alfalfa
See also: Alfalfa
English edit
Etymology edit
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*h₁éḱwos |
From Spanish alfalfa, from early form alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alfalfa (countable and uncountable, plural alfalfas)
- (uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- Synonym: (British) lucerne
- 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men[1], New York: Covici Friede, page 100:
- “No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”
- (countable) A type or breed of this plant.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
Medicago sativa
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Further reading edit
- alfalfa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Medicago sativa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Medicago sativa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- alfalfa at USDA Plants database
- alfalfa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alfalfa
Declension edit
Inflection of alfalfa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | alfalfa | alfalfat | ||
genitive | alfalfan | alfalfojen | ||
partitive | alfalfaa | alfalfoja | ||
illative | alfalfaan | alfalfoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | alfalfa | alfalfat | ||
accusative | nom. | alfalfa | alfalfat | |
gen. | alfalfan | |||
genitive | alfalfan | alfalfojen alfalfainrare | ||
partitive | alfalfaa | alfalfoja | ||
inessive | alfalfassa | alfalfoissa | ||
elative | alfalfasta | alfalfoista | ||
illative | alfalfaan | alfalfoihin | ||
adessive | alfalfalla | alfalfoilla | ||
ablative | alfalfalta | alfalfoilta | ||
allative | alfalfalle | alfalfoille | ||
essive | alfalfana | alfalfoina | ||
translative | alfalfaksi | alfalfoiksi | ||
abessive | alfalfatta | alfalfoitta | ||
instructive | — | alfalfoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “alfalfa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English alfalfa, from Spanish alfalfa.
Noun edit
alfalfa m (genitive singular alfalfa)
Declension edit
Declension of alfalfa
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
alfalfa | n-alfalfa | halfalfa | t-alfalfa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alfalfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alfalfa f (uncountable)
- lucerne, alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- Synonyms: erba medica, erba Spagna
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
alfalfa f (plural alfalfas)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
alfalfa
- inflection of alfalfar:
Further reading edit
- “alfalfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014