alas
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
Alternative formsEdit
- (obsolete) helas
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈlæs/, /əˈlɑːs/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈlæs/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɘˈlɛs/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æs
InterjectionEdit
alas
- Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
- I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead.
- Synonym: alack
- 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
- Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne
- 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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
alas (plural alases or alasses)
- A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin laxō. Compare Romanian lăsa, las.
VerbEdit
alas (past participle alãsatã)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
BalineseEdit
RomanizationEdit
alas
- Romanization of ᬳᬮᬲ᭄.
CebuanoEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Blend of a + las. From Spanish a las.
AdverbEdit
alas
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
alas
- (card games) an ace; a card with a single spot
- a trump card
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
alas
FinnishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- alaha (dialectal)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *alas. Equivalent to ala- + -s (s-lative singular).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
alas (comparative alemmaksi or alemmas, superlative alimmaksi or alimmas)
InflectionEdit
Declension of ala-
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SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
- (down; downward): ylös
InterjectionEdit
alas
- (followed by a nominative) down with (e.g. in demonstrations)
- Alas rikolliset!
- Down with the criminals!
VerbEdit
alas
- second-person singular present imperative of alkaa (with the suffix -s)
AnagramsEdit
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Malay alas (“base, layer”), from Classical Malay الس (alas), probably Javanese ꦲꦭꦱ꧀ (alas, “excuse”), from Old Javanese leśya, liśya (“excuse, pretext”), from Prakrit *lissa, *līsa, *lēssa (“defective”), from Sanskrit लेश (leśa, “figure of speech”), लिश् (liś, “move, go”).
NounEdit
alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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”).
NounEdit
alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)
Etymology 3Edit
From Javanese [Term?].
NounEdit
alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)
- rope on a small boat balancer
Further readingEdit
- “alas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
JavaneseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Carakan: ꦲꦭꦱ꧀
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Javanese alas (“forest”). Cognate to Balinese ᬳᬮᬲ᭄ (alas, “forest”).
NounEdit
alas (ngoko alas, krama wana)
DescendantsEdit
- → Indonesian: alas
ReferencesEdit
- “[ alas]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ālās
- accusative plural of āla
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
alās
ReferencesEdit
- alas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
LatvianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alas f
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alas (Jawi spelling الس, plural alas-alas, informal 1st possessive alasku, 2nd possessive alasmu, 3rd possessive alasnya)
- base, framework, layer, pad, foundation
Derived TermsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “alas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
from Old French a las.
InterjectionEdit
alas
- alas
- 1470–1483 (date produced), 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!”
DescendantsEdit
- English: alas
MirandeseEdit
NounEdit
alas
OccitanEdit
NounEdit
alas
Old JavaneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas (“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), from Proto-Austronesian *Salas (“forest, wilderness, woods”).
NounEdit
alas
DescendantsEdit
- Javanese: alas
Old SpanishEdit
NounEdit
alas
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
alas
VerbEdit
alas
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
àlās m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла̄с)
- alternative form of hàlās
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
alas f pl
SundaneseEdit
NounEdit
alas
TagalogEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)
- (card games) ace
- Synonym: eis
- (figuratively, by extension) trump card
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Playing cards in Tagalog · baraha (layout · text) | ||||||
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alas | dos | tres | kuwatro | singko | sais | siyete |
otso | nuwebe | diyes | kabayo, sota | reyna | hari | diyoker, payaso |
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
alás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
alás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)
NounEdit
alas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “alas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1979-1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 9
TetumEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas, from Proto-Austronesian *Salas.
NounEdit
alas