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English

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WOTD – 24 September 2015

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishalas, fromOld Frencha las (Frenchhélas), froma(“ah”) +las, fromLatinlassus(“weary”). CompareDutchhelaas,North Frisianielas,West Frisianeilaas.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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alas

  1. Used toexpresssorrow,regret,compassion,grief,resignation, ordisappointment.
    Synonyms:alack,oh well
    I wanted to catch the last bus home, butalas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead.
    • c.1521,John Skelton,Speke Parott:
      Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne
      The enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes
      Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne
    • c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene i],page278, column 1:
      Alas pooreYorick, I knew himHoratio, a fellow of infinite Ieſt; of moſt excellent fancy, he hath borne me on his backe a thouſand times: And how abhorred my Imagination is, my gorge riſes at it.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Revelation18:10:
      Standing afarre off for the feare of her torment, saying,Alas,alas, that great citie Babylon, that mighty citie: for in one houre is thy iudgement come.
    • 1920,Edward Carpenter,Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published1921, page188:
      The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex hasalas! been reserved for what is called "Christian civilization," and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution and Syphilis have grown into appalling evils, accompanied by a gigantic degradation of social standards, and upgrowth of petty Philistinism andniaiserie.
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Translations
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exclamation of sorrow, etc.

Etymology 2

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 Alas (geography) on Wikipedia

FromYakutалаас(alaas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈlɑːs/,/əˈlæs/

Noun

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alas (pluralalasesoralasses)

  1. A type ofgeologicaldepression which occurs inYakutia, formed by thesubsidence ofpermafrost.
    Alternative forms:alass,alaas
Translations
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type of depression

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatinlaxō. CompareRomanianlăsa,las.

Verb

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alasfirst-singular present indicative (past participlealãsatã)

  1. tolet,allow
  2. toleave (something),drop

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Balinese

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Romanization

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alas

  1. Romanization ofᬳᬮᬲ᭄.

Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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Blend ofa +‎las. FromSpanishalas.

Adverb

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alas

  1. o'clock

Etymology 2

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FromSpanishas.

Noun

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alas

  1. (card games) anace; acard with a single spot
  2. atrump card

Estonian

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Noun

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alas

  1. inessivesingular ofala

Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*alas. Equivalent toala-(“lower, under”) +‎-s(s-lative singular).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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alas (comparativealemmaksioralemmas,superlativealimmaksioralimmas)

  1. down,downward,downwards

Inflection

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Declension ofala-
noun casesingularpluraladverbial formsingularplural
nominativeala-–superessivealhaalla–
genitive––delativealhaalta–
partitive––sublativealhaalle–
accusative––lativealas–
inessive––temporal––
elative––causative––
illative––multiplicative––
adessivealla–distributive––
ablativealta–temp. dist.––
allativealle–prolativeali
alitse		–
essive––situativeallekkain
(alakkain)		–
translative––oppositivealatusten–
abessive––
instructive––
comitative––

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of“down; downward”):ylös

Interjection

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alas

  1. (followed by a nominative)downwith(e.g. in demonstrations)
    Alas rikolliset!
    Down with the criminals!

Verb

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alas

  1. second-personsingularpresentimperative ofalkaa (with enclitic-s)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.las/
  • Hyphenation:a‧las

Etymology 1

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FromMalayalas(“base, layer”), fromClassical Malayالس(alas).

Noun

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alas (pluralalas-alas)

  1. base,foundation
  2. layer,lining,covering
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Etymology 2

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FromJavanesealas(ꦲꦭꦱ꧀,“forest”), fromOld Javanesealas(“forest”), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*halas(“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), fromProto-Austronesian*Salas(“forest, wilderness, woods”). Cognate toBalineseᬳᬮᬲ᭄(alas,“forest”).

Noun

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alas (pluralalas-alas)

  1. forest
    Synonyms:hutan,rimba,wana

Etymology 3

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FromJavanese[Term?].

Noun

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alas (pluralalas-alas)

  1. rope on a small boat balancer

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*alas. Cognates includeFinnishalas and dialectalEstonianalas.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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alas

  1. Synonym ofallaa
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov,Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page13:
      Yks, kaks!Alas läks.
      Yks! Kaks! Ympäär plaks!
      One, two!Down you go.
      One! Two! Around you plop down!

Derived terms

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Related terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page11
  • Arvo Laanest (1997)Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page19

Javanese

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Romanization

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alas

  1. Romanization ofꦲꦭꦱ꧀

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ālās

  1. accusativeplural ofāla

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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alās

  1. second-personsingularpresentactivesubjunctive ofalō

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Latvian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alas f

  1. inflection ofala:
    1. genitivesingular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusativeplural

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alas (Jawi spellingالس,pluralalas-alas)

  1. base,framework,layer,pad,foundation

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology

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fromOld Frencha las.

Interjection

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alas

  1. alas
    • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e.,Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, inLe Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England:s.n.],folio 451, verso, lines13–14:
      Alas ſeyde quene Gwenyu[er] now ar we myſcheved bothe //
      “Alas!” said Queen Guinevere, “now are we mischieved both!”

Descendants

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Mirandese

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Noun

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alas

  1. plural ofala

Occitan

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Noun

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alas

  1. plural ofala

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*halas(“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), fromProto-Austronesian*Salas(“forest, wilderness, woods”).

Noun

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alas

  1. wood,forest
  2. quantity offlowers orplants growing in athick cluster

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • "alas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Spanish

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Noun

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alas

  1. plural ofala

Old Sundanese

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*halas(“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), fromProto-Austronesian*Salas(“forest, wilderness, woods”).

Noun

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alas

  1. wood,forest
  2. (by extension)land,territory
    • (Can wedate this quote?),Bujangga Manik:
      Sadatang ka tungtung Sunda, meuntasing di Cipamali, datang kaalas Jawa.
      When I've reached the limits of Sunda, I crossed the Pamali river, and came to thelands of Java.

Descendants

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  • > Sundanese:alas(inherited)

Portuguese

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Noun

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alas

  1. plural ofala

Verb

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alas

  1. second-personsingularpresentindicative ofalar

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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àlās m (Cyrillic spellingа̀ла̄с)

  1. alternative form ofhàlās

Declension

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Declension ofalas
singularplural
nominativeàlāsalási
genitivealásaalásā
dativealásualásima
accusativeàlāsaláse
vocativealasealási
locativealásualásima
instrumentalalásomalásima

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alas f pl

  1. plural ofala

Sundanese

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Etymology

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FromOld Sundanesealas, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*halas(“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), fromProto-Austronesian*Salas(“forest, wilderness, woods”).

Noun

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alas (Sundanese scriptᮃᮜᮞ᮪)

  1. forest
    Synonym:leuweung

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromSpanishalas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alás (Baybayin spellingᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. (card games)ace
    Synonym:eis
  2. (figuratively, by extension)trump card
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See also
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Playing cards in Tagalog ·baraha(layout ·text)
alasdostreskuwatrosingkoseissiyete
otsonuwebediyeskabayo,sotareynaharidiyoker,payaso

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromSpanishalas.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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alás (Baybayin spellingᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. o'clock(except for one o' clock)
    Synonym:(for one o' clock)ala
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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alás (Baybayin spellingᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. cutshort andeven

Noun

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alas (Baybayin spellingᜀᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. act ofcutting orlopping offgrowthevenly
    Synonym:palas
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References

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  • “alas”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983)Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1,page 9

Anagrams

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Tetum

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*halas, fromProto-Austronesian*Salas.

Noun

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alas

  1. forest
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