alap
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).
NounEdit
alap (plural alaps)
- (music) The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
- The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alap (plural alapok)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alap | alapok |
| accusative | alapot | alapokat |
| dative | alapnak | alapoknak |
| instrumental | alappal | alapokkal |
| causal-final | alapért | alapokért |
| translative | alappá | alapokká |
| terminative | alapig | alapokig |
| essive-formal | alapként | alapokként |
| essive-modal | alapul | alapokul |
| inessive | alapban | alapokban |
| superessive | alapon | alapokon |
| adessive | alapnál | alapoknál |
| illative | alapba | alapokba |
| sublative | alapra | alapokra |
| allative | alaphoz | alapokhoz |
| elative | alapból | alapokból |
| delative | alapról | alapokról |
| ablative | alaptól | alapoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
alapé | alapoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
alapéi | alapokéi |
| Possessive forms of alap | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alapom | alapjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alapod | alapjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alapja | alapjai |
| 1st person plural | alapunk | alapjaink |
| 2nd person plural | alapotok | alapjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alapjuk | alapjaik |
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