alva
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the al- stem of alszik (“to sleep”) + -va (adverbial-participle suffix).
PronunciationEdit
ParticipleEdit
alva
- adverbial participle of alszik
- alva ― while asleep
- A lajhárok idejük legnagyobb részét alva töltik. ― Sloths spend most of their time sleeping.
Derived termsEdit
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From 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]
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
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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
DeclensionEdit
singular (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 | — |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “alva”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alva
InflectionEdit
Even 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 termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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-PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *alba, the feminine of albus (“white”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alva f (plural alvas)
- alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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!
- Alua e uay liero
- 13th - 14th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 567: De que morredes, filha, a do corpo velido? (facsimile)
DescendantsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese alva, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from the feminine of Classical Latin albus (“white”). Cognate with Galician alba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alva f (plural alvas)
- alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)
- dawn
- sclera
- Synonyms: esclera, esclerótica
AdjectiveEdit
alva
ReferencesEdit
- “alva” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “alva” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “alva” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alva f (Cyrillic spelling алва)