alas
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French a las (French hélas), from a (“‘ah’”) + las, from Latin lassus (“‘weary’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ə'las/
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Interjection
alas
- Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Act 5, Scene 1
- Alas, Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Act 5, Scene 1
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[edit] Translations
exclamation of sorrow, etc.
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[edit] Balinese
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alas
[edit] Croatian
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From Hungarian halász (“‘fisherman’”).
[edit] Noun
àlās m.
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- rìbīč (standard word)
[edit] Finnish
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From the same Uralic root *ala as Estonian all and Hungarian alatt (the lative singular of ala-).
[edit] Adverb
alas (comparative alemmaksi, superlative alimmaksi)
[edit] Antonyms
- (down; downward): ylös
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Declension of alas
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[edit] Interjection
alas
- (followed by a nominative) down with (e.g. in demonstrations)
- Alas rikolliset!
- Down with the criminals!
- Alas rikolliset!
[edit] Indonesian
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alas
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[edit] Noun
alasan
[edit] Latin
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ālās f.
- accusative plural of āla
[edit] Latvian
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alas
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ala | alas |
| genitive | alas | alu |
| dative | alai | alām |
| accusative | alu | alas |
| locative | alā | alās |
[edit] Malay
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alas
- base, framework, layer, pad, foundation
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
alas f. pl.
- Plural form of ala.
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