definition of the word ala

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Originated 1730–40 from Latin āla (“‘wing’”).

Singular
ala

Plural
alae

ala (plural alae)

(zoology) A wing or winglike structure.
(anatomy) A winglike anatomical process or part, especially of bone.
(botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
(architecture) In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.

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“ala” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
“ala” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

ala f (plural ale)

A dragon.

aždaha
zmaj

ala

To be born.

atta

ala f. sg.

(regional, nonstandard) dragon

hala

ala, v-58
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	ali	elur	elur	ala
Past	ól	ól(st)	ól	ólu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	al !	—	alið !

Infinitive	ala
Pres. part.	alandi
Past part. a26	alin
Supine	alið

ala

(kvæði) to give birth to
to foster
to nourish

(index al)

Hyphenation: a‧la
Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
IPA: [ˈɑlɑ]

ala (stem al-^*)

An area.
(in working life, in sciences) A field.

Declension of ala

	singular	plural
nominative	ala	alat
genitive	alan	alojen (alain)
partitive	alaa	aloja
accusative	ala alan	alat
inessive	alassa	aloissa
elative	alasta	aloista
illative	alaan	aloihin
adessive	alalla	aloilla
ablative	alalta	aloilta
allative	alalle	aloille
essive	alana	aloina
translative	alaksi	aloiksi
instructive	–	aloin
abessive	alatta	aloitta
comitative	–	aloineen

postpositions: ali, alitse, alla, alle, alta
adverbs: alhaalla, alhaalle, alhaalta, alas, allekkain, alatusten
prefixes: ala-

Inflected form of alkaa.

Hyphenation: a‧la
IPA: ['ɑlɑ(ʔ)]

ala

Indicative present connegative form of alkaa.
Second-person singular imperative present form of alkaa.
Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of alkaa.

From Proto-Oceanic. Compare Indonesian jalan, Maori ara.

ala

ala (+ accusative) (elur - ól - ólu - alið)

to bear, to give birth to
to foster
to feed, to nourish

ala á ((+ dative; to harp on) something)
ala aldur sinn (to live one's life)
ala upp
ala önn fyrir (+ dative; to take care of somebody)
alast

IPA: [ˈala]

ala f. (plural ali, poetic ale)

wing

alia (archaic, slang)

ala

Third-person singular present tense of alare.
Second-person singular imperative of alare.

ala

ala f.

flag (piece of cloth)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at flag. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ala in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

āla (genitive ālae); f, first declension

wing
vocative singular of ala#Latin

ālā f.

ablative singular of ala#Latin

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	āla	ālae
genitive	ālae	ālārum
dative	ālae	ālīs
accusative	ālam	ālās
ablative	ālā	ālīs
vocative	āla	ālae

ala

cave

Fourth declension noun
	singular	plural
nominative	ala	alas
genitive	alas	alu
dative	alai	alām
accusative	alu	alas
locative	alā	alās

ala

From Proto-Germanic. Cognates include Old English æl and Old Norse alr.

āla f.

awl.

al-a

ala

To produce.
To testify.
To breed.
To nourish.

ala

ala

Touched.

Generally used as an enclitic suffix to the word it modifies, not as a separate word.

ala f.

section

ala f. (plural ale) (Cyrillic spelling ала)

dragon

aždaha
zmaj

From Latin ala.

IPA: /'ala/

hala

ala f. (plural alas)

Singular
ala f.

Plural
alas f.

wing

The feminine noun ala 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 ala

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.