From Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”). Cognate to Latin albus (“white”), Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “whiteness, white leprosy”), Umbrian 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu, “white”) and Old Welsh elbid (“world”).
𒀠𒉺𒀸 • (alpas) c
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| Broad transcription | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun¹ | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural |
| nominative | alpaš | alpeš, alpiš |
| vocative | alpi, alpa | – |
| accusative | alpan | alpuš |
| genitive | alpaš | alpaš, alpan² |
| dative-locative | alpi | alpaš |
| allative | alpa | – |
| ablative | alpaz(a) | alpaz(a) |
| instrumental | alpit | alpit |
| 1. The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension.
2. Only in Old Hittite. | ||
| Cuneiform script | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural |
| nominative | 𒀠𒉺𒀸 | 𒀠pe𒌍, 𒀠pi𒅖 |
| al-pa-aš | al-pe-eš, al-pi-iš | |
| vocative | 𒀠𒉺, 𒀠pi | – |
| al-pa, al-pi | ||
| accusative | 𒀠𒉺𒀭 | 𒀠𒁍𒍑 |
| al-pa-an | al-pu-uš | |
| genitive | 𒀠𒉺𒀸 | 𒀠𒉺𒀸, 𒀠𒉺𒀭 |
| al-pa-aš | al-pa-aš, al-pa-an | |
| dative-locative | 𒀠pi | 𒀠𒉺𒀸 |
| al-pi | al-pa-aš | |
| allative | 𒀠𒉺 | – |
| al-pa | ||
| ablative | 𒀠𒉺𒊍 | 𒀠𒉺𒊍 |
| al-pa-az | al-pa-az | |
| instrumental | 𒀠pi𒀉 | 𒀠pi𒀉 |
| al-pi-it | al-pi-it | |
| More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration | ||