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Translingual

Alternative forms

Symbol

al

  1. (metrology) Symbol for attoliter (attolitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10−18 liters (litres).

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi आल (āl).

Pronunciation

Noun

al (usually uncountable, plural als)

  1. The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye.
Translations

Etymology 2

Multiple parts of speech

al

  1. Archaic form of all.
    • c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. ”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, , London: Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:
      Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch al, from Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch al, from Proto-West Germanic *all.

Pronunciation

Adverb

al

  1. already

Adjective

al (attributive alle, not comparable)

  1. all; every

Conjunction

al

  1. even though, although

Asturian

Contraction

al m sg

  1. Contraction of a el (to the).

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āl.

Adjective

al (comparative daha al, superlative ən al)

  1. dark red, blood red, crimson
    Synonym: qırmızı

Etymology 2

Verb

al

  1. second-person singular imperative of almaq

Further reading

  • al” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Etymology

A grammaticalization of ahal.[1]

Pronunciation

Particle

al

  1. Used to form yes/no questions.
    Esan al diozu?Did you tell her?

Usage notes

It is placed before the verb.

References

  1. ^ ahal” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • al”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • al”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Breton

Article

al

  1. the

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Contraction

al m sg

  1. Contraction of a el (at the; to the).
    Vaig al zoo.I go to the zoo.

Usage notes

When el contracts to l' before a vowel, al is not used:

Ens veurem a l'aeroport.We'll meet at the airport.

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

al

  1. vermeil

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse allr (all).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

al (neuter alt, plural alle)

  1. all
  2. any

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch al, from Proto-West Germanic *all.

Pronunciation

Determiner

al

  1. all, all of
    Heb je al het bier opgedronken?Did you drink all the beer?
    Van Gogh produceerde al zijn werk gedurende een periode van slechts tien jaar.Van Gogh produced all of his work during a period of only ten years.
    Alle olie is uit de tanker gelekt.All the oil has leaked out of the tanker.
    Niet alle mensen zijn zo gemeen.Not all people are that mean.

Declension

Declension of al
uninflected al
inflected alle
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. alle
n. sing. al
plural alle
definite alle
partitive

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: al
  • Jersey Dutch: ā, āl, ālle (from the inflected form)
  • Negerhollands: al, alda
  • Aukan: ala
  • Sranan Tongo: ala

Adverb

al

  1. already
    Het is al negen uur.It's 9 o'clock already.
  2. yet
    Heb je al een kip gekocht?Have you bought a chicken yet?
  3. (obsolete, today only in fixed phrases and compounds) emphatic modifier of adverbs

Derived terms

Descendants

Conjunction

al

  1. even if
    Synonym: ook al
    Al zou ik het willen...Even if I wanted to...

Anagrams

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin ille (that).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al/
  • Hyphenation: al

Pronoun

al (personal)

  1. (nominative case) he
  2. (accusative case) him

Alternative forms

  • Becomes l- before a vowel.
  • Becomes -el when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
  • Becomes -l when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

al

  1. to speak

Esperanto

Etymology

Likely from Italian al, Catalan al, and Spanish al.

Pronunciation

Preposition

al

  1. to; toward
  2. to (indicates indirect object)
    Ŝi donis la libron al siaj gepatroj.She gave the book to her (own) parents.

Gagauz

Adjective

al

  1. vermeil

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronoun

al

  1. (obsolete) everything, the rest
    Synonym: o resto
  2. (obsolete) other, another
    Synonym: outro

Etymology 2

From Leonese al.

Contraction

al

  1. Contraction of a el (to the (king))
Usage notes

Used exclusively preceding the word rei (king), when referring to the current King of the land.

References

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of French ale, from French aller.

Pronunciation

Verb

al

  1. to go
    Synonym: ale

Hani

Pronunciation

Interjection

al

  1. showing surpise, or admiration
    Al! Aqqoq aqda/aqma!
    Oh! What a great man/woman!
    Al, zaqqul al!
    Oh, how beautiful it is!

Particle

al

  1. indication completion of action
    zaq alfinished eating
  2. used with negative sentence
    Maq beq sso al
    Never mind

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ëla (space, area under something, under(neath), the lower (part)). (Spelled *ala in Uralonet.) Originally it was a noun; today it is used in compound words, see al-.[1] Cognate with Finnish ala, ala-, Erzya ало (alo).

Pronunciation

Noun

al

  1. (archaic, rare) lower part of something

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative al alok
accusative alt alokat
dative alnak aloknak
instrumental allal alokkal
causal-final alért alokért
translative allá alokká
terminative alig alokig
essive-formal alként alokként
essive-modal
inessive alban alokban
superessive alon alokon
adessive alnál aloknál
illative alba alokba
sublative alra alokra
allative alhoz alokhoz
elative alból alokból
delative alról alokról
ablative altól aloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
alé aloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
aléi alokéi
Possessive forms of al
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alom aljaim
2nd person sing. alod aljaid
3rd person sing. alja aljai
1st person plural alunk aljaink
2nd person plural alotok aljaitok
3rd person plural aljuk aljaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Entry #7 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

  • al 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
  • al in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Noun

al

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of alur

Ido

Pronunciation

Preposition

al

  1. Contraction of a la (to the).

Usage notes

This is optional, you can also use a l'...

Ingrian

Spatial inflection of al
↗︎○ allative alle
adessive al
○↘︎ ablative alt

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alla. Cognates include Finnish alla and Estonian all.

In the sense "near", semantic loan from Russian под (pod).

Pronunciation

Adverb

al

  1. (of location) under, underneath
    • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:
      Präkkää jää i paukkaa,
      vesi ono al.
      The ice crackles and bangs,
      Water is under it.
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Kons șommela vesi seisohtaijaa, ni klaziputelin pohjaa jääpi kaks sloijaa: al — liiva, a sen pääl — savi.
      When the cloudy water settles down, two layers will remain on the bottom of the glass bottle: beneath - sand, and above it - clay.

Postposition

al (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) under, underneath
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135:
      Aitan al ellää kärppä.
      Under the storehouse lives a stoat.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:
      Jään al hänel ei oo kylmä.
      Under the ice they aren't cold.
  2. (of location) near, around
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 77:
      Talvi Moskovan al on pitkä, melkeen 5 kuuta.
      Winter around Moscow is long, almost 5 months.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of under): pääl (on top; above)

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 18
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 33

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Preposition

al

  1. Contraction of a le (to the).

Istriot

Contraction

al

  1. Contraction of a el (at the).
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,
      That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

Italian

Alternative forms

  • all' (before a vowel)
  • allo (before a cluster of two consonants other than cl, cr, pl, pr, fl, fr, tr)

Pronunciation

Contraction

al

  1. Contraction of a il (to the, at the).

Preposition

al m (feminine all' or alla)

  1. (cooking, in the singular) with (an ingredient)
    Synonym: con
    risotto al pecorinorice with pecorino cheese
    risotto allo zafferanorice with saffron
    pasta all'agliopasta with garlic

Anagrams

K'iche'

Adjective

al

  1. heavy

Ladin

Contraction

al m sg

  1. Contraction of a l (at/to the).

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German ald, northern variant of alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz. Cognate with German alt, English old, Dutch oud, West Frisian âld.

Pronunciation

Adjective

al (masculine alen, neuter aalt, comparative méi al or eeler, superlative am eelsten)

  1. old, aged
    Antonym: jonk
    Vun ale Mënsche kann ee villes léieren.There’s a lot to learn from old people.
  2. (of food) stale
    Antonym: frësch
    Dat aalt Brout kënne mer de Vulle ginn.We can give the stale bread to the birds.

Declension

Mandinka

Pronoun

al

  1. you (personal pronoun)

See also

Mauritian Creole

Verb

al

  1. Medial form of ale

Michoacán Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

al

  1. water

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch al, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Pronunciation

Determiner

al

  1. all, all of

Adverb

al

  1. completely

Conjunction

al

  1. even though, no matter whether

Descendants

  • Dutch: al
    • Afrikaans: al
  • Limburgish: al

Further reading

Middle English

Adverb

al

  1. Alternative form of all
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
      And smale foweles maken melodye,
      That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
      (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
      And many little birds make melody
      That sleep through all the night with open eye
      (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)

Determiner

al

  1. Alternative form of all
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
      And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge.
      And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living.

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *jalan (path, road), from Proto-Austronesian *zalan (path, way)

Noun

al (third person singularly possessed aloa, construct alen)

  1. line
  2. road, path, way

Verb

al

  1. (intransitive) to line, draw lines

Derived terms

References

Northern Kurdish

Central Kurdish لا (la)
Southern Kurdish لا (la)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Doublet of yar, see alî for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

al f (Arabic spelling ئال)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) side

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From ala (to foster, breed).

Noun

al n (definite singular alet, indefinite plural al, definite plural ala)

  1. nourishing, fostering
  2. a young (farm) animal that one has bred
  3. breeding

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

al

  1. imperative of ala

References

Occitan

Pronunciation

Contraction

al m sg

  1. Contraction of a lo (to the; at the).

Oirata

Noun

al

  1. war

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include Old High German al and Old Saxon al.

Adjective

al

  1. all, every
    • 11th century, Hebban olla vogala:
      Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan
      All birds have started to build their nests
  2. whole, entire
    • 10th century, Wachtendonck Psalms:
      An allero erthon fuor luit.
      Over the entire world the sound spread.

Inflection

Adverb

al

  1. completely, wholly
    • ca. 1100, Leiden Willeram:
      Sin buch is elphondbeinin, al underskeithet mit saphiris.
      His stomach is of ivory, wholly decorated with sapphires.

Conjunction

al

  1. even though
    • ca. 1200, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:
      Ire beider sculde waren grozlich, al newæren sie nieht gelich.
      Both their debts were great, even though they weren't equal.

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: al
    • Dutch: al
      • Afrikaans: al
    • Limburgish: al

Further reading

  • al (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
  • al (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
  • al (IV)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ail, from Proto-Germanic *ailą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom, from *h₂eydʰ- (to burn, kindle).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

āl n

  1. fire

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative āl āl
accusative āl āl
genitive āles āla
dative āle ālum

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ailida-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11

Old French

Alternative forms

Contraction

al

  1. Contraction of a le (to the).

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

al

  1. all
  2. every, each
  3. whole
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *āl, whence also Old English ǣl, Old Norse áll.

Pronunciation

Noun

āl m

  1. eel
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle High German: āl

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Norse

Noun

al

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of alr

Verb

al

  1. second-person singular active imperative of ala

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

al

  1. all
  2. entire
  3. any
Declension


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: al, alle
    • German Low German: all, alle (Münsterländisch; Sauerländisch), olle (Paderbornisch)

Adverb

al

  1. entirely, thoroughly
  2. exactly, absolutely, already, quite

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ēlaz. Cognate with Old English ǣl, Dutch aal, Old High German āl (German Aal), Old Norse áll (Danish and Swedish ål).

Pronunciation

Noun

āl m

  1. eel
Declension


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

āl m

  1. eel

Declension

Descendants

Picard

Etymology 1

From Old French.

Pronoun

al

  1. she

Etymology 2

From Old French, from Latin allium.

Noun

al

  1. garlic

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German al.

Adverb

al

  1. already
    • 1725, Johann Parum Schultze, Die Wendländische Bauernchronik
      jong al no zartjü
      al no carťėv
      He is already at the cemetery.

References

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    Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “al”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 17
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “al”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 34
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “al”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 3

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: al

Pronoun

al

  1. (obsolete) everything, the rest
    Synonym: o resto
  2. (obsolete) other, another
    Synonym: outro

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

Pronunciation

Article

al m or n sg (feminine singular a, masculine plural ai, feminine/neuter plural ale)

  1. of (masculine/neuter singular possessive or genitive article)
    el este un prieten al meuhe is a friend of mine.

See also

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and Dutch al.

Pronunciation

Adverb

al

  1. already

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “al”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: al

Noun

al m animal

  1. eel

Further reading

  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “al”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 25

South Efate

Pronunciation

Noun

al

  1. Sun

Spanish

Pronunciation

Contraction

al

  1. Contraction of a el (at the, to the).

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Sumau

Noun

al

  1. a tree species of the family Combretaceae, Terminalia impediens

Further reading

  • Coode, M. J. E. (1969) “Four new species of Terminalia L. (Combretaceae) from Melanesia”, in Kew Bulletin, volume 23, number 2, →DOI, page 308

Sumerian

Romanization

al

  1. Romanization of 𒀠 (al)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish al, from Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Norwegian older), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation

Noun

al c

  1. alder (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Tatar

Adjective

al

  1. Latin spelling of ал (al)

Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آل (al), from Proto-Turkic *āl (red, crimson). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞 (āl) and akin to Proto-Tungusic *pula (red) and Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (red)

Adjective

al

  1. blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
  2. (dated) dark red
  3. (by extension) red (in general)
See also

Noun

al (definite accusative alı, plural allar)

  1. blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
  2. (dated) dark red
  3. (by extension) red (in general)
Declension
Inflection
Nominative al
Definite accusative alı
Singular Plural
Nominative al allar
Definite accusative alı alları
Dative ala allara
Locative alda allarda
Ablative aldan allardan
Genitive alın alların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular alım allarım
2nd singular alın alların
3rd singular alı alları
1st plural alımız allarımız
2nd plural alınız allarınız
3rd plural alları alları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular alımı allarımı
2nd singular alını allarını
3rd singular alını allarını
1st plural alımızı allarımızı
2nd plural alınızı allarınızı
3rd plural allarını allarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular alıma allarıma
2nd singular alına allarına
3rd singular alına allarına
1st plural alımıza allarımıza
2nd plural alınıza allarınıza
3rd plural allarına allarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular alımda allarımda
2nd singular alında allarında
3rd singular alında allarında
1st plural alımızda allarımızda
2nd plural alınızda allarınızda
3rd plural allarında allarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular alımdan allarımdan
2nd singular alından allarından
3rd singular alından allarından
1st plural alımızdan allarımızdan
2nd plural alınızdan allarınızdan
3rd plural allarından allarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular alımın allarımın
2nd singular alının allarının
3rd singular alının allarının
1st plural alımızın allarımızın
2nd plural alınızın allarınızın
3rd plural allarının allarının
See also
Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     beyaz, ak      gri, boz      siyah, kara
             kırmızı, kızıl; al              turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz              sarı; bej
             limon çürüğü              yeşil              nane yeşili
             camgöbeği; turkuaz              gök, mavi              lacivert
             eflatun; mor              pembe; mor              yavruağzı

References

  • Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi), volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āl (trick, deceit; to deceive).

Noun

al

  1. (dated) trick, trap
    Synonyms: hile, tuzak

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

al

  1. second-person singular imperative of almak

Turkmen

Adjective

al (comparative ?, superlative al)

  1. pink

Venetan

Preposition

al

  1. to the
  2. at the

Article

al m sg

  1. (Belluno) Alternative form of el

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alla; related to Finnish alla.

Postposition

al

  1. under, underneath (stationary location)

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “под”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German all and English all.

Adjective

al

  1. each
  2. every

Watubela

Noun

al

  1. water

References

West Flemish

Adverb

al

  1. already

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognate with English all.

Determiner

al

  1. all

Inflection

This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adverb

al

  1. already

Further reading

  • al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Pronoun

al

  1. Alternative form of aul
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 18:
      An smithered hays videl, bow, strings an al;
      And smashed his fiddle, bow, strings and all;

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133