Meaning

1 senses
  1. A type of geological depression formed by the subsidence of permafrost, sometimes (partially) filled by a lake.

    Alternative forms: alass, alaas

    аласalas

Examples

30 sentences
  1. But who, alas! can love and then be wise?

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  2. Lone lions, alas, always end up being hunted and haggard.

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  3. We should be doing sport right now, alas it is raining.

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  4. There's more sophisticated vocabulary I would suggest, but alas, it is done.

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  5. Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
type of depression:

Origin

From Yakut алаас (alaas).

From Yakut алаас (alaas).

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Forms

plural: alases / alasses
Singularalas
Pluralalases / alasses

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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