From Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”). Cognates include Latin albus (“white”), Hittite 𒀠𒉺𒀸 (alpas, “cloud”), Umbrian 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu, “white”) and Middle Welsh elbid (“world”). Doublet of ἄλβος (álbos).
ᾰ̓λφός • (alphós) m (genitive ᾰ̓λφοῦ); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓λφός ho alphós |
τὼ ᾰ̓λφώ tṑ alphṓ |
οἱ ᾰ̓λφοί hoi alphoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓λφοῦ toû alphoû |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λφοῖν toîn alphoîn |
τῶν ᾰ̓λφῶν tôn alphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓λφῷ tôi alphôi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λφοῖν toîn alphoîn |
τοῖς ᾰ̓λφοῖς toîs alphoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓λφόν tòn alphón |
τὼ ᾰ̓λφώ tṑ alphṓ |
τοὺς ᾰ̓λφούς toùs alphoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓λφέ alphé |
ᾰ̓λφώ alphṓ |
ᾰ̓λφοί alphoí | ||||||||||
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