Alpy

Alpy

Czech

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin Alpēs.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈalpɪ]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -alpɪ
    • Hyphenation: Al‧py

    Proper noun

    Alpy f pl (relational adjective alpský)

    1. the Alps (a mountain range in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland)
      v Alpáchin the Alps

    Declension

    Further reading

    Polish

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin Alpēs.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈal.pɘ/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -alpɘ
      • Syllabification: Al‧py

      Proper noun

      Alpy nvir pl (related adjective alpejski)

      1. the Alps (a mountain range in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland)
        w Alpachin the Alps
        Mont Blanc jest najwyższym szczytem Alp.Mont Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps.
        • 1996, Krystyna Kolińska, [Eliza] Orzeszkowa, złote ptaki i terroryści [[Eliza] Orzeszkowa, Golden Birds, and Terrorists]‎[1], 1. edition (fiction), quoted in NKJP, Warszawa: Trio, published 1996, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, →HathiTrust, page 103, lines 1–3:
          Pojawił się w Interlaken w bajecznej scenerii szwajcarskich Alp w towarzystwie starszego pana, swego wuja [], dziarskiego jeszcze pułkownika ułanów.
          He appeared in Interlaken against the fairytale backdrop of the Swiss Alps, accompanied by an elderly gentleman—his uncle [], a still-sprightly cavalry colonel.

      Declension

      As a feminine noun, as if coming from *Alpa (standard):

      As a masculine inanimate noun, as if coming from *Alp (obsolete):

      Derived terms

      nouns
      adjectives
      • alpinistyczny

      Further reading

      • Alpy”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • Alpy”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
      • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807), “Alpy”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1a, page 13
      • Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “Alpy”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[4], 4. online edition, Warszawa

      Slovak

      Etymology

        Learned borrowing from Latin Alpēs.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /alpi/, [ˈalpi]
        • Rhymes: -alpi
        • Hyphenation: Al‧py

        Proper noun

        Alpy f pl (genitive singular Álp, declension pattern of žena, relational adjective alpský)

        1. the Alps (a mountain range in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland)
          v Alpáchin the Alps

        Declension

        Declension of Alpy
        plurale tantum
        nominative Alpy
        genitive Álp
        dative Alpám
        accusative Alpy
        locative Alpách
        instrumental Alpami

        Further reading

        • Alpy”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026