ala
Contents
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Originated 1730–40, borrowed from Latin āla (“wing”). Doublet of aisle.
NounEdit
- (zoology) A wing or winglike structure.
- (anatomy) A winglike anatomical process or part, especially of bone.
- (botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
- (architecture) In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.
ReferencesEdit
ala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “ala” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “ala” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from French à la, by way of its English derivation a la.
PrepositionEdit
ala
- (colloquial) Alternative form of a la
- 2006, WorstPreviews.com, Film review:
- The film is told in reverse ala Memento.
- 2008, Film Threat, Film review:
- […] interactive plasma screens with flashing digits and what not, ala “Minority Report,” […]
- 2011, The Washington Post’s blog The Fix, Politics article:
- […] we might be getting to the point where Palin is a bona fide liability - ala Pelosi - for the GOP.
- 2011, The Huffington Post, Business article:
- […] the NYSE didn't implode ala Merrill […]
- 2006, WorstPreviews.com, Film review:
ReferencesEdit
- “ala” examples at Wordnik
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
BasqueEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan, from Latin āla (“wing”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural ales)
- wing (appendage that enables flight)
Further readingEdit
- “ala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
ChickasawEdit
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *ala.
NounEdit
ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ala | alad |
| accusative | ala | alad |
| genitive | ala | alade |
| partitive | ala | alu alasid |
| illative | alla alasse |
aladesse alusse |
| inessive | alas | alades alus |
| elative | alast | aladest alust |
| allative | alale | aladele alule |
| adessive | alal | aladel alul |
| ablative | alalt | aladelt alult |
| translative | alaks | aladeks aluks |
| terminative | alani | aladeni |
| essive | alana | aladena |
| abessive | alata | aladeta |
| comitative | alaga | aladega |
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).
VerbEdit
ala (third person singular past indicative ól, third person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)
- (kvæði) to give birth to
- to foster
- to nourish
- to breed
ConjugationEdit
FinnishEdit
(index al)
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Finnic *ala.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala
- area, field, domain (one's field of expertise or activity)
- (in working life, in sciences) field, discipline
- industry, sector, branch (business, studies, etc.)
- (mathematics) area
- Synonym: pinta-ala
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of ala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ala | alat | |
| genitive | alan | alojen | |
| partitive | alaa | aloja | |
| illative | alaan | aloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ala | alat | |
| accusative | nom. | ala | alat |
| gen. | alan | ||
| genitive | alan | alojen alainrare | |
| partitive | alaa | aloja | |
| inessive | alassa | aloissa | |
| elative | alasta | aloista | |
| illative | alaan | aloihin | |
| adessive | alalla | aloilla | |
| ablative | alalta | aloilta | |
| allative | alalle | aloille | |
| essive | alana | aloina | |
| translative | alaksi | aloiksi | |
| instructive | — | aloin | |
| abessive | alatta | aloitta | |
| comitative | — | aloineen | |
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ala
- Indicative present connegative form of alkaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of alkaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of alkaa.
GalicianEdit
HawaiianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.
NounEdit
ala
HoyahoyaEdit
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).
VerbEdit
ala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative ól, third-person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)
- (with accusative) to bear, give birth to
- (with accusative) to foster
- (with accusative) to feed, nourish
ConjugationEdit
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að ala | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
alið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
alandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég el | við ölum | present (nútíð) |
ég ali | við ölum |
| þú elur | þið alið | þú alir | þið alið | ||
| hann, hún, það elur | þeir, þær, þau ala | hann, hún, það ali | þeir, þær, þau ali | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég ól | við ólum | past (þátíð) |
ég æli | við ælum |
| þú ólst | þið óluð | þú ælir | þið æluð | ||
| hann, hún, það ól | þeir, þær, þau ólu | hann, hún, það æli | þeir, þær, þau ælu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
al (þú) | alið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| aldu | aliði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að alast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
alist | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
alandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég elst | við ölumst | present (nútíð) |
ég alist | við ölumst |
| þú elst | þið alist | þú alist | þið alist | ||
| hann, hún, það elst | þeir, þær, þau alast | hann, hún, það alist | þeir, þær, þau alist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég ólst | við ólumst | past (þátíð) |
ég ælist | við ælumst |
| þú ólst | þið ólust | þú ælist | þið ælust | ||
| hann, hún, það ólst | þeir, þær, þau ólust | hann, hún, það ælist | þeir, þær, þau ælust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
alst (þú) | alist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| alstu | alisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
alinn | alin | alið | aldir | aldar | alin | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
alinn | alda | alið | alda | aldar | alin | |
| dative (þágufall) |
öldum | alinni | öldu | öldum | öldum | öldum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
alins | alinnar | alins | alinna | alinna | alinna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
aldi | alda | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
alda | öldu | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
alda | öldu | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
alda | öldu | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu | |
Derived termsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
ala
- indefinite genitive plural of alur
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
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Derived termsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- "ala" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural ali, poetic ale)
Related termsEdit
VerbEdit
ala
JaraiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaR, from Proto-Austronesian *SulaR
NounEdit
(classifier drơi) ala
KurdishEdit
NounEdit
ala f
- flag (piece of cloth)
This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at flag. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ala in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
LadinEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
āla f (genitive ālae); first declension
- wing (as of a bird)
- armpit
- the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of an animal or tree
- (architecture) wings off the main room, side porches, waiting areas
- (military) wing of an army, cavalry force (usually deployed on an army's flank)
- vocative singular of āla
ālā f
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | āla | ālae |
| genitive | ālae | ālārum |
| dative | ālae | ālīs |
| accusative | ālam | ālās |
| ablative | ālā | ālīs |
| vocative | āla | ālae |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ala in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ala in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ala in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
LatvianEdit
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EtymologyEdit
The usual theory considers ala to be borrowed from Middle Low German hol (“depth, hole, cave”), or maybe from the same form in Middle Dutch or German Low German (East Frisian); cf. German Höhle (“cave”).
A different view suggests that ala could also reflex of an old Proto-Indo-European stem *h₁el-, *ol-, *al- (“to flow, to drain”) with various Baltic reflexes: dialectal alots, alogs, standard avots (“(water) source”), alksna, aluksna (“miry, swampy place”) (cf. place names like Alūksne, Alūkstes), Lithuanian alė́ti (“to flow, to drip”). The original meaning of ala would thus have been “(water) source”, from which “place (e.g., cave, rift, pit) from which water springs” and finally simply “cave,” possibly under the influence of the aforementioned Germanic words.[1]
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
ala f (4th declension)
- cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside)
- klinšu alas ― rock caves
- pazemes ala ― subterranean cave
- alu labirinti ― cave labyrinths
- alu cilvēks ― caveman
- alu zīmējumi ― cave drawings, paintings
- Abhāzijā atrodas ala, kuras labirinti ir vairāk nekā trīs kilometrus gari ― in Abkhazia there is a cave with labyrinths longer than three kilometers
- burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits)
- peles, lapsas alas ― mice, fox holes
- āpšu, trušu alas ― badger, rabbit holes, burrows
- rakt alu ― to dig a hole, burrow
- nekā sevišķa tur neredzēja, izņemot nelielu caurumu zemē... likās tā kā kurmja ala ― there was nothing special to see there, except a small whole on the ground... it seemed to be a molehill (lit. hole)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ala”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
MalagasyEdit
MalayEdit
MirandeseEdit
North WahgiEdit
NounEdit
ala
ReferencesEdit
- Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Samic *ëlëk.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ala
Derived termsEdit
- alcces-, alcce-, allas- (locative stems of ieš (“self”))
PostpositionEdit
ala
Further readingEdit
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *ēlō. Cognates include Old English æl and Old Norse alr.
NounEdit
āla f
DescendantsEdit
- German: Ahle
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).
VerbEdit
ala
ConjugationEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
ReferencesEdit
- ala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ala in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ala in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ala in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Old SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
- wing (limb)
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.
- la ṕmera ſemeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye q́ meſauan ſus alas e cayen atierra e ſobre ſos piedes como oḿe se leuátaua
- The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I saw its wings torn off and fall to the ground so that it stood on its feet like a man.
- la ṕmera ſemeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye q́ meſauan ſus alas e cayen atierra e ſobre ſos piedes como oḿe se leuátaua
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
A contraction of a (“to, toward, in, at”) + la (“the”); the feminine singular definite article.
ContractionEdit
ala (plural alas)
- (followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.
- Loth ouo miedo de ſeer en segor esubio alas mótánas có sus. ij. fijas. estido é una cueua có sus. ij. fijas. edixo la maior ala menor. nŕo padre es uyeio eno nos podremos caſar. com es derecho.
- Loth was afriad to stay in Zoar, so he moved to the mountains with his two daughters. There he lived in a cave with his two daughters; then older [daughter] said to the younger: "Our father is old, and [here] we cannot marry as is the custom."
- Loth ouo miedo de ſeer en segor esubio alas mótánas có sus. ij. fijas. estido é una cueua có sus. ij. fijas. edixo la maior ala menor. nŕo padre es uyeio eno nos podremos caſar. com es derecho.
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.
- (followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.
- eſtos angeles có q́ fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuátos cótra ellõ.
- These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. And he saw them and got up to meet them.
- eſtos angeles có q́ fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuátos cótra ellõ.
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.
Related termsEdit
PapiamentuEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin āla. Compare the inherited doublet á.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
RadeEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Chamic *ʔular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala
RomanschEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
AdverbEdit
àla (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла)
- (used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.
- Ala je bilo lijepo!
- It sure was nice!
- Ala lažeš!
- Oh, you're lying!
NounEdit
ala f (Cyrillic spelling ала)
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Spanish ala (compare Ladino ala), from Latin āla.
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
- wing (of bird)
- wing (of aircraft)
- brim (of hat)
- (military) flank (of a formation)
- (sports) wing (part of the field)
- (sports) winger
Usage notesEdit
- The feminine noun ala is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
InterjectionEdit
ala
- Alternative spelling of hala
Further readingEdit
- “ala” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Sranan TongoEdit
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic آلَة (ʾāla, “instrument, tool”).
NounEdit
ala (n class, plural ala)
- tool, instrument
- Synonym: kifaa
- sheath, scabbard
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ala (comparative daha ala, superlative en ala)
- multicolored
- Clipping of alabalık (“trout”).
VepsEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
XhosaEdit
ZuluEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
-âla
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- -alela (applicative)
- -alisa (causative)
- -alayala (diminutive)
- -alisisa (intensive)
- -aleka (neuter-passive)
- -aliwa (passive)
- -alana (reciprocal)
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ala”