alp

See also: Alp and ALP

English

Etymology

Back-formation from alps (plural), from Latin alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”), of Celtic (*albiyos) or Germanic (*albiz) origin (compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).

Noun

alp (plural alps)

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
    • Milton
      Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp.
    • Alexander Pope
      Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.

Derived terms

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

  1. alp, (very) high mountain

French

Abbreviation

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

  1. Alternative form of ailp (“lump, chunk; knob”)
Declension

Etymology 4

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. Alternative form of earc (“lizard; reptile”)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
alp n-alp halp t-alp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "alp" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “alp” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “alp” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “alp” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

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

Descendants

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”).

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
alpn-alph-alpt-alp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “alp” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

Noun

alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

Declension

Declension of alp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alp alpen alper alperna
Genitive alps alpens alpers alpernas

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ălp (“difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord”), and according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, possibly from Proto-Altaic *ălpa (“unable, sick; man-at-arms”) (compare Japanese 哀れ (aware, “pity”), Korean 아픈 (apeun, “to be ill”)).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯‎ (alp).

Adjective

alp (comparative daha alp, superlative en 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
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