Alephとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• alef (Hebrew, Persian)
• alif (Arabic)
• alaph (Syriac), olaph (Western Syriac)

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈɑˌlɛf/, /ˈɑˌlɪf/

名詞

aleph (plural alephs)

1. 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).
2. (mathematics) 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.

派生語

関連する語

• alpha

参考

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet