allas

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).

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

allas

1. a closed body of water, e.g. a lagoon
2. reservoir (natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply)
3. (geography) glacial basin (a broad and relatively shallow depression caused by glaciation)
4. tank, open tank (open container for liquids)
5. pool, swimming pool

   Synonym: uima-allas

6. basin, sink (wide bowl for washing)

   Synonyms: pesuallas, pesuvati

7. (geography) Synonym of valuma-alue (“basin, drainage basin”)
8. (dialectal) Synonym of kaukalo (“trough, manger (for animals to eat or drink out of)”)

• “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

• Salla

• IPA^(key): /a.la/ ~ /a.lɑ/

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allas

1. second-person singular past historic of aller

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

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

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.

• soimi (“manger”)

• 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

• allus (obsolete)

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

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

allas m (genitive singular allais)

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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 [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77

allas

1. Superseded spelling of allaš.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈal͈as/

allas n (genitive allais)

1. sweat, perspiration

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

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪/

allas m (genitive singular allais, no plural)

1. sweat

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

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

allas

1. everybody's; genitive singular of alla

   Allas ansvar blir ingens.

   Everybody's responsibility becomes nobody's.