ampla

See also: amplą

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈam.plə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈam.pla]
• Homophone: ample (Balearic, Central)

Adjective

ampla f sg

1. feminine singular of ample

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

ampla

1. feminine singular of amplo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English ample, French ample, Italian ampio, Spanish amplio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈampla/

Adjective

ampla

1. (of space) ample, spacious
2. (of garments) full, easy
3. (of supplies) abundant
4. (of reward) liberal

Antonyms

• streta

Derived terms

• ampleso (“amplitude”)
• ampligar (“to amplify”)
• ampligo (“amplification”)

Irish

Alternative forms

• ampall, ampar

Etymology

From Old Irish ampall, ampla (“hunger, greed”).

Noun

ampla m (genitive singular ampla)

1. hunger, famine
2. greed, voracity

Declension

Declension of ampla

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ampla Vocative a ampla Genitive ampla Dative ampla

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-ampla Genitive an ampla Dative leis an ampla don ampla

Derived terms

• amplach, amplúil (“hungry; greedy”, adjective)
• amplaigh (“be greedy for”, verb)
• amplóir m (“hungry person; greedy person”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ampla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ampall, ampla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ampla”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ampla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Ladin

Adjective

ampla f sg

1. feminine singular of ampl

Latin

Etymology 1

Derived from amplus (“ample, large”). Older theories derived the word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em-lo-, from *h₂em- (“to grasp”), and linked to ānsa (“handle”).

Noun

ampla f (genitive amplae); first declension

1. a handle, a grip

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ampla	amplae
Genitive	amplae	amplārum
Dative	amplae	amplīs
Accusative	amplam	amplās
Ablative	amplā	amplīs
Vocative	ampla	amplae

Etymology 2

Adjective

ampla

1. inflection of amplus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

amplā

1. ablative feminine singular of amplus

References

• ampla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ampla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Anagrams

• palma

Polish

ampla

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ampulla. Doublet of ampuła. First attested in 1880.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.pla/

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• Rhymes: -ampla
• Syllabification: am‧pla

Noun

ampla f

1. uplight bowl pendant (ceiling lamp in the shape of a bowl pointing light in an upward direction)

   Hypernym: lampa

2. uplight bowl pendant lampshade (lampshade of such a light)

   Hypernym: klosz

Declension

Declension of ampla

	singular	plural
nominative	ampla	ample
genitive	ampli	ampli
dative	ampli	amplom
accusative	amplę	ample
instrumental	amplą	amplami
locative	ampli	amplach
vocative	amplo	ample

Further reading

• ampla in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ampla in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ampla”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 33
• ampla in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.plɐ/

Adjective

ampla

1. feminine singular of amplo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈampla/ [ˈãm.pla]
• Rhymes: -ampla
• Syllabification: am‧pla

Adjective

ampla f

1. feminine singular of amplo