allas

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aldas (compare Karelian allaš (“trough”)), derived from a root borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough”) (whence e.g. Norwegian olda and separately also aalto). The ending has probably been modified to -as by analogy with other Germanic loans (such as valas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑs
• Syllabification^(key): al‧las

Noun

allas

1. pool, swimming pool
2. tank (open container for liquids)
3. basin (wide bowl for washing)
4. (geography) basin, drainage basin (area of land from which water drains into a commom outlet)
5. reservoir (natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply)

Declension

Synonyms

• (pool): uima-allas
• (wide bowl for washing): pesuallas; pesuvati
• (drainage basin): valuma-alue

Derived terms

Further reading

• “allas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Salla

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.la/, /a.lɑ/

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Verb

allas

1. second-person singular past historic of aller

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aldas. Cognates include Finnish allas.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑs
• Hyphenation: al‧las

Noun

allas

1. trough
   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     Se ono vennäheks kareta, a piti sannoa karõta, se oli allas.

     That's Russian, kareta, but she should have said karõta, that's a trough.

Declension

Hyponyms

• soimi (“manger”)

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 13
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 20

Irish

Alternative forms

• allus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish allas (“perspiration”), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑl̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

allas m (genitive singular allais)

1. sweat, perspiration
   1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) sweating

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77

Karelian

Noun

allas

1. Superseded spelling of allaš.

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “allas”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέᾱ (aléā, “body heat, warmth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal͈as/

Noun

allas n (genitive allais)

1. sweat, perspiration

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: allas
• Manx: ollish
• Scottish Gaelic: allas

Mutation

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish allas (“perspiration”), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪/

Noun

allas m (genitive singular allais, no plural)

1. sweat

Derived terms

• allas Chaluim Chille, allas-Mhoire (“slender St. John's-wort”)

Mutation

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “allas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Pronoun

allas

1. everybody's; genitive singular of alla

   Allas ansvar blir ingens.

   Everybody's responsibility becomes nobody's.