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alba

See also: Alba, Albà, and albă

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).

Noun edit

alba (plural albas)

  1. (poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
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Etymology 2 edit

First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba).

Noun edit

alba (plural albas)

  1. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
  2. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
Derived terms edit

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Etymology 3 edit

First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album.

Noun edit

alba pl

  1. (rare) plural of album

Etymology 4 edit

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alb.

Noun edit

alba (plural albas)

  1. Synonym of alb
    • 1857, Isaac F[arwell] Holton, “Montserrate and the Boqueron”, in New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 217:
      On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc.
    • 1932, Theodore Komisarjevsky, The Costume of the Theatre, page 56:
      Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.
    • 1979, Yearbook, Board of Publication of the Lutheran Church in America, page 494:
      Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.
    • 2000, Ivo Hlobil, Ladislav Daniel, editors, The Last Flowers of the Middle Ages: From the Gothic to the Renaissance in Moravia and Silesia, →ISBN, page 304:
      Another canon with a biretta in his hand, wearing an alba and an upper fur mucia, is kneeling to the left of the Crucifix;

Anagrams edit

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun edit

alba f (plural albes)

  1. dawn

Synonyms edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun edit

alba f (plural albes)

  1. dawn
  2. (Catholicism, liturgy) the white tunic worn by priests
Alternative forms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

alba f (plural albes)

  1. Alternative form of àlber (“white poplar”)

Further reading edit

  • “alba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “alba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “alba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chickasaw edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alba (alienable)

  1. a weed
  2. an uncultivated plant

Inflection edit

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p- Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our") amalba
am-alba		 pomalba
pom-alba		 hapomalba
hapom-alba
2nd-person ("thy, your") chimalba
chim-alba		 hachimalba
hachim-alba
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") imalba
im-alba

Derived terms edit

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alba

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

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin alba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlbɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lbɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlbɑ
  • Syllabification(key): al‧ba

Noun edit

alba

  1. An alb; a long white gown worn in various Christian ceremonies by the priest or the parishioners, especially in a confirmation by the people who are being confirmed

Declension edit

Inflection of alba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative alba albat
genitive alban albojen
partitive albaa alboja
illative albaan alboihin
singular plural
nominative alba albat
accusative nom. alba albat
gen. alban
genitive alban albojen
albainrare
partitive albaa alboja
inessive albassa alboissa
elative albasta alboista
illative albaan alboihin
adessive alballa alboilla
ablative albalta alboilta
allative alballe alboille
essive albana alboina
translative albaksi alboiksi
abessive albatta alboitta
instructive — alboin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of alba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative albani albani
accusative nom. albani albani
gen. albani
genitive albani albojeni
albainirare
partitive albaani albojani
inessive albassani alboissani
elative albastani alboistani
illative albaani alboihini
adessive alballani alboillani
ablative albaltani alboiltani
allative alballeni alboilleni
essive albanani alboinani
translative albakseni alboikseni
abessive albattani alboittani
instructive — —
comitative — alboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative albasi albasi
accusative nom. albasi albasi
gen. albasi
genitive albasi albojesi
albaisirare
partitive albaasi albojasi
inessive albassasi alboissasi
elative albastasi alboistasi
illative albaasi alboihisi
adessive alballasi alboillasi
ablative albaltasi alboiltasi
allative alballesi alboillesi
essive albanasi alboinasi
translative albaksesi alboiksesi
abessive albattasi alboittasi
instructive — —
comitative — alboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative albamme albamme
accusative nom. albamme albamme
gen. albamme
genitive albamme albojemme
albaimmerare
partitive albaamme albojamme
inessive albassamme alboissamme
elative albastamme alboistamme
illative albaamme alboihimme
adessive alballamme alboillamme
ablative albaltamme alboiltamme
allative alballemme alboillemme
essive albanamme alboinamme
translative albaksemme alboiksemme
abessive albattamme alboittamme
instructive — —
comitative — alboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative albanne albanne
accusative nom. albanne albanne
gen. albanne
genitive albanne albojenne
albainnerare
partitive albaanne albojanne
inessive albassanne alboissanne
elative albastanne alboistanne
illative albaanne alboihinne
adessive alballanne alboillanne
ablative albaltanne alboiltanne
allative alballenne alboillenne
essive albananne alboinanne
translative albaksenne alboiksenne
abessive albattanne alboittanne
instructive — —
comitative — alboinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative albansa albansa
accusative nom. albansa albansa
gen. albansa
genitive albansa albojensa
albainsarare
partitive albaansa albojaan
albojansa
inessive albassaan
albassansa 		alboissaan
alboissansa
elative albastaan
albastansa 		alboistaan
alboistansa
illative albaansa alboihinsa
adessive alballaan
alballansa 		alboillaan
alboillansa
ablative albaltaan
albaltansa 		alboiltaan
alboiltansa
allative alballeen
alballensa 		alboilleen
alboillensa
essive albanaan
albanansa 		alboinaan
alboinansa
translative albakseen
albaksensa 		alboikseen
alboiksensa
abessive albattaan
albattansa 		alboittaan
alboittansa
instructive — —
comitative — alboineen
alboinensa

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese alva (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *alba, the feminine of albus (“white”). Cognate with Portuguese alva.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alba f (plural albas)

  1. dawn
    Synonyms: alborada, abrente

References edit

  • “alva” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “alba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “alba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alba f (genitive singular ölbu, nominative plural ölbur)

  1. alb (priestly robe)

Declension edit

declension of alba
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alba alban ölbur ölburnar
accusative ölbu ölbuna ölbur ölburnar
dative ölbu ölbunni ölbum ölbunum
genitive ölbu ölbunnar alba albanna

Istriot edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun edit

alba f

  1. dawn

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”). Compare French aube.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alba f (plural albe)

  1. dawn, daybreak, break of day
    Synonym: aurora
  2. sunrise
    Synonyms: aurora, levar del sole

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From albus (“white”).

Noun edit

alba f (genitive albae); first declension

  1. a white precious stone, the pearl
  2. (VL.) dawn
Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alba albae
Genitive albae albārum
Dative albae albīs
Accusative albam albās
Ablative albā albīs
Vocative alba albae

References edit

  • “alba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alba 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)
  • alba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “alba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

alba

  1. inflection of albus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective edit

albā

  1. ablative feminine singular of albus

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Latin alba (“white”).

Noun edit

alba m (definite singular albaen, indefinite plural albaer, definite plural albaene)

  1. (Christianity) alb

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Latin alba (“white”).

Noun edit

alba m (definite singular albaen, indefinite plural albaar or albaer, definite plural albaane or albaene)

  1. (Christianity) alb

References edit

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *albijā, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“(upper) world; high mountain; alpine pasture”), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).

Noun edit

alba f

  1. alpine pasture
  2. alp

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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alba

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Latin alba.[1] First attested in 1528.[2]

Noun edit

alba f

  1. (Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism) alb (long white robe worn by ministers at religious ceremonies)
    Coordinate term: komża
    białe alby ― white albs
Declension edit
Declension of alba
singular plural
nominative alba alby
genitive alby alb
dative albie albom
accusative albę alby
instrumental albą albami
locative albie albach
vocative albo alby

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Occitan alba.[1] First attested in the 20th century.[3]

Noun edit

alba f

  1. (historical, poetry) alba (genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry)
Declension edit
Declension of alba
singular plural
nominative alba alby
genitive alby alb
dative albie albom
accusative albę alby
instrumental albą albami
locative albie albach
vocative albo alby

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from German Halbe. First attested in the 17th century.[4]

Noun edit

alba f

  1. Middle Polish form of halba
Declension edit
Attested forms of alba
singular plural
nominative alba —
genitive — —
dative — —
accusative albę —
instrumental — —
locative albie —
vocative — —

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alba”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Teresa Sokołowska (30.07.2012) “ALBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.bɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.bɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ba/ [ˈaʊ̯.ba]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -albɐ, (Brazil) -awbɐ
  • Hyphenation: al‧ba

Noun edit

alba f (plural albas)

  1. dawn, daybreak
    Synonyms: alva, aurora

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Definite form of albă, from Latin alba, feminine of albus. For the sense of "dawn" or "sunrise", see Vulgar Latin *alba, whence also Spanish and Italian alba, French aube, Portuguese alva.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

alba

  1. definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of alb

Noun edit

alba f (plural albe)

  1. (popular) dawn, daybreak, sunrise
    Synonyms: zori, auroră, răsărit

Sicilian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun edit

alba f

  1. dawn

Sidamo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Gedeo አልበ (alba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈalba/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ba

Noun edit

alba m 

  1. face
  2. front
  3. living room

Usage notes edit

  • A traditional Sidamo house may combine the alba with a kitchen. The other room is called the holge.

References edit

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 33
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “alba”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈalba/ [ˈal.β̞a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alba
  • Syllabification: al‧ba

Noun edit

alba f (plural albas)

  1. dawn
    Synonym: amanecer

Usage notes edit

  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el alba, un alba
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

alba

  1. feminine singular of albo

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish alba.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊ)

  1. (Christianity) alb
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