Noun: alva
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | alva |
| Plural f | alvas |
Sample Sentences
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Eſta é de como ſta maria pareceu en toledo a ſant alifonſſo ⁊ deull ũa alua q̇ trouxe de paraẏſo con que diſſeſſe miſſa. (This one is (about) how Holy Mary appeared to Saint Ildefonso in Toledo and gave him an alb from paradise to celebrate mass.) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 2 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/056.html] facsimile])]
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13th - 14th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 567: De que morredes, filha, a do corpo velido? (facsimile) (It's dawn, go quickly!)
Nouns inflected like alva
azỹeira,
alfarroba,
ymagen,
ygreja,
milgrãada,
berbeleta,
barriga,
estrolomia,
cavalaria,
paravra,
paravoa,
paravla,
palavra,
purgaminho,
bẽeyçõn,
bẽeiçon,
galinha,
galinna,
demanda,
saudade, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *alba, the feminine of albus (“white”).
Verbs referencing "alva"
Galician Nouns
alba, Portuguese Nouns
alva.
Translations