alda

See also: Alda and alda-

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alda/ [al̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -alda, -a
• Hyphenation: al‧da

Noun

alda inan

1. (rare) change

   Synonym: aldaketa

Declension

Declension of alda (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	alda	alda	aldak	aldok
ergative	aldak	aldak	aldek	aldok
dative	aldari	aldari	aldei	aldoi
genitive	aldaren	aldaren	alden	aldon
comitative	aldarekin	aldarekin	aldekin	aldokin
causative	aldarengatik	aldarengatik	aldengatik	aldongatik
benefactive	aldarentzat	aldarentzat	aldentzat	aldontzat
instrumental	aldaz	aldaz	aldez	aldotaz
inessive	aldatan	aldan	aldetan	aldotan
locative	aldatako	aldako	aldetako	aldotako
allative	aldatara	aldara	aldetara	aldotara
terminative	aldataraino	aldaraino	aldetaraino	aldotaraino
directive	aldatarantz	aldarantz	aldetarantz	aldotarantz
destinative	aldatarako	aldarako	aldetarako	aldotarako
ablative	aldatatik	aldatik	aldetatik	aldotatik
partitive	aldarik	—	—	—
prolative	aldatzat	—	—	—

Verb

alda

1. short form of aldatu (“to change”)

Further reading

• “alda”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alda”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Faroese

alduorka - wave energy

Etymology

From Old Norse alda, from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *Holdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/

  Rhymes: -alta

  Homophones: Alda

Noun

alda f (genitive singular aldu, plural aldur)

1. wave

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alda	aldan	aldur	aldurnar
accusative	aldu	alduna	aldur	aldurnar
dative	aldu	alduni	aldum	aldunum
genitive	aldu	aldunnar	alda	aldanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/

  Rhymes: -alta

  Homophone: Alda

Etymology 1

From Old Norse alda, from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *Holdʰ-.

Noun

alda f (genitive singular öldu, nominative plural öldur)

1. wave

   Synonyms: bylgja, hrönn

Declension

Declension of alda (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alda	aldan	öldur	öldurnar
accusative	öldu	ölduna	öldur	öldurnar
dative	öldu	öldunni	öldum	öldunum
genitive	öldu	öldunnar	alda, aldna	aldanna, aldnanna

Etymology 2

Noun

alda

1. indefinite genitive plural of öld

Kipchak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ālda-, from Proto-Turkic *āl (“device, trickery”).

Verb

alda(Codex Cumanicus)

1. (transitive) to decieve

Further reading

• Argunşah, Mustafa; Güner, Galip (2015), Codex Cumanicus (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1491), 2022 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 175

Old Norse

Noun

alda

1. indefinite genitive plural of ǫld