alus
English
Noun
alus
Anagrams
Balinese
Romanization
alus
- Romanization of ᬳᬮᬸᬲ᭄
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
alus (genitive aluse, partitive alust)
- base, bottom (something on which an object stands or is attached to)
- Samba alus on graniidist. ― The base of the statue is made of granite.
- foundation, base, fundamental (in an abstract sense)
- Programmeerimise alused. ― Fundamentals of programming.
- watercraft, vessel
- (grammar) subject
- (chemistry) base
- Tugevaid aluseid nimetatakse leelisteks. ― Strong bases are called alkali.
Declension
Declension of alus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | alus | alused | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | aluse | ||
genitive | aluste | ||
partitive | alust | aluseid | |
illative | alusesse | alustesse aluseisse | |
inessive | aluses | alustes aluseis | |
elative | alusest | alustest aluseist | |
allative | alusele | alustele aluseile | |
adessive | alusel | alustel aluseil | |
ablative | aluselt | alustelt aluseilt | |
translative | aluseks | alusteks aluseiks | |
terminative | aluseni | alusteni | |
essive | alusena | alustena | |
abessive | aluseta | alusteta | |
comitative | alusega | alustega |
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
alus
- vessel, craft, ship (vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)
- Synonym: laiva
- underlay, base (anything underlaid)
- (grammar, dated) subject
- Synonym: subjekti
Declension
Inflection of alus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alus | alukset | |
genitive | aluksen | alusten aluksien | |
partitive | alusta | aluksia | |
illative | alukseen | aluksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alus | alukset | |
accusative | nom. | alus | alukset |
gen. | aluksen | ||
genitive | aluksen | alusten aluksien | |
partitive | alusta | aluksia | |
inessive | aluksessa | aluksissa | |
elative | aluksesta | aluksista | |
illative | alukseen | aluksiin | |
adessive | aluksella | aluksilla | |
ablative | alukselta | aluksilta | |
allative | alukselle | aluksille | |
essive | aluksena | aluksina | |
translative | alukseksi | aluksiksi | |
abessive | aluksetta | aluksitta | |
instructive | — | aluksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Compounds
- alusastia
- alushame
- alushousut
- aluskasvillisuus
- aluskate
- aluskimono
- aluslakana
- aluslautanen
- aluslevy
- alusmaa
- aluspaita
- alusvaate
- avaruusalus
- emoalus
- emäalus
- huoltoalus
- huvialus
- hävittäjäalus
- höyryalus
- ilma-alus
- ilmatyynyalus
- irtolastialus
- jokialus
- kaapelialus
- kalastusalus
- kantosiipialus
- kantotasoalus
- kauppa-alus
- kelirikkoalus
- komentoalus
- konealus
- konttialus
- koulualus
- kuivalastialus
- kuljetusalus
- kuualus
- kynnenalus
- lastialus
- lentotukialus
- leuanalus
- luotsialus
- mahanalus
- maihinnousualus
- majakka-alus
- matkustaja-alus
- merialus
- meripelastusalus
- merivartioalus
- miehistönkuljetusalus
- moottorialus
- pannunalus
- pelastusalus
- peräporttialus
- pinta-alus
- purjealus
- puskualus
- päänalus
- rahtialus
- rannikkoalus
- raskaslastialus
- risteilyalus
- saaristoalus
- saattaja-alus
- siipiratasalus
- silmänalus
- sisaralus
- sisävesialus
- sota-alus
- suihkualus
- sukellusalus
- säiliöalus
- säähavaintoalus
- taistelualus
- tankkialus
- tiedustelualus
- tukialus
- turbiinialus
- työntöalus
- valaanpyyntialus
- valtamerialus
- vartioalus
- vatsanalus
- vihollisalus
- viikinkialus
- ydinalus
- öljynkeräysalus
Anagrams
Latvian
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lager_beer_in_glass.jpg/200px-Lager_beer_in_glass.jpg)
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“bitter”). A minority view considers the Latvian and Lithuanian terms to be ultimately borrowings from Germanic, via Old Prussian. Cognates include Lithuanian alùs, Old Prussian alu (“honey drink”), Old East Slavic олъ (olŭ, “strong drink”), Bulgarian олови́на (olovína, “beer yeast”), Slovene ôl (“beer”)|ol, Old English ealu, alu, English ale, Old Norse ǫl (“beer; feast”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
alus m (3rd declension)
- beer (alcoholic beverage usually made with barley malt and hops)
- gaišais alus ― lager (literally, “light beer”)
- tumšais alus ― dark beer
- mājas alus ― home beer
- amatnieku alus ― craft beer
- medalus ― honey beer
- alus muca ― beer barrel, keg
- alus kauss ― beer mug
- alus darītava ― brewery (literally, “beer making place”)
- alus rūpniecība ― beer industry
- darīt, vārīt alu ― to make (literally, “to do”), to brew (literally, “to boil”) beer
- Jāņiem tika brūvēts alus, un nu staigāja no mutes uz muti liela, zaļa māla krūze, putām pārsegta, rūgteni smaržīga dzēriena pilna
- in midsummer beer was brewed, and then a big, green clay jug went from mouth to mouth, covered with foam and full of (that) bitter, aromatic drink
Declension
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | alus | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | alu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | alus | — |
dative (datīvs) | alum | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | alu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | alū | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | alus | — |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “alus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *olъ (“beer”) and Old Prussian alu (“beer”) and Latvian alus (“beer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alùs m (plural ãlūs) stress pattern 4
Declension
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | alùs | ãlūs |
genitive (kilmininkas) | alaũs | alų̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | ãlui | alùms |
accusative (galininkas) | ãlų | alùs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | alumì | alumìs |
locative (vietininkas) | alujè | aluosè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | alaũ | ãlūs |
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 370
- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- Balinese non-lemma forms
- Balinese romanizations
- Estonian terms prefixed with ala-
- Estonian terms suffixed with -us
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian terms with usage examples
- et:Grammar
- et:Chemistry
- Estonian katus-type nominals
- Finnish terms suffixed with -us
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlus/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Grammar
- Finnish dated terms
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Baltic
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian terms with audio links
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian third declension nouns
- Latvian noun forms
- lv:Beer
- Lithuanian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Lithuanian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Lithuanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Lithuanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian nouns
- Lithuanian masculine nouns
- lt:Alcoholic beverages