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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
PIE word |
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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
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eḱ-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ed-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁éḱwos
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Trifolieae tribe plants
- Finnish terms borrowed from Spanish
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlfɑlfɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlfɑlfɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Irish terms borrowed from English
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish terms derived from Spanish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Trifolieae tribe plants
- Italian terms borrowed from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/alfa
- Rhymes:Italian/alfa/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/alfa
- Rhymes:Spanish/alfa/3 syllables
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- es:Trifolieae tribe plants