alp

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See also: ālp-, Alp, ALP, and Ālp

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)).

Noun[edit]

alp (plural alps)

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
  2. An alpine meadow
    • 1942, Marco Pallis, Peaks and Lamas, page 54:
      At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens […]

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Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Alp (superseded)

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from Alpen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɑlp/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: alp
  • Rhymes: -ɑlp

Noun[edit]

alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

  1. alp, (very) high mountain

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French[edit]

Phrase[edit]

alp

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

Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare English alp.

Noun[edit]

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alp (high mountain)
Declension[edit]
Declension of alp

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alp aalpa
Vocative a ailp a alpa
Genitive ailp alp
Dative alp aalpa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alp na haalpa
Genitive an ailp na n-alp
Dative leis an alp

don alp

leis na haalpa

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive) devour, swallow whole
  2. (transitive) grab
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of alp (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present alpaim alpann tú;
alpair† 		alpann sé, sí alpaimid alpann sibh alpann siad;
alpaid† 		a alpann; a alpas /
a n-alpann*; a n-alpas* 		alptar
past d'alp mé; d'alpas /
alp mé‡; alpas‡ 		d'alp tú; d'alpais /
alp tú; alpais‡ 		d'alp sé, sí /
alp sé, sí‡ 		d'alpamar; d'alp muid /
alpamar; alp muid‡ 		d'alp sibh; d'alpabhair /
alp sibh;
alpabhair‡ 		d'alp siad; d'alpadar /
alp siad; alpadar‡ 		a d'alp /
ar alp* 		alpadh;
halpadh†
past habitual d'alpainn /
alpainn‡; n-alpainn‡‡ 		d'alptá /
alptá‡; n-alptᇇ 		d'alpadh sé, sí /
alpadh sé, sí‡; n-alpadh sé, s퇇 		d'alpaimis; d'alpadh muid /
alpaimis; alpadh muid‡; n-alpaimis‡‡; n-alpadh muid‡‡ 		d'alpadh sibh /
alpadh sibh‡; n-alpadh sibh‡‡ 		d'alpaidís; d'alpadh siad /
alpaidís; alpadh siad‡; n-alpaidís‡‡; n-alpadh siad‡‡ 		a d'alpadh /
a n-alpadh* 		d'alptaí /
alptaí‡; n-alpta퇇
future alpfaidh mé;
alpfad 		alpfaidh tú;
alpfair† 		alpfaidh sé, sí alpfaimid;
alpfaidh muid 		alpfaidh sibh alpfaidh siad;
alpfaid† 		a alpfaidh; a alpfas /
a n-alpfaidh*; a n-alpfas* 		alpfar
conditional d'alpfainn / alpfainn‡; n-alpfainn‡‡ d'alpfá / alpfá‡; n-alpfᇇ d'alpfadh sé, sí / alpfadh sé, sí‡; n-alpfadh sé, s퇇 d'alpfaimis; d'alpfadh muid / alpfaimis‡; alpfadh muid‡; n-alpfaimis‡‡; n-alpfadh muid‡‡ d'alpfadh sibh / alpfadh sibh‡; n-alpfadh sibh‡‡ d'alpfaidís; d'alpfadh siad / alpfaidís‡; alpfadh siad‡; n-alpfaidís‡‡; n-alpfadh siad‡‡ a d'alpfadh /
a n-alpfadh* 		d'alpfaí / alpfaí‡; n-alpfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-alpa mé;
go n-alpad† 		go n-alpa tú;
go n-alpair† 		go n-alpa sé, sí go n-alpaimid;
go n-alpa muid 		go n-alpa sibh go n-alpa siad;
go n-alpaid† 		— go n-alptar
past dá n-alpainn dá n-alptá dá n-alpadh sé, sí dá n-alpaimis;
dá n-alpadh muid 		dá n-alpadh sibh dá n-alpaidís;
dá n-alpadh siad 		— dá n-alptaí
imperative alpaim alp alpadh sé, sí alpaimis alpaigí;
alpaidh† 		alpaidís — alptar
verbal noun alpadh
past participle alptha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms[edit]
  • alpach, alpúil (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”, adjective)
  • alpaire m (“voracious eater; grabber”)
Related terms[edit]
  • alpaireacht f (“(act of) bolting food; voracious eating; (act of) grabbing”)
  • alpartha (“greedy; stout, burly”, adjective)

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

  1. Alternative form of ailp (“lump, chunk; knob”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of alp

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alp ailpeanna
Vocative a alp a ailpeanna
Genitive ailpe ailpeanna
Dative alp ailpeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an alp na hailpeanna
Genitive na hailpe na n-ailpeanna
Dative leis an alp

don alp

leis na hailpeanna

Etymology 4[edit]

Noun[edit]

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. Alternative form of earc (“lizard; reptile”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of alp

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alp aalpa
Vocative a ailp a alpa
Genitive ailp alp
Dative alp aalpa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alp na haalpa
Genitive an ailp na n-alp
Dative leis an alp

don alp

leis na haalpa

Mutation[edit]

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.

Further reading[edit]

Middle High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-West Germanic *albi.

Noun[edit]

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

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

Descendants[edit]

  • German: Alb

References[edit]

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

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Old Irish alp (“lump, loose mass”); see ailp.

Noun[edit]

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French Alpes (“Alps”).

Noun[edit]

alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

Declension[edit]

Declension of alp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alp alpen alper alperna
Genitive alps alpens alpers alpernas

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References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish آلپ‎ (alp), from Proto-Turkic *alp (“difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯‎ (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/), Khakas алып (alıp, “hero”), Kazakh алып (alyp, “giant”), Tatar алып (alıp, “giant”), Yakut алып (alıp, “craftiness, deception, magic”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

alp

  1. brave, hero

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ălpa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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