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Webster 1913 Edition


Alas

A-las′

,
int
erj.
[OE.
alas
,
allas
, OF.
alas
, F.
hélas
;
a
interj. (L.
ah
.) +
las
wretched (that I am), L.
lassus
weary, akin to E.
late
. See
Late
.]
An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; – in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alas

ALAS'

,
ex.
An exclamation expressive of sorrow, grief, pity, concern, or apprehension of evil; sometimes followed by day or while; alas the day, like alack a day; or alas the while, expressing an unhappy time.

Definition 2024


alās

alās

See also: alas, álás, àlas, a las, and άλας

Latvian

Noun

alās f

  1. locative plural form of ala