alp

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See also: ālp-, Alp, ALP, and Ālp

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (high mountains, especially those of Switzerland). Compare Old Saxon elbon (Alps), Old High German Alpūn (Alps); Old High German alba (alp, mountain)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ælp/
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Noun

alp (plural alps)

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
  2. An alpine meadow.
    • 1942, Marco Pallis, Peaks and Lamas, page 54:
      At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From German Alp, or maybe more specifically Alemannic German Alp.

Noun

alp c (singular definite alpen, plural indefinite alper)

  1. a tall mountain
    1. alp; the Alps
      Coordinate term: sæter

Declension

Declension of alp
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alp alpen alper alperne
genitive alps alpens alpers alpernes

Derived terms

References

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from Alpen.

Pronunciation

Noun

alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

  1. alp, (very) high mountain

Derived terms

French

Phrase

alp

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) à la prochaine

Irish

Etymology 1

Compare English alp.

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alp (high mountain)
Declension
Declension of alp (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alp aalpa
vocative a ailp a alpa
genitive ailp alp
dative alp aalpa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-alp na haalpa
genitive an ailp na n-alp
dative leis an alp
don alp
leis na haalpa

Etymology 2

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

Verb

alp (present analytic alpann, future analytic alpfaidh, verbal noun alpadh, past participle alptha)

  1. (transitive) devour, swallow whole
  2. (transitive) grab
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • alpach, alpúil (voracious, greedy; grabbing, adjective)
  • alpaire m (voracious eater; grabber)
  • alpaireacht f ((act of) bolting food; voracious eating; (act of) grabbing)
  • alpartha (greedy; stout, burly, adjective)

Etymology 3

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

  1. alternative form of ailp (lump, chunk; knob)
Declension
Declension of alp (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alp ailpeanna
vocative a alp a ailpeanna
genitive ailpe ailpeanna
dative alp ailpeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an alp na hailpeanna
genitive na hailpe na n-ailpeanna
dative leis an alp
don alp
leis na hailpeanna
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alternative form of earc (lizard; reptile)
Declension
Declension of alp (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alp aalpa
vocative a ailp a alpa
genitive ailp alp
dative alp aalpa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-alp na haalpa
genitive an ailp na n-alp
dative leis an alp
don alp
leis na haalpa

Mutation

Mutated forms of alp
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alp n-alp halp t-alp

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-West Germanic *albi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈalp/

Noun

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
  3. nightmare (later meaning)

Declension

Descendants

  • German: Alb

References

  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Old Irish alp (lump, loose mass); see ailp.

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Mutation

Mutation of alp
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alp n-alp h-alp t-alp

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From French Alpes (Alps).

Noun

alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

Declension

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آلپ (alp), from Proto-Turkic *alp (difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/), Khakas алып (alıp, hero), Kazakh алып (alyp, giant), Tatar алып (alıp, giant), Yakut алып (alıp, craftiness, deception, magic), Uyghur ئالپ (alp, hero; giant).

Pronunciation

Adjective

alp

  1. brave, hero

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ălpa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill