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Hungarian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

ál (not comparable)

  1. (rare) false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus, pseudo-, counterfeit

Declension

Though uncommon, it might be used and inflected as an adjective.

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ál álak
accusative ált álakat
dative álnak álaknak
instrumental állal álakkal
causal-final álért álakért
translative állá álakká
terminative álig álakig
essive-formal álként álakként
essive-modal
inessive álban álakban
superessive álon álakon
adessive álnál álaknál
illative álba álakba
sublative álra álakra
allative álhoz álakhoz
elative álból álakból
delative álról álakról
ablative áltól álaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
álé álaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
áléi álakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ ál in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ 2. (ritk) hamis, külsődleges, ill. színlelt, tettetett ("rare: false, superficial, or feigned, pretended")

Further reading

  • ál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ál in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

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Chemical element
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ál n (genitive singular áls, no plural)

  1. aluminum
Declension

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ál

  1. indefinite accusative singular of áll
  2. indefinite dative singular of áll

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ál (brood, litter, clutch), from Proto-Celtic *aglos (compare Welsh ael).

Pronunciation

Noun

ál m (genitive singular áil, nominative plural álta)

  1. litter
  2. brood

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ál n-ál hál t-ál
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading