alpaga

French
alpaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.pa.ɡa/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

alpaga m (plural alpagas)

  1. alpaca (sheeplike animal of the Andes)

Descendants
  • → Polish: alpaga
  • → Romanian: alpaca
  • → Russian: альпага (alʹpaga)

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈal.pa.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -alpaɡa
  • Hyphenation: àl‧pa‧ga

Noun

alpaga m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of alpaca

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈpa.ɡa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: al‧pa‧ga

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps related to alpaka (“alpaca”), or more likely related to alpaka (“nickel silver”) with a semantic shift of metal imitating silver to imitation to imitation wine.[1] First attested in the late 20th century.[2]

Noun

alpaga f

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) bum wine
    Synonyms: bełt, jabcok, jabol, mamrot, siara, wino marki wino, żur
    pić alpagę ― to drink bum wine
Declension
Declension of alpaga
singular plural
nominative alpaga alpagi
genitive alpagi alpag
dative alpadze alpagom
accusative alpagę alpagi
instrumental alpagą alpagami
locative alpadze alpagach
vocative alpago alpagi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French alpague.[3][4] First attested in 1840.[5]

Noun

alpaga f

  1. Alternative form of alpaka (“alpaca wool”)
Declension
Declension of alpaga
singular
nominative alpaga
genitive alpagi
dative alpadze
accusative alpagę
instrumental alpagą
locative alpadze
vocative alpago
Derived terms
adjective

References
  1. Adam Fałowski (2022) Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
  2. Perfect (lyrics and music) (1982) “Autobiografia”, in Unu‎
  3. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alpaga”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  4. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alpaga”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. Dziennik Domowy : poświęcony życiu domowemu, familijnemu i towarzyskiemu, wychodzi raz na tydzień, w objętości jednego arkusza, do którego przydaną jest rycina mód paryzkich, wraz z opisem‎ (in Polish), number T. 1, nr 45, 1840, page 360

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

alpaga f (plural alpagale)

  1. Obsolete form of alpaca.

Declension
Declension of alpaga
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) alpaga alpagaua (niște) alpagale alpagalele
genitive/dative (unei) alpagale alpagalei (unor) alpagale alpagalelor
vocative alpaga alpagalelor

References
  • alpaga in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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