# ܐܠܦܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic אַלְפָּא (ʾalpā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-; compare Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf), Hebrew אֶלֶף ('élef), Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp) and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍𐎔 (ảlp /⁠ʾalpu⁠/).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ˈʔal.pɑː]

#### Numeral

ܐܲܠܦܵܐ • (alpā) m or f (plural ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ (alpē) or ܐܲܠܦܵܝܹ̈ܐ (alpāyē), construct ܐܵܠܹܦ (ālēp))
* thousand (1000)
    ܐܲܠܦܵܐ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܬܲܫܥܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― alpā šinnē dtašˁīṯā ― a thousand years of history
    ܬܲܘܕܝܼ ܐܲܠܦܵܐ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐtawdī alpā gāhēthank you so much(literally, “thank you a thousand times”)

##### Usage notes

* This is and behaves like a normal masculine noun, especially when used as part of larger numbers (2,000, 20,000, etc.); e.g. ܐܲܠܦܹܝܢ (alpēn)/ܬܪܹܝܢ ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ (trēn alpē, “two thousand”), ܚܲܡܫܵܐ ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ (ḥamšā alpē, “five thousand”), ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ (ˁisrīn alpē, “twenty thousand”).
* The plural form ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ (alpē) is used in numbers to form thousands, while the plural ܐܲܠܦܵܝܹ̈ܐ (alpāyē) is used for everything else; for example, ܐܲܠܦܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ― alpāyē d-nāšē ― Thousands of people.
* As a number, stress falls on the last syllable rather than the penultimate when enumerating a noun after it.

##### Derived terms

* ܐܲܠܦܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (alpāyūṯā, “millennium”)
* ܐܲܠܦܹܝܢ (alpēn, “two thousand”)
* ܪܲܒ ܐܲܠܦܵܐ (rab alpā, “chiliarch”)

### Etymology 2

From Aramaic אֵלְפָא (ʾelləp̄ā), from Akkadian 𒈣 (eleppum); compare also borrowed into Ancient Greek λέμβος (lémbos).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ʔɪl.pɑː]

#### Noun

ܐܸܠܦܵܐ • (ilpā) f sg (plural ܐܸܠܦܹ̈ܐ (ilpē))
* boat, galley
    Synonym: ܣܦܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (spītā)

##### Derived terms

* ܐܸܠܦܘܿܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ilpōnīṯā, “small boat”)
* ܐܸܠܦܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ilpārūṯā, “navigation”)
* ܐܸܠܦܵܪܵܐ (ilpārā, “sailor”)

#### Proper noun

ܐܸܠܦܵܐ • (ilpā) f
* (astronomy) Argo Navis
* (astronomy) setting of Pleiades

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒈣 (eleppum).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔɛl(lə)fɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ʔɛl(lə)fe] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܐܠܦܐ • (ʾelləp̄ā) f (plural ܐܠܦܐ (ʾelləp̄ē))
* ship, boat, galley

##### Synonyms

* ܣܦܝܢܬܐ

##### Derived terms

* ܐܠܦܘܢܝܬܐ
* ܐܠܦܪܐ
* ܐܠܦܪܘܬܐ

#### Proper noun

ܐܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f
* (astronomy) Argo Navis
* (astronomy) setting of Pleiades

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp). Doublet of ܐܠܦ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔalpɑ], [ʔalfɑ]

#### Noun

ܐܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
* alpha (Greek letter Α)

##### Derived terms

* ܐܠܦܐ ܒܝܛܐ
* ܡܢ ܐܠܦܐ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܐܘ

##### See also

* ܐܠܦ
* ܐ

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔalpɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ʔal(ə)fe], [ʔal(ə)fajjɑ], [ʔal(ə)fɑje] (in the plural)

#### Numeral

ܐܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܠܦܝܐ or ܐܠܦܐ)
* thousand

##### Inflection
### References

* “ˀlp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 10b–11a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 18a–b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 50b–51a

## Turoyo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alfo/

### Numeral

ܐܰܠܦܐ • (alfo) ?
* thousand