alva
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom the al- stem of alszik (“to sleep”) + -va (adverbial-participle suffix).
Pronunciation
editParticiple
editalva
- adverbial participle of alszik
- alva ― while asleep
- A lajhárok idejük legnagyobb részét alva töltik. ― Sloths spend most of their time sleeping.
Derived terms
editLatvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Baltic *alu-ā-, *alwā-, from a derived form *al-əu-, *al-u- of Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to shine, to light”).
Cognates include Lithuanian álvas, ãlavas, Old Prussian alwis (“lead”), Old Church Slavonic олово (olovo, “lead”), Russian and Ukrainian олово (olovo, “tin”), Bulgarian олово (olovo, “lead”), Czech olovo (“lead”), Polish ołów (“lead”), and, from a different derived form of *al-, Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “white rash”), Latin albus (“dull white”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
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alva f (4th declension)
- tin (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 50)
- alvas rūda ― tin ore
- alvas sakausējumi ― tin alloys
- alvas karote ― tin spoon
- pārklāt ar alvu ― cover with tin
- kausēt alvu ― to melt tin
Declension
editsingular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | alva | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | alvu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | alvas | — |
dative (datīvs) | alvai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | alvu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | alvā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | alva | — |
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “alva”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Northern Sami
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalva
Inflection
editEven a-stem, lv-lvv gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | alva | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | alvva | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | alva | alvvat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | alvva | alvvaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | alvva | alvvaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | alvii | alvvaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | alvvas | alvvain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | alvvain | alvvaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | alvan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old Galician-Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *alba, the feminine of albus (“white”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalva f (plural alvas)
- alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 2 (facsimile):
- Eſta é de como ſta maria pareceu en toledo a ſant alifonſſo ⁊ deull ũa alua q̇ trouxe de paraẏſo con que diſſeſſe miſſa.
- This one is (about) how Holy Mary appeared to Saint Ildefonso in Toledo and gave him an alb from paradise to celebrate mass.
- Eſta é de como ſta maria pareceu en toledo a ſant alifonſſo ⁊ deull ũa alua q̇ trouxe de paraẏſo con que diſſeſſe miſſa.
- dawn
- 13th - 14th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 567: De que morredes, filha, a do corpo velido? (facsimile)
- Alua e uay liero
- It's dawn, go quickly!
- 13th - 14th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 567: De que morredes, filha, a do corpo velido? (facsimile)
Descendants
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese alva, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from the feminine of Classical Latin albus (“white”). Cognate with Galician alba.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editalva f (plural alvas)
- alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)
- dawn
- sclera
- Synonyms: esclera, esclerótica
Adjective
editalva
References
edit- “alva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “alva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalva f (Cyrillic spelling алва)
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