allt

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See also: állt

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • ald (alternative spelling)
  • att (common variant; often both forms alongside in the same dialect)

Etymology

From all (“all”) with a fossiled neuter ending -t. Compare Dutch al.

Pronunciation

Adverb

allt

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) already
    Ich hann allt drissig Minutte op dich jewaat!
    I’ve already waited for you for thirty minutes!

Synonyms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Adjective

allt

  1. everything, neuter of allur

Pronoun

allt

  1. inflection of allur:
    1. neuter nominative singular
    2. neuter accusative singular

Irish

Noun

allt

  1. Obsolete spelling of alt

Verb

allt

  1. Obsolete spelling of alt

Mutation

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

Old Norse

Adjective

allt

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of allr

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish alt, from Old Irish alt (“shore, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (“cliff”).

Cognates in the Celtic languages include Irish alt (“height, glenside, cliff”), Cornish als (“cliff”), and Breton aot (“shore”). MacBain suggests the Scottish Gaelic form and meaning has a Pictish origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

allt m (genitive singular uillt, plural uillt)

  1. steep-sided stream
    Tha an t-allt a' ruith.
    The stream is flowing.

Derived terms

  • alltan (“burn, brook, stream”)
  • leth-allt (“stream with one steep side, not two”)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “allt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “allt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

allt

  1. everything, all
    Allt gick åt helvete.
    Everything went terrible.
    (literally, “Everything went to hell.”)

See also

  • alla (“everyone”)

Determiner

allt

  1. neuter singular of all
    Har du druckit upp allt vatten?
    Have you drunk up all (of the) water?

Usage notes

  • all and allt are the words to use about uncountable mass nouns (of common and neuter gender, respectively) and alla is used about countable in the plural.

Adverb

allt (not comparable)

  1. more and more

Further reading

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh allt, from Proto-Brythonic *alt, from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), Irish ailt (“steep-sided ravine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

allt f (plural elltydd or aillt)

  1. hillside, slope
  2. wood, small forest

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
allt unchanged unchanged hallt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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