alef

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See also: álef

English

Pronunciation

Noun

alef (plural alefs)

  1. Alternative form of aleph

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Noun

alef f (plural alefs)

  1. the Hebrew letter א

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp).

Pronunciation

Noun

alef

  1. aleph (first letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Inflection of alef (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative alef alefit
genitive alefin alefien
partitive alefia alefeja
illative alefiin alefeihin
singular plural
nominative alef alefit
accusative nom. alef alefit
gen. alefin
genitive alefin alefien
partitive alefia alefeja
inessive alefissa alefeissa
elative alefista alefeista
illative alefiin alefeihin
adessive alefilla alefeilla
ablative alefilta alefeilta
allative alefille alefeille
essive alefina alefeina
translative alefiksi alefeiksi
abessive alefitta alefeitta
instructive — alefein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of alef (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alefini alefini
accusative nom. alefini alefini
gen. alefini
genitive alefini alefieni
partitive alefiani alefejani
inessive alefissani alefeissani
elative alefistani alefeistani
illative alefiini alefeihini
adessive alefillani alefeillani
ablative alefiltani alefeiltani
allative alefilleni alefeilleni
essive alefinani alefeinani
translative alefikseni alefeikseni
abessive alefittani alefeittani
instructive — —
comitative — alefeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alefisi alefisi
accusative nom. alefisi alefisi
gen. alefisi
genitive alefisi alefiesi
partitive alefiasi alefejasi
inessive alefissasi alefeissasi
elative alefistasi alefeistasi
illative alefiisi alefeihisi
adessive alefillasi alefeillasi
ablative alefiltasi alefeiltasi
allative alefillesi alefeillesi
essive alefinasi alefeinasi
translative alefiksesi alefeiksesi
abessive alefittasi alefeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — alefeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alefimme alefimme
accusative nom. alefimme alefimme
gen. alefimme
genitive alefimme alefiemme
partitive alefiamme alefejamme
inessive alefissamme alefeissamme
elative alefistamme alefeistamme
illative alefiimme alefeihimme
adessive alefillamme alefeillamme
ablative alefiltamme alefeiltamme
allative alefillemme alefeillemme
essive alefinamme alefeinamme
translative alefiksemme alefeiksemme
abessive alefittamme alefeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — alefeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alefinne alefinne
accusative nom. alefinne alefinne
gen. alefinne
genitive alefinne alefienne
partitive alefianne alefejanne
inessive alefissanne alefeissanne
elative alefistanne alefeistanne
illative alefiinne alefeihinne
adessive alefillanne alefeillanne
ablative alefiltanne alefeiltanne
allative alefillenne alefeillenne
essive alefinanne alefeinanne
translative alefiksenne alefeiksenne
abessive alefittanne alefeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — alefeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative alefinsa alefinsa
accusative nom. alefinsa alefinsa
gen. alefinsa
genitive alefinsa alefiensa
partitive alefiaan
alefiansa 		alefejaan
alefejansa
inessive alefissaan
alefissansa 		alefeissaan
alefeissansa
elative alefistaan
alefistansa 		alefeistaan
alefeistansa
illative alefiinsa alefeihinsa
adessive alefillaan
alefillansa 		alefeillaan
alefeillansa
ablative alefiltaan
alefiltansa 		alefeiltaan
alefeiltansa
allative alefilleen
alefillensa 		alefeilleen
alefeillensa
essive alefinaan
alefinansa 		alefeinaan
alefeinansa
translative alefikseen
alefiksensa 		alefeikseen
alefeiksensa
abessive alefittaan
alefittansa 		alefeittaan
alefeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — alefeineen
alefeinensa

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew אָלֶ״ף (ālep̄).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.lef/
  • Rhymes: -alef
  • Hyphenation: à‧lef

Noun

alef m (invariable)

  1. aleph, specifically:
    1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤀
    2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter א

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אלף. Doublet of alfa.

Noun

alef m (plural alefs)

  1. aleph (first letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

Spanish

Noun

alef m (plural alefs)

  1. Alternative form of álef
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