"alfa" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: alfaen [definite, singular], alfaer [indefinite, plural], alfaene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) (sense 1), and Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) (sense 2). Etymology templates: {{der|nb|grc|ἄλφα}} Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), {{der|nb|ar|حَلْفَا}} Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā)
  1. alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-alfa-nb-noun-50xvCxGS
  2. esparto grass, Stipa tenacissima Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-alfa-nb-noun-Aj2sH1ui
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (sense 2): alfagress Derived forms: alfastråling
Disambiguation of 'sense 2': 0 0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for alfa meaning in Norwegian Bokmål (1.1kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "alfastråling"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἄλφα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "حَلْفَا"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) (sense 1), and Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) (sense 2).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alfaen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alfaer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alfaene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "alpha",
          "alpha"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "esparto grass, Stipa tenacissima"
      ],
      "id": "en-alfa-nb-noun-Aj2sH1ui",
      "links": [
        [
          "esparto",
          "esparto"
        ],
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "sense 2",
      "word": "alfagress"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alfa"
}
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "alfastråling"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alfaen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alfaer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alfaene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alpha",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
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        "esparto grass, Stipa tenacissima"
      ],
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        [
          "esparto",
          "esparto"
        ],
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "sense 2",
      "word": "alfagress"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alfa"
}

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