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Estonian
Adjective
halba
- partitive singular of halb
- illative singular of halb
Gothic
Romanization
halba
- Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰
Hungarian
Etymology
hal + -ba
Pronunciation
Noun
halba
- illative singular of hal
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Halbe.[1][2] First attested in 1600.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxal.ba/
- Rhymes: -alba
- Syllabification: hal‧ba
Noun
halba f
- (archaic) half a quarter, half a liter
- bottle or vessel of such an amount
- halba piwa ― a half liter of beer
- wypić halbę ― to drink a half liter
Declension
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “halba”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “halba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “halba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading
- halba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Teresa Sokołowska (30.07.2012) “ALBA, *HALBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “halba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “halba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 8
Silesian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Halbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxal.ba/
- Rhymes: -alba
- Syllabification: hal‧ba
Noun
halba f
- (colloquial) half-litre vodka bottle
- Hypernym: flaszka
Further reading
- Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “halba”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 108