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alfalfa

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English

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Etymology

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PIE word
*h₁éḱwos
  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European*h₁eḱ-
    Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
    Proto-Indo-Iranian*Háćwas
    Proto-Iranian*Hácwah
    Proto-Iranian*Hástiš
    Proto-Iranian*HacwaHastiš
    Old Median*aspāstišder.
    Arabicفَصْفَص(faṣfaṣ)bor.
    Old Spanishalfalfez
    Englishalfalfa

    FromSpanishalfalfa, fromOld Spanishalfalfez, fromArabicالْفَصْفَصَة(al-faṣfaṣa,“alfalfa, lucerne”).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    alfalfa (countable anduncountable,pluralalfalfas)

    2. (uncountable) Aplant, principally ofMedicago sativa, grown as apasturecrop.
      Synonym:(British)lucerne
      • 1937, John Steinbeck,Of Mice and Men‎[1], New York: Covici Friede,page100:
        “No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feedalfalfa to the rabbits.”
    3. (countable) Atype orbreed of this plant.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    Translations

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    Medicago sativa

    Further reading

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    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    FromSpanishalfalfa.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɑlfɑlfɑ/,[ˈɑ̝lfɑ̝lfɑ̝]
    • Rhymes:-ɑlfɑlfɑ
    • Syllabification(key):al‧fal‧fa
    • Hyphenation(key):al‧fal‧fa

    Noun

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    alfalfa

    1. alfalfa

    Declension

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    Inflection ofalfalfa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    nominativealfalfaalfalfat
    genitivealfalfanalfalfojen
    partitivealfalfaaalfalfoja
    illativealfalfaanalfalfoihin
    singularplural
    nominativealfalfaalfalfat
    accusativenom.alfalfaalfalfat
    gen.alfalfan
    genitivealfalfanalfalfojen
    alfalfainrare
    partitivealfalfaaalfalfoja
    inessivealfalfassaalfalfoissa
    elativealfalfastaalfalfoista
    illativealfalfaanalfalfoihin
    adessivealfalfallaalfalfoilla
    ablativealfalfaltaalfalfoilta
    allativealfalfallealfalfoille
    essivealfalfanaalfalfoina
    translativealfalfaksialfalfoiksi
    abessivealfalfattaalfalfoitta
    instructive—alfalfoin
    comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms ofalfalfa(Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

    Synonyms

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    Further reading

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    Irish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishalfalfa, fromSpanishalfalfa.

    Noun

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    alfalfa m (genitive singularalfalfa)

    1. alfalfa,lucerne(Medicago sativa)

    Declension

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    Declension ofalfalfa (fourth declension, no plural)
    bare forms
    singular
    nominativealfalfa
    vocativeaalfalfa
    genitivealfalfa
    dativealfalfa
    forms with thedefinite article
    singular
    nominativeant-alfalfa
    genitiveanalfalfa
    dativeleis analfalfa
    donalfalfa

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms ofalfalfa
    radicaleclipsiswithh-prothesiswitht-prothesis
    alfalfan-alfalfahalfalfat-alfalfa

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Italian

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    Etymology

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    FromSpanishalfalfa, fromArabicالْفَصْفَصَة(al-faṣfaṣa).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /alˈfal.fa/
    • Rhymes:-alfa
    • Hyphenation:al‧fàl‧fa

    Noun

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    alfalfa f (uncountable)

    1. lucerne,alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
      Synonyms:erba medica,erba Spagna

    Old Galician-Portuguese

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European*h₁eḱ-
    Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
    Proto-Indo-Iranian*Háćwas
    Proto-Iranian*Hácwah
    Proto-Iranian*Hástiš
    Proto-Iranian*HacwaHastiš
    Old Median*aspāstišder.
    Arabicفَصْفَص(faṣfaṣ)bor.
    Old Galician-Portuguesealfalfa

    Borrowed fromArabicالْفَصْفَصَة(al-faṣfaṣa).

    Cognate withOld Catalanalfalç andOld Spanishalfalfez.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /alˈfalfa/
    • Rhymes:-alfa
    • Hyphenation:al‧fal‧fa

    Noun

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    alfalfa f (pluralalfalfas)

    1. alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

    Descendants

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    References

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    • Machado, José Pedro (1995), “alfalfa”, inDicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I (A–B), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte,→ISBN, page189, column 2

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /alˈfalfa/[alˈfal.fa]
    • Rhymes:-alfa
    • Syllabification:al‧fal‧fa

    Etymology 1

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    SpanishWikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipediaes
  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European*h₁eḱ-
    Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
    Proto-Indo-Iranian*Háćwas
    Proto-Iranian*Hácwah
    Proto-Iranian*Hástiš
    Proto-Iranian*HacwaHastiš
    Old Median*aspāstišder.
    Arabicفَصْفَص(faṣfaṣ)bor.
    Old Spanishalfalfez
    Spanishalfalfa

    Inherited fromOld Spanishalfalfez, fromArabicالْفَصْفَصَة(al-faṣfaṣa).

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    alfalfa f (pluralalfalfas)

    1. alfalfa
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    Descendants
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    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    alfalfa

    1. inflection ofalfalfar:
      1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
      2. second-personsingularimperative

    Further reading

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