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aleph

/ˈɑˌlɛf/
/ˈɑˌlɪf/

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Borrowed from Hebrew אָלֶף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.

noun alephs · alef · alif · alaph · olaph

The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set. The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph.

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noun first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script

Español	álef
한국어	알레프 allepeu
日本語	アレフ arefu
中文	阿列夫 ālièfū, 艾利夫 àilìfu
हिन्दी	आलेफ़ ālef
Português	alef
Français	aleph, alef
Italiano	alef
Ελληνικά	άλεφ álef
Русский	а́леф álef
العربية	أَلِف ʔalif, ا
עברית	אָלֶף álef, א

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@misc{aleph_2026,
  title = {aleph},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aleph},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}