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• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.lɛf/

alef (plural alefs)

1. Alternative form of aleph.

• Lafe, Leaf, feal, flea, leaf

alef f (plural alefs)

1. the Hebrew letter א

From Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlef/, [ˈɑ̝le̞f]
• Rhymes: -ɑlef
• Syllabification^(key): a‧lef
• Hyphenation^(key): alef

alef

1. aleph (first letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew אָלֶ״ף (ālep̄).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lef/
• Rhymes: -alef
• Hyphenation: à‧lef

alef m (invariable)

1. aleph, specifically:
   1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤀
   2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter א

• alfa

• alfe

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈleːf/

ālēf

1. singular imperative of ālēfan

• álef, aleph

Borrowed from Hebrew אלף. Doublet of alfa.

alef m (plural alefs)

1. aleph (first letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

• “alef”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

alef m (plural alefs)

1. alternative form of álef