arca de la Alianza
Spanish
Proper noun
arca de la Alianza f
- Ark of the Covenant
Usage notes
- The feminine noun arca de la Alianza is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
- el arca de la Alianza
- However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
Alternative forms
- arca de la alianza