אלפא

Aramaic

אלפא • (transliteration needed) f (plural אלפא)

אלפא • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“thousand; cattle”). Compare Hebrew אֶלֶף (élef).

אַלְפָּא • (ʾalpā) m (plural אַלְפַיָּא, and אלפא)

“ˀlp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “אֲלַף”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

אַלְפָא • (álfa) f

alpha (the name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta)
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Shekalim, section 3.2:
  רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, יְוָנִית כָּתוּב בָּהֶן — אַלְפָ״א בֵּיתָ״א גַמְלָ״א
  Rabbi Yishma'el omer, y'vanit katuv ba-hen — alfa, beta, gamla.
  Rabbi Ishmael says, Greek was written on them — alpha, beta, gamma.
(Mishnaic Hebrew) primary, first
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Menachot, section 8.3:
  תְּקוֹעָה אַלְפָא לַשֶּׁמֶן. אַבָּא שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר, שְׁנִיָּה לָהּ רֶגֶב בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן.
  T'qo'ah alfa la-shémen. Ábba Sha'ul omer, shniyyah lah Régev b-'éver ha-Yarden.
  Tekoa is first for oil. Abba Shaul says, secondary to it is Regeb in the Transjordan.

אלפא (ʾalpa) (plural אלפיה (ʾalpe) or אלפאהיה (ʾalpāhe) or אלפאייה (ʾalpāye))

The plural אלפיה (ʾalpe) is used in combination with other numerals, as in ארבא אלפיה (ʾarba ʾalpe, “four thousand”). The other plurals are used otherwise.