hál

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See also: -hal, HAL, Hal, Ħal, hal, hâl, hàl, häl, hål, hæl, and ħal

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kalɜ- (to spend a night).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

hál

  1. (intransitive, archaic, poetic) to sleep
    Synonym: alszik

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Notes:

  • The derivative of this word, háló (sleeping, participle) is not to be confused with the unrelated háló (net, web). See its entry for its compounds.
  • The derivative of this word, hálás (sleeping, gerund) is not to be confused with the unrelated hálás (grateful, thankful).

References

  1. ^ Entry #231 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ hál in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • hál 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

Irish

Noun

hál

  1. h-prothesized form of ál

Rohingya

Etymology

Cognate with Assamese খাল (khal, drain, canal)

Noun

hál

  1. river

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