alca

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See also: Alca, álca, Alča, alça, alçà, and alçâ

Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈħa/ [ʔʌlˈħʌ]
  • Hyphenation: al‧ca

Noun

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alcá f 

  1. childbirth of a camel

Declension

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Declension of alcá
absolutive alcá
predicative alcá
subjective alcá
genitive alcá
Postpositioned forms
l-case alcál
k-case alcák
t-case alcát
h-case alcáh

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “alca”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Italian

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Etymology

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From New Latin, from Old Norse alka (auk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈal.ka/
  • Rhymes: -alka
  • Hyphenation: àl‧ca

Noun

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alca f (plural alche)

  1. auk

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈalka/ [ˈal.ka]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alka
  • Syllabification: al‧ca

Noun

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alca f (plural alcas)

  1. auk

Usage notes

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  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el alca, un alca
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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