See also: ālp-, Alp, ALP, and Ālp

English

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Etymology

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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)).

Noun

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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 []

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Translations

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Back-formation from Alpen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑlp/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: alp
  • Rhymes: -ɑlp

Noun

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alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

  1. alp, (very) high mountain

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French

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Phrase

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alp

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

Irish

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Etymology 1

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Compare English alp.

Noun

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alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alp (high mountain)
Declension
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Declension of alp (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative alp aalpa
vocative a ailp a alpa
genitive ailp alp
dative alp aalpa
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-alp na haalpa
genitive an ailp na n-alp
dative leis an alp
don alp
leis na haalpa
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

  1. Alternative form of ailp (lump, chunk; knob)
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Declension of alp (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative alp ailpeanna
vocative a alp a ailpeanna
genitive ailpe ailpeanna
dative alp ailpeanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an alp na hailpeanna
genitive na hailpe na n-ailpeanna
dative leis an alp
don alp
leis na hailpeanna
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

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

Mutation

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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.

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Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈalp/

Noun

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alp m (plural elbe or elber)

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

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Descendants

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  • German: Alb

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Mutation

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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.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From French Alpes (Alps).

Noun

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alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish آلپ (alp), from Proto-Turkic *alp (difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord).[1] 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).

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Adjective

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alp

  1. brave, hero

References

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