alap

See also: áĺap, àlāp, àláp, and ɑ́lɑ́p

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).

Noun

alap (plural alaps)

  1. (music) The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 176:
      The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.

Anagrams

Galo

Noun

alap

  1. wing

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒp]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: alap
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

alap (plural alapok)

  1. base, foundation
  2. (figuratively, especially in the forms alapon and alapján) (on a…) basis, (on the) basis (of…), (on the) grounds (of…), (by the) token (of…), (as a) matter (of…), (by) reason (of…), (at a/the/that) rate (that…)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alap alapok
accusative alapot alapokat
dative alapnak alapoknak
instrumental alappal alapokkal
causal-final alapért alapokért
translative alappá alapokká
terminative alapig alapokig
essive-formal alapként alapokként
essive-modal alapul alapokul
inessive alapban alapokban
superessive alapon alapokon
adessive alapnál alapoknál
illative alapba alapokba
sublative alapra alapokra
allative alaphoz alapokhoz
elative alapból alapokból
delative alapról alapokról
ablative alaptól alapoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 alapé alapoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 alapéi alapokéi
Possessive forms of alap
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alapom alapjaim
2nd person sing. alapod alapjaid
3rd person sing. alapja alapjai
1st person plural alapunk alapjaink
2nd person plural alapotok alapjaitok
3rd person plural alapjuk alapjaik

Derived terms
Compound words

Further reading
  • alap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • alap in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
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