# алга
## Eastern Mari
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑlˈɡɑ/
* Rhymes: -ɑ
* Hyphenation: ал‧га

### Noun

алга • (alga)
* earring, earrings
    Synonyms: алканкӧрж (alkankörž), кӧрж (körž), пылышалга (pylyšalga), пылыштеҥге (pylyšteŋge), серга (serga)
* (botany) catkin
    Synonyms: серга (serga), кӧрж (körž), кичке (kičke), йолва (jolva), пеледышйолва (peĺedyšjolva), парча (parča), кӧржлык (köržlyk)

#### Derived terms

* алканкӧрж (alkankörž)
* пылышалга (pylyšalga)

### References

* J. Bradley et al. (2023) “алга”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɫɡa]

### Noun

алга • (alga) f (diminutive алгиче)
* alga, seaweed

#### Declension
## Mongolian
### Etymology 1

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (alag-a) | алга (alga) |
From Proto-Mongolic *halagan. The modern forms are not unanimous. Buryat-Kalmyk suggest *alïgan, Khalkha *alaga; Eastern Yughur *halagan; Monguor and Dongxiang *halga.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɮk/
* Syllabification: ал‧га (2 syllables)

#### Noun

алга • (alga)
* palm (of the hand)
* sole (of the front paw of an animal)
* palmful

##### Derived terms

* алга дарам (alga daram)
* алга дүүрэн (alga düüren)
* алга загатнах (alga zagatnax)
* алга засал (alga zasal)
* алга зуузай (alga zuuzaj)
* алга зуузайлах (alga zuuzajlax)
* алга наах (alga naax)
* алга таших (alga tašix)
* алга тосох (alga tosox)
* алга тэнийлгэх (alga teniilgex)
* алга хавсран бөхөлзөх (alga xavsran böxölzöx)
* алга хавсрах (alga xavsrax)
* алга хамтатгах (alga xamtatgax)

### Etymology 2

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (alag-a) | алга (alga) |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adverb

алга • (alga)
* Denotes the opposite.

##### Usage notes

Analogous to English un-.

##### Derived terms

* алга байх (alga bajx)
* алга болгох (alga bolgox)
* алга болох (alga bolox)
* алга болох газаргүй (alga bolox gazargüj)

### Etymology 3

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠠᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (alag-a) | алга (alga) |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

алга • (alga)
* hobble strap (that part of the hobble which ties around the leg)

##### Derived terms

* алга нь тасрах (alga nʹ tasrax)

### Etymology 4

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (alg-a) | алга (alga) |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

алга • (alga)
* (obsolete) fishing bait

##### Derived terms

* алга өөш (alga ööš)
* алгач (algač)
* алгачин (algačin)

### Further reading

* “алга 1”, “алга 2”, “алга 3”, “алга 4”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bashkir алға (alğa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐɫˈɡa]
* Hyphenation: ал‧га

### Adverb

алга́ • (algá)
* (army, colloquial) forward
    Synonym: вперёд (vperjód)
    Antonym: наза́д (nazád)
    Алга́ за рабо́ту!Algá za rabótu!Let's get to work!