Alba
See also: alba, Albà, and albă
English
Etymology
From Romanian Alba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlbə/
Proper noun
Alba
- A county of Transylvania, Romania.
Translations
county of Romania
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Anagrams
- AABL, Ba'al, Baal, Bala, Baʿal, LABA, baal, blaa, laab
Asturian
Proper noun
Alba f
- Clipping of Alba de Tormes.
- Ana Isabel Fernández Rodríguez et al., El pueblu quirosán: una unidá social in 1991, Cultures: revista asturiana de cultura, volume 1, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 79:
- Les que más poder de convocatoria tienen son les romeríes de dellos centros devocionales (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), qu’ atraen a xente de tol conceyu y d’otros conceyos vecinos (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).
- Those which have the greatest summoning power are the religious festivals of various devotional centres (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), which attract people from the entire municipality and from other neighbouring municipalities (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).
- Les que más poder de convocatoria tienen son les romeríes de dellos centros devocionales (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), qu’ atraen a xente de tol conceyu y d’otros conceyos vecinos (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).
- Ana Isabel Fernández Rodríguez et al., El pueblu quirosán: una unidá social in 1991, Cultures: revista asturiana de cultura, volume 1, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 79:
Catalan
Proper noun
Alba f
- Alba (any of various places)
Irish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish Albu; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *albiyū.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalˠəbˠə/
Proper noun
Alba f (genitive Alban)
- (dated) Scotland
- Synonym: Albain
Declension
Declension of Alba
Fifth declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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- The definite article is used only in the genitive.
Derived terms
- Alba Nua f (“Nova Scotia”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Alba | nAlba | hAlba | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Albu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “Alba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.ba/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alba
- Hyphenation: Àl‧ba
Proper noun
Alba ?
- Synonym of Scozia
Derived terms
- albese
Anagrams
- Baal
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ba/, [ˈäɫ̪bä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ba/, [ˈälbä]
Proper noun
Alba m sg (genitive Albae); first declension
- (Late Latin) Alternative form of Albis
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Flavius Vopiscus to this entry?)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Alba |
Genitive | Albae |
Dative | Albae |
Accusative | Albam |
Ablative | Albā |
Vocative | Alba |
Locative | Albae |
References
- “Alba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Alba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
From alba, definite feminine form of alb.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Alba f
- A county of Romania.
- A village in Hudești, Botoșani, Romania
- A village in Izvoarele, Tulcea, Romania
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish Albu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠapə/
Proper noun
Alba f
- Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- Tha Loch Laomainn ann an Albainn.[1]
- Loch Lomond is in Scotland.
Usage notes
- Used with the definite article in the genitive case:
- aibhnichean na h-Alba ― Scotland’s rivers
Derived terms
- Alba Nuadh f (“Nova Scotia”)
- BPA m (“Member of the Scottish Parliament”)
- Eaglais na h-Alba f (“the Church of Scotland”)
See also
- Albion (compare; cognate)
References
- http://www.taic.me.uk/faclmain.htm
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Alba | n-Alba | h-Alba | t-Alba |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalba/ [ˈal.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -alba
- Syllabification: Al‧ba
Proper noun
Alba f
- a female given name from alba (“dawn”), of modern usage
- a habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish.
Proper noun
Alba
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alba is the 277th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 27,607 individuals.