"alfa" meaning in Irish

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Noun

Forms: alfa [genitive, singular]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|ga|grc|ἄλφα}} Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), {{der|ga|sem}} Semitic Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|alfa||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} alfa m (genitive singular alfa), {{ga-noun|m|~|-}} alfa m (genitive singular alfa)
  1. alpha (Greek letter) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Greek letter names Categories (lifeform): Plants Derived forms: alfa-cháithnín (english: alpha particle) [masculine], alfa-gha (english: alpha wave) [masculine], alfa-héilics (english: alpha helix) [masculine], alfa-radaíocht (english: alpha radiation), alfa-rithim (english: alpha rhythm), alfa-thástáil (english: alpha test), alfa-uimhir (english: alphanumeric) [noun], alfa-uimhriúil (english: alphanumeric) [adjective], fireannach alfa (english: alpha male)
    Sense id: en-alfa-ga-noun-F6nCXia- Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 91 9 Disambiguation of Plants: 73 27 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|ar|حَلْفَا}} Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|alfa||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} alfa m (genitive singular alfa), {{ga-noun|m|~|-}} alfa m (genitive singular alfa) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m4-nopl|a|lfa}}, {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: alfa [genitive, singular], no-plural [table-tags], alfa [indefinite, nominative, singular], a alfa [indefinite, singular, vocative], alfa [genitive, indefinite, singular], alfa [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an t-alfa [definite, nominative, singular], an alfa [definite, genitive, singular], leis an alfa [dative, definite, singular], don alfa [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], alfa [mutation, mutation-radical], n-alfa [eclipsis, mutation], halfa [mutation, prothesis-h], t-alfa [mutation, prothesis-t]
  1. esparto, halfa Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-alfa-ga-noun-U40luPpE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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