. base, framework, layer, pad, foundation

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Middle English edit

Etymology edit

from Old French a las.

Interjection edit

alas

  1. alas
    • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 451, verso, lines 13–14:
      Alas ſeyde quene Gwenyu[er] now ar we myſcheved bothe //
      “Alas!” said Queen Guinevere, “now are we mischieved both!”

Descendants edit

  • English: alas

Mirandese edit

Noun edit

alas

  1. plural of ala

Occitan edit

Noun edit

alas

  1. plural of ala

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas (“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), from Proto-Austronesian *Salas (“forest, wilderness, woods”).

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alas

  1. wood, forest
  2. quantity of flowers or plants growing in a thick cluster

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Further reading edit

  • "alas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Spanish edit

Noun edit

alas

  1. plural of ala

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Noun edit

alas

  1. plural of ala

Verb edit

alas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of alar

Serbo-Croatian edit

Noun edit

àlās m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла̄с)

  1. alternative form of hàlās

Declension edit

Declension of alas
singular plural
nominative àlās alási
genitive alása alásā
dative alásu alásima
accusative àlās aláse
vocative alase alási
locative alásu alásima
instrumental alásom alásima

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈalas/ [ˈa.las]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alas
  • Syllabification: a‧las

Noun edit

alas f pl

  1. plural of ala

Sundanese edit

Noun edit

alas

  1. forest

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish al as.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. (card games) ace
    Synonym: eis
  2. (figuratively, by extension) trump card
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Playing cards in Tagalog · baraha (layout · text)
             
alas dos tres kuwatro singko seis siyete
             
otso nuwebe diyes kabayo, sota reyna hari diyoker, payaso

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Spanish a las.

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Adverb edit

alás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. o'clock (except for one o' clock)
    Synonym: (for one o' clock) ala
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Adjective edit

alás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. cut short and even

Noun edit

alas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. act of cutting or lopping off growth evenly
    Synonym: palas
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References edit

  • “alas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 9

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas, from Proto-Austronesian *Salas.

Noun edit

alas

  1. forest
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