alfalfa
See also: Alfalfa
English
Etymology
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Etymology tree
From Spanish alfalfa, from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ælˈfælfə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
alfalfa (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
Descendants
Translations
Medicago sativa
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Further reading
- alfalfa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Medicago sativa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Medicago sativa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- alfalfa at USDA Plants database
- alfalfa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlfɑlfɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lfɑ̝lfɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlfɑlfɑ
- Syllabification(key): al‧fal‧fa
- Hyphenation(key): al‧fal‧fa
Noun
alfalfa
Declension
| Inflection of alfalfa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “alfalfa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English alfalfa, from Spanish alfalfa.
Noun
alfalfa m (genitive singular alfalfa)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| alfalfa | n-alfalfa | halfalfa | t-alfalfa |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alfalfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From Spanish alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈfal.fa/
- Rhymes: -alfa
- Hyphenation: al‧fàl‧fa
Noun
alfalfa f (uncountable)
- lucerne, alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- Synonyms: erba medica, erba Spagna
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- alfarfa
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Cognate with Old Catalan alfalç and Old Spanish alfalfez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈfalfa/
- Rhymes: -alfa
- Hyphenation: al‧fal‧fa
Noun
alfalfa f (plural alfalfas)
- alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- [1253 December 26, [Reinado de Affonso III] (in Latin); republished as Portugaliae Monumenta Historica, volume I, Lisbon: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 1856, page 195:
- Et melior adiual de alfarfa ualeat quatuor denarios. Et melior solla de alfarfa ualeat tres denarios.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)]
- 1335, [Foros de Beja]; republished as Collecção de ineditos de historia portugueza, volume V, Lisbon: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 1790, page 534:
- Da carrerga de sparto, e de baraços dalfalfa, e de soltas quatro dinheiros do maravide da boa moeda, que som per esta moeda dous mil dinheiros, que som oyto libras e sseys soldos e oito dinheiros, que som dous reaes de tres meia e biinte seis soldos e oito dinheiros.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
References
- José Pedro Machado (1995) “alfalfa”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 189, column 2
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈfalfa/ [alˈfal.fa]
- Rhymes: -alfa
- Syllabification: al‧fal‧fa
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Alternative forms
Noun
alfalfa f (plural alfalfas)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
alfalfa
- inflection of alfalfar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “alfalfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024