алга

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See also: ялга and алға

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑlˈɡɑ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ал‧га

Noun

алга (alga)

  1. earring, earrings
    Synonyms: алканкӧрж (alkankörž), кӧрж (körž), пылышалга (pylyšalga), пылыштеҥге (pylyšteŋge), серга (serga)
  2. (botany) catkin
    Synonyms: серга (serga), кӧрж (körž), кичке (kičke), йолва (jolva), пеледышйолва (peĺedyšjolva), парча (parča), кӧржлык (köržlyk)

Declension

Declension of алга
singular plural
nominative алга (alga) алга-влак (alga-vlak)
accusative алгам (algam) алга-влакым (alga-vlakym)
genitive алган (algan) алга-влакын (alga-vlakyn)
dative алгалан (algalan) алга-влаклан (alga-vlaklan)
comitative алгаге (algage) алга-влакге (alga-vlakge)
comparative алгала (algala) алга-влакла (alga-vlakla)
inessive алгаште (algašte) алга-влакыште (alga-vlakyšte)
illative (short) алгаш (algaš) алга-влакыш (alga-vlakyš)
illative (long) алгашке (algaške) алга-влакышке (alga-vlakyške)
lative алгаш (algaš) алга-влакеш (alga-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of алга
singular plural
1st person алгам (algam) алгана (algana)
2nd person алгат (algat) алгада (algada)
3rd person алгаже (algaže) алгашт (algašt)

Derived terms

nouns

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “алга”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

алга (algaf (diminutive алгиче)

  1. alga, seaweed

Declension

Mongolian

Etymology 1

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alag-a)
алга
(alga)

From Proto-Mongolic *halagan. The modern forms are not unanimous. Buryat-Kalmyk suggest *alïgan, Khalkha *alaga; Eastern Yughur *halagan; Monguor and Dongxiang *halga.

Pronunciation

Noun

алга (alga)

  1. palm (of the hand)
  2. sole (of the front paw of an animal)
  3. palmful
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alag-a)
алга
(alga)

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

Adverb

алга (alga)

  1. Denotes the opposite.
Usage notes

Analogous to English un-.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alag-a)
алга
(alga)

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

Noun

алга (alga)

  1. hobble strap (that part of the hobble which ties around the leg)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 4

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ
(alg-a)
алга
(alga)

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

Noun

алга (alga)

  1. (obsolete) fishing bait
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • алга 1”, “алга 2”, “алга 3”, алга 4”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bashkir алға (alğa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ал‧га

Adverb

алга́ (algá)

  1. (army, colloquial) forward
    Synonym: вперёд (vperjód)
    Antonym: наза́д (nazád)
    Алга́ за рабо́ту!
    Algá za rabótu!
    Let's get to work!