alp

See also Alp, and ALP

English

Etymology

From Alps, from French Alpes, from Latin Alpes, from probably non-PIE root *alb-

Noun

alp (plural alps)

1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
   • Milton

     Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp.

   • Alexander Pope

     Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.

Derived terms

• alpine
• alpinely
• alpinism
• alpinist

Anagrams

• APL
• lap
• LPA
• pal, Pal, PAL
• PLA

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French

Abbreviation

alp

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) à la prochaine

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Irish

Verb

alp (present analytic alpann, future analytic alpfaidh, verbal noun alpadh, past participle alptha)

1. to devour, swallow whole
2. to grab

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	alpaim	alpann tú; alpair†	alpann sé, sí	alpaimid	alpann sibh	alpann siad; alpaid†	alptar
	past	d'alp mé; d'alpas†	d'alp tú; d'alpais†	d'alp sé, sí	d'alpamar	d'alp sibh; d'alpabhair†	d'alp siad; d'alpadar†	alpadh
	future	alpfaidh mé; alpfad†	alpfaidh tú; alpfair†	alpfaidh sé, sí	alpfaimid; alpfam†	alpfaidh sibh	alpfaidh siad; alpfaid†	alpfar
	past habitual	d'alpainn	d'alptá	d'alpadh sé, sí	d'alpaimis	d'alpadh sibh	d'alpaidís	d'alptaí
imperative		alpaim	alp	alpadh sé, sí	alpaimis	alpaigí	alpaidís	alptar
conditional		d'alpfainn	d'alpfá	d'alpfadh sé, sí	d'alpfaimis	d'alpfadh sibh	d'alpfaidís	d'alpfaí
subjunctive	present	alpa mé; alpad†	alpa tú; alpair†	alpa sé, sí	alpaimid	alpa sibh	alpa siad; alpaid†	alptar
	past	alpainn	alptá	alpadh sé, sí	alpaimis	alpadh sibh	alpaidís	alptaí
verbal noun		alpadh
past participle		alptha

† Dialect form

Noun

alp m (genitive ailp, nominative plural alpa)

1. alp (high mountain)

Declension

Declension of alp

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative alp alpa Vocative a ailp a alpa Genitive ailp alp Dative alp alpa

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alp na halpa Genitive an ailp na n-alp Dative leis an alp don alp leis na halpa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alp	n-alp	halp	t-alp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

1. elf
2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
3. nightmare (later meaning)

Descendants

• German: Alb

References

• Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ailp

Noun

alp f (genitive ailp, plural alpa)

1. protuberance, eminence
2. mountain

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Swedish

Noun

alp c

1. alp; a mountain in the Alps.

Declension

Declension of alp

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alp	alpen	alper	alperna
genitive	alps	alpens	alpers	alpernas

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic alp, from Proto-Turkic *ălp.

Adjective

alp

1. brave, hero