Ancient Greek

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Α α   –   English: alpha

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /álɸa/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /álfa/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /álfa/

Noun

ἄλφα • ‎(álpha) n ‎(indeclinable)

1. alpha; the name for the letter Α, α in the Ancient Greek language.

Descendants

• Greek: άλφα ‎(álfa)
• English: alpha
• Latin: alpha
• Old Armenian: ալփ ‎(alpʿ), այբ ‎(ayb)

References

• ἄλφα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἄλφα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἄλφα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G1”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979