æla

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word æla. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word æla, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say æla in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word æla you have here. The definition of the word æla will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofæla, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse æla (to pour).

Pronunciation

Verb

æla (third person singular past indicative ælaði, third person plural past indicative ælaðu, supine ælað)

  1. to rain (rare: to hail, to snow), with pauses between (shower)
  2. (humorous) to weep on nothing (esp. children)

Usage notes

  • hann ælur - "he" is showering ("he" = the weather)

Conjugation

Conjugation of æla (group v-30)
infinitive æla
supine ælað
participle (a6)1 ælandi ælaður
present past
first singular æli ælaði
second singular ælar ælaði
third singular ælar ælaði
plural æla ælaðu
imperative
singular æla!
plural ælið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

  • see æl (shower)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse æla (to pour, flow).

Pronunciation

Verb

æla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ældi, supine ælt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with dative object) to vomit

Conjugation

Synonyms

Noun

æla f (genitive singular ælu, nominative plural ælur)

  1. vomit

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old English

Interjection

ǣlā

  1. Alternative form of ēalā

Old Norse

Etymology

From the noun áll (gully, a deep narrow channel in sea or river), which according to Pokorny is from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed).[1] However, compare elgur (slush).[2]

Verb

æla

  1. to pour, to flow quickly

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “305”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 305
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “algi”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21