alfalfa

English

Etymology

From Spanish alfalfa, from early form alfalfez, from Arabic الْفِصْفِصَة‎ (al-fiṣfiṣa), الْفَصْفَصَة‎ (al-faṣfaṣa, “fresh fodder”), from Persian اسپست‎ (espest, aspest), from Middle Persian ʾspst' (aspast).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ælˈfælfə/

Noun

alfalfa (countable and uncountable, plural alfalfas)

  1. (uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
    Synonym: lucerne (British)
  2. (countable) A type or breed of this plant.

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Further reading

Finnish

Noun

alfalfa

  1. 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
alfalfainrare
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
instructive — alfalfoin
abessive alfalfatta alfalfoitta
comitative — alfalfoineen

Synonyms

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alfalfa, from Spanish, from Arabic الْفِصْفِصَة‎ (al-fiṣfiṣa, “fresh fodder”) and الْفَصْفَصَة‎ (al-faṣfaṣa, “(same)”), from Persian اسپست‎ (espest, aspest), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭯𐭮𐭲‎ (aspast).

Noun

alfalfa m (genitive singular alfalfa)

  1. alfalfa, lucerne (Medicago sativa)

Declension
Declension of alfalfa

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative alfalfa
Vocative a alfalfa
Genitive alfalfa
Dative alfalfa

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-alfalfa
Genitive an alfalfa
Dative leis an alfalfa

don alfalfa

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
alfalfa n-alfalfa halfalfa t-alfalfa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic الْفِصْفِصَة‎ (al-fiṣfiṣa), الْفَصْفَصَة‎ (al-faṣfaṣa, “fresh fodder”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈfalfa/

Noun

alfalfa f (plural alfalfas)

  1. (botany) alfalfa

Derived terms

Descendants

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