See also: ялга and алға

Eastern Mari edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɑlˈɡɑ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ал‧га

Noun edit

алга (alga)

  1. earring, earrings
    Synonyms: алканкӧрж (alkankörž), кӧрж (körž), пылышалга (pylyšalga), пылыштеҥге (pylyšteŋge), серга (serga)
  2. (botany) catkin
    Synonyms: серга (serga), кӧрж (körž), кичке (kičke), йолва (jolva), пеледышйолва (peĺedyšjolva), парча (parča), кӧржлык (köržlyk)

Declension edit

Declension of алга
singular plural
nominative алга (alga) алга-влак (alga-vlak)
accusative алгам (algam) алга-влакым (alga-vlakym)
genitive алган (algan) алга-влакын (alga-vlakyn)
dative алгалан (algalan) алга-влаклан (alga-vlaklan)
comitative алгаге (algage) алга-влакге (alga-vlakge)
comparative алгала (algala) алга-влакла (alga-vlakla)
inessive алгаште (algašte) алга-влакыште (alga-vlakyšte)
illative (short) алгаш (algaš) алга-влакыш (alga-vlakyš)
illative (long) алгашке (algaške) алга-влакышке (alga-vlakyške)
lative алгаш (algaš) алга-влакеш (alga-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of алга
singular plural
1st person алгам (algam) алгана (algana)
2nd person алгат (algat) алгада (algada)
3rd person алгаже (algaže) алгашт (algašt)

Derived terms edit

nouns

References edit

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “алга”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

алга (algaf (diminutive алгиче)

  1. alga, seaweed

Declension edit

Mongolian edit

Etymology 1 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alag-a)
алга
(alga)

From Proto-Mongolic *halagan. The modern forms are not unanimous. Buryat-Kalmyk suggest *alïgan, Khalkha *alaga; Eastern Yughur *halagan; Monguor and Dongxiang *halga.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

алга (alga)

  1. palm (of the hand)
  2. sole (of the front paw of an animal)
  3. palmful
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alag-a)
алга
(alga)

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

Adverb edit

алга (alga)

  1. Denotes the opposite.
Usage notes edit

Analogous to English un-.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alag-a)
алга
(alga)

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

Noun edit

алга (alga)

  1. hobble strap (that part of the hobble which ties around the leg)
Declension edit
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Etymology 4 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alg-a)
алга
(alga)

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

Noun edit

алга (alga)

  1. (obsolete) fishing bait
Declension edit
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Further reading edit

  • алга 1”, “алга 2”, “алга 3”, алга 4”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Bashkir алға (alğa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɐɫˈɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ал‧га

Adverb edit

алга́ (algá)

  1. (army, colloquial) forward
    Synonym: вперёд (vperjód)
    Antonym: наза́д (nazád)
    Алга́ за рабо́ту!
    Algá za rabótu!
    Let's get to work!