Alpy

Czech

Alpy

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalpɪ]

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Proper noun

Alpy f pl (related adjective alpský)

1. Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Declension

Declension of Alpy (pl-only hard feminine)

	plural
nominative	Alpy
genitive	Alp
dative	Alpám
accusative	Alpy
vocative	Alpy
locative	Alpách
instrumental	Alpami

Further reading

• Alpy in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Alpy in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Alpy

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Alpēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.pɨ/

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• Rhymes: -alpɨ
• Syllabification: Al‧py

Proper noun

Alpy nvir pl (related adjective alpejski)

1. Alps (a mountain range in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland)

Declension

Declension of Alpy

	plural
nominative	Alpy
genitive	Alp
dative	Alpom
accusative	Alpy
instrumental	Alpami
locative	Alpach
vocative	Alpy

Derived terms

nouns

• alpejczyk
• alpejka
• alpinarium
• alpiniada
• alpinista
• alpinistka
• alpinistyka
• alpinizm

 

Related terms

adjective

• alpinistyczny

 

Further reading

• Alpy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Alpy in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Alpy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.pi/

Proper noun

Alpy f pl (genitive singular Álp, declension pattern of žena)

1. Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Declension

Declension of Alpy

	plurale tantum
nominative	Alpy
genitive	Álp
dative	Alpám
accusative	Alpy
locative	Alpách
instrumental	Alpami

Further reading

• “Alpy”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024