alfalfa
See also: Alfalfa
English
editEtymology
edit| PIE word |
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| *h₁éḱwos |
Etymology tree
From Spanish alfalfa, from early form alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ælˈfælfə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editalfalfa (countable and uncountable, plural alfalfas)
- (uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- Synonym: (British) lucerne
- 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men[1], New York: Covici Friede, page 100:
- “No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”
- (countable) A type or breed of this plant.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editTranslations
editMedicago sativa
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Further reading
editalfalfa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Medicago sativa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Medicago sativa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- alfalfa at USDA Plants database
- alfalfa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editalfalfa
Declension
edit| Inflection of alfalfa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | alfalfa | alfalfat | |
| genitive | alfalfan | alfalfojen | |
| partitive | alfalfaa | alfalfoja | |
| illative | alfalfaan | alfalfoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | alfalfa | alfalfat | |
| accusative | nom. | alfalfa | alfalfat |
| gen. | alfalfan | ||
| genitive | alfalfan | alfalfojen alfalfain rare | |
| partitive | alfalfaa | alfalfoja | |
| inessive | alfalfassa | alfalfoissa | |
| elative | alfalfasta | alfalfoista | |
| illative | alfalfaan | alfalfoihin | |
| adessive | alfalfalla | alfalfoilla | |
| ablative | alfalfalta | alfalfoilta | |
| allative | alfalfalle | alfalfoille | |
| essive | alfalfana | alfalfoina | |
| translative | alfalfaksi | alfalfoiksi | |
| abessive | alfalfatta | alfalfoitta | |
| instructive | — | alfalfoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “alfalfa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English alfalfa, from Spanish alfalfa.
Noun
editalfalfa m (genitive singular alfalfa)
Declension
editDeclension of alfalfa
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alfalfa | n-alfalfa | halfalfa | t-alfalfa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alfalfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalfalfa f (uncountable)
- lucerne, alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- Synonyms: erba medica, erba Spagna
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editEtymology tree
From Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Alternative forms
editNoun
editalfalfa f (plural alfalfas)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editalfalfa
- inflection of alfalfar:
Further reading
edit- “alfalfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eḱ-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ed-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁éḱwos
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Arabic
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- English terms derived from Old Median
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- en:Trifolieae tribe plants
- Finnish terms borrowed from Spanish
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlfɑlfɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlfɑlfɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Irish terms borrowed from English
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
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- ga:Trifolieae tribe plants
- Italian terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Rhymes:Italian/alfa
- Rhymes:Italian/alfa/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/alfa
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Old Median
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eḱ-
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish countable nouns
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- Spanish non-lemma forms
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- es:Trifolieae tribe plants