алфа

Такође погледајте: Alfa и alfą

Translingual

Noun

alfa

1. Alternative letter-case form of Alfa of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

alfa

2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
4. (international standards) Алтернативно спеловање од alpha used in the ruleset of the international nonproprietary name system, where various digraphs are usually deprecated (except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f not ph, t not th, and e not ae).

Etymology 2

From Fula alfaa. Compare Yoruba àlùfáà.

Noun

alfa (plural alfas)

1. (Islam) A West African cleric or religious teacher.

Asturian

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

alfa f (plural alfes)

1. alpha (Greek letter)

Catalan

Etymology

Позајмљено од Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): (Central, Balearic) [ˈal.fə]
• МФА^(кључ): (Valencia) [ˈal.fa]

Noun

alfa f (plural alfes)

1. alpha (Greek letter)

Further reading

• Шаблон:R:ca:IEC2

Czech

Etymology

Позајмљено од Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

1. alpha

Declension

when feminine:

Declension of alfa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	alfa	alfy
genitive	alfy	alf
dative	alfě	alfám
accusative	alfu	alfy
vocative	alfo	alfy
locative	alfě	alfách
instrumental	alfou	alfami

Indeclinable when neuter.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• alpha (superseded)

Etymology

Ultimately from Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin. Дублети of alef.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈɑl.faː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Хифенација: al‧fa

Noun

alfa f (plural alfa's, diminutive alfaatje n)

1. The letter alpha (first letter of the Greek alphabet).
2. Historically used in educational contexts to denote a humanistic orientation.

   Антоним: bèta

3. Someone who is educated in the humanities or otherwise prefers such subjects.

   Антоним: bèta

4. (ethology) A dominant animal.

Derived terms

• alfamannetje
• alfawetenschap
• alfawijfje

 

Further reading

• alfa на the Холандски Википедији.Википедији ^nl

Finnish

Greek letter

Αα	Претходни:	n/a
	Следећи:	beeta

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

alfa

1. alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
2. alpha (person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive)

Declension

Inflection of alfa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		alfa	alfat
genitive		alfan	alfojen
partitive		alfaa	alfoja
illative		alfaan	alfoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		alfa	alfat
accusative	nom.	alfa	alfat
	gen.	alfan
genitive		alfan	alfojen alfain rare
partitive		alfaa	alfoja
inessive		alfassa	alfoissa
elative		alfasta	alfoista
illative		alfaan	alfoihin
adessive		alfalla	alfoilla
ablative		alfalta	alfoilta
allative		alfalle	alfoille
essive		alfana	alfoina
translative		alfaksi	alfoiksi
abessive		alfatta	alfoitta
instructive		—	alfoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of alfa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative alfani alfani accusative nom. alfani alfani gen. alfani genitive alfani alfojeni alfaini rare partitive alfaani alfojani inessive alfassani alfoissani elative alfastani alfoistani illative alfaani alfoihini adessive alfallani alfoillani ablative alfaltani alfoiltani allative alfalleni alfoilleni essive alfanani alfoinani translative alfakseni alfoikseni abessive alfattani alfoittani instructive — — comitative — alfoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative alfasi alfasi accusative nom. alfasi alfasi gen. alfasi genitive alfasi alfojesi alfaisi rare partitive alfaasi alfojasi inessive alfassasi alfoissasi elative alfastasi alfoistasi illative alfaasi alfoihisi adessive alfallasi alfoillasi ablative alfaltasi alfoiltasi allative alfallesi alfoillesi essive alfanasi alfoinasi translative alfaksesi alfoiksesi abessive alfattasi alfoittasi instructive — — comitative — alfoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative alfamme alfamme accusative nom. alfamme alfamme gen. alfamme genitive alfamme alfojemme alfaimme rare partitive alfaamme alfojamme inessive alfassamme alfoissamme elative alfastamme alfoistamme illative alfaamme alfoihimme adessive alfallamme alfoillamme ablative alfaltamme alfoiltamme allative alfallemme alfoillemme essive alfanamme alfoinamme translative alfaksemme alfoiksemme abessive alfattamme alfoittamme instructive — — comitative — alfoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative alfanne alfanne accusative nom. alfanne alfanne gen. alfanne genitive alfanne alfojenne alfainne rare partitive alfaanne alfojanne inessive alfassanne alfoissanne elative alfastanne alfoistanne illative alfaanne alfoihinne adessive alfallanne alfoillanne ablative alfaltanne alfoiltanne allative alfallenne alfoillenne essive alfananne alfoinanne translative alfaksenne alfoiksenne abessive alfattanne alfoittanne instructive — — comitative — alfoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative alfansa alfansa accusative nom. alfansa alfansa gen. alfansa genitive alfansa alfojensa alfainsa rare partitive alfaansa alfojaan alfojansa inessive alfassaan alfassansa alfoissaan alfoissansa elative alfastaan alfastansa alfoistaan alfoistansa illative alfaansa alfoihinsa adessive alfallaan alfallansa alfoillaan alfoillansa ablative alfaltaan alfaltansa alfoiltaan alfoiltansa allative alfalleen alfallensa alfoilleen alfoillensa essive alfanaan alfanansa alfoinaan alfoinansa translative alfakseen alfaksensa alfoikseen alfoiksensa abessive alfattaan alfattansa alfoittaan alfoittansa instructive — — comitative — alfoineen alfoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• alfahajoaminen
• alfahiukkanen
• alfahydroksihappo
• alfa-kierre
• alfalinoleenihappo
• alfanaaras
• alfanumeerinen
• alfasalpaaja
• alfasäde
• alfasäteilijä
• alfasäteily
• alfatokoferoli
• alfauros

 

Further reading

• Шаблон:R:KTSK

French

Etymology

From Арапски حَلْفَاء (ḥalfāʾ).

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /al.fa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: alpha

Noun

alfa m (plural alfas)

1. esparto

Related terms

• alfatier

Further reading

• “alfa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): [ˈalfɐ]

Etymology 1

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

alfa m (plural alfas)

1. alpha (Greek letter)

Etymology 2

Непознато origin. Possibly related to Латински ārefacere through Galician alfar. Or Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós.

Noun

alfa f (plural alfas)

1. hot air expelled from an oven
2. excessively hot air or wind
3. blaze of the sun
4. flame

   Синоними: chama, lapa, laparada

Derived terms

• alfada

Etymology 3

Verb

alfa

1. Шаблон:gl-verb form of/error of alfar

References

• Шаблон:R:gl:DDLG
• Шаблон:R:gl:TILG
• “alfa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): [ˈɒlfɒ]
• Хифенација: al‧fa
• Риме: -fɒ

Noun

alfa (plural alfák)

1. alpha

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	alfa	alfák
accusative	alfát	alfákat
dative	alfának	alfáknak
instrumental	alfával	alfákkal
causal-final	alfáért	alfákért
translative	alfává	alfákká
terminative	alfáig	alfákig
essive-formal	alfaként	alfákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	alfában	alfákban
superessive	alfán	alfákon
adessive	alfánál	alfáknál
illative	alfába	alfákba
sublative	alfára	alfákra
allative	alfához	alfákhoz
elative	alfából	alfákból
delative	alfáról	alfákról
ablative	alfától	alfáktól

Possessive forms of alfa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	alfám	alfáim
2nd person sing.	alfád	alfáid
3rd person sing.	alfája	alfái
1st person plural	alfánk	alfáink
2nd person plural	alfátok	alfáitok
3rd person plural	alfájuk	alfáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• alfa-sejt

 

Further reading

• alfa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN 9630535793
• alfa in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

alfa n (genitive singular alfa, no plural)

1. alpha (Greek letter)

Indonesian

Etymology

Позајмљено од Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin. Дублети of alif.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): (standard) /ˈal.fa/, (dialectal) /ˈal.pa/
• Риме: -fa, -a
• Хифенација: al‧fa

Noun

alfa

1. alpha:
   1. The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
   2. first, see alpha and omega.

      Синоними: pertama, permulaan

   3. (astronomy) Alpha, the brightest star in a constellation according to the Bayer designation.
   4. (electronics) common-base current gain of a transistor in electronics.
   5. (statistics) the significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.

Further reading

• “alfa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

alfa m (genitive singular alfa)

1. alpha (Greek letter)

Derived terms

• alfa-cháithnín m (“alpha particle”)
• alfa-gha m (“alpha wave”)
• alfa-héilics m (“alpha helix”)
• alfa-radaíocht (“alpha radiation”)
• alfa-rithim (“alpha rhythm”)
• alfa-thástáil (“alpha test”)
• alfa-uimhir (“alphanumeric”, именица)
• alfa-uimhriúil (“alphanumeric”, adjective)
• fireannach alfa (“alpha male”)

 

Etymology 2

From Арапски حَلْفَا (ḥalfā).

Noun

alfa m (genitive singular alfa)

1. esparto, halfa

Declension

Declension of alfa

Fourth declension

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

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

Mutation

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

Further reading

• "alfa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “alfa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “alfa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈal.fa/
• Риме: -alfa
• Хифенација: àl‧fa

Etymology 1

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

alfa m or f (plural #)

1. alpha, specifically:
   1. the name of the Greek-script letter Α/α
   2. The name of the Латинско писмо letter Ɑ/ɑ.; Latin alpha

Related terms

• alef
• alfabeto

 

Etymology 2

Wikispecies ^it Позајмљено од Арапски حَلْفَا (ḥalfā).

Noun

alfa f (plural alfe)

1. a grass, Stipa tenacissima; esparto, halfa

See also

• sparto

Anagrams

• fala ^{(alphagram aafl)}

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha) (sense 1), and Арапски حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) (sense 2).

Noun

alfa m (definite singular alfaen, indefinite plural alfaer, definite plural alfaene)

1. alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. esparto grass, Stipa tenacissima

Synonyms

• (sense 2) alfagress

Derived terms

• alfastråling

References

• “alfa” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “alfa_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “alfa_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha) (sense 1), and Арапски حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) (sense 2).

Noun

1. alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. esparto grass, Stipa tenacissima

Synonyms

• (sense 2) alfagras

Derived terms

• alfastråling

References

• “alfa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

alfa

1. accusative/genitive plural of alfr

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing из Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ /⁠ʾālep⁠/). First attested in 1533.Шаблон:ref

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈal.fa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Риме: -alfa
• Syllabification: al‧fa

Noun

alfa f (indeclinable)

1. alpha Галицијски

   umieć alfę z betą (Middle Polish) ― to be educated

Declension

declension of alfa

	singular	plural
nominative	alfa	alfy
genitive	alfy	alf
dative	alfie	alfom
accusative	alfę	alfy
instrumental	alfą	alfami
locative	alfie	alfach
vocative	alfo	alfy

Or indeclinable.

Derived terms

nouns

• alfa i omega
• cząsteczka alfa
• cząstka alfa
• promieniowanie alfa
• samica alfa
• samiec alfa
• stan alfa
• wersja alfa

 

Further reading

• alfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Шаблон:R:pl:SXVII
• Шаблон:R:pl:SJP1807
• Шаблон:R:pl:SJP1861
• Шаблон:R:pl:SJP1900

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Латински alpha, from Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin. Дублети of alef.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) МФА^(кључ): /ˈaw.fɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.fɐ]

• (Brazil) МФА^(кључ): /ˈaw.fɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.fɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) МФА^(кључ): /ˈaw.fa/ [ˈaʊ̯.fa]

• (Portugal) МФА^(кључ): /ˈal.fɐ/ [ˈaɫ.fɐ]

• Риме: (Portugal) -alfɐ, (Brazil) -awfɐ
• Хифенација: al‧fa

Noun

alfa f (plural alfas)

1. alpha (name of the Greek letter Α, α)
2. (poetic) the beginning; the origin of something

   Синоними: princípio, origem, começo

   Антоними: ómega, ômega

Romanian

Etymology

Позајмљено од Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha).

Noun

alfa m (uncountable)

1. alpha

Declension

declension of alfa (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) alfa	alfaul
genitive/dative	(unui) alfa	alfaului
vocative	alfaule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /âlfa/
• Хифенација: al‧fa

Noun

ȁlfa f (Ћирилица spelling а̏лфа)

1. alpha; the Greek letter Α, α

Declension

Деклинација од alfa

	singular	plural
nominative	alfa	alfe
genitive	alfe	alfa
dative	alfi	alfama
accusative	alfu	alfe
vocative	alfo	alfe
locative	alfi	alfama
instrumental	alfom	alfama

Spanish

Etymology

Позајмљено од Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈalfa/ [ˈal.fa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Риме: -alfa
• Syllabification: al‧fa

Noun

alfa f (plural alfas)

1. alpha; the Greek letter Α, α

Derived terms

• alfa y omega
• macho alfa
• onda alfa
• partícula alfa
• radiación alfa
• rayo alfa

 

Related terms

• álef

 

Further reading

• “alfa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From Антички Грчки ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

alfa n

1. alpha; the Greek letter Α, α

Anagrams

• fala ^{(alphagram aafl)}