English

Noun

alus

1. plural of alu

Estonian

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -us.

Noun

alus ‎(genitive aluse, partitive alust)

1. bottom
2. watercraft

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑlus]
• Hyphenation: a‧lus

Noun

alus

1. vessel, craft, ship (vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)
2. underlay (anything underlaid)
3. (grammar, rare) subject

Declension

Synonyms

• (ship): laiva
• (underlay): alunen, alusta
• (subject): subjekti

Derived terms

• alustaa

Compounds

Anagrams

• sula

Latvian

Alus

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *alu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- ‎(“bitter”). A minoritary view considers the Latvian and Lithuanian terms to be ultimately borrowings from Germanic, via Old Prussian. Cognates include Lithuanian alùs, Old Prussian alu ‎(“honey drink”), Old East Slavic олъ ‎(olŭ, “strong drink”), Bulgarian оловина ‎(olovína, “beer yeast”), Slovene ôl ‎(“beer”), Old English ealu, alu, English ale, Old Norse ǫl ‎(“beer; feast”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος ‎(alúdoimos, “bitter”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alus]

Noun

alus m (3rd declension)

1. beer (alcoholic beverage usually made with barley malt and hops)

   gaišais alus‎ ― lager (lit. light beer)

   tumšais alus‎ ― dark beer

   alus muca‎ ― beer barrel, keg

   alus kauss‎ ― beer mug

   alus darītava‎ ― brewery (lit. beer making place)

   alus rūpniecība‎ ― beer industry

   darīt, brūvēt alu‎ ― to make, to brew beer

   Jāņiem tika brūvēts alus, un nu staigāja no mutes uz muti liela, zaļa māla krūze, putām pārsegta, rūgteni smaržīga dzēriena pilna‎ ― in midsummer beer was brewed, and then a big, green clay jug went from mouth to mouth, covered with foam and full of (that) bitter, aromatic drink

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “alus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Cognate with Common Slavic *olъ ‎(“beer”) and Old Prussian alu ‎(“beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈlʊs]

Noun

alùs m ‎(plural ãlūs) stress pattern 4

1. ale
2. (libelous) beer

Declension

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 370