halla

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

halla f

1. inflection of hallë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Estonian

Noun

halla

1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of hall

Finnish

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halla, from earlier *šalna, borrowed from Proto-Baltic (compare Lithuanian šalnà and Latvian salna). Cognates include Estonian hall and Northern Sami suoldni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hal‧la

Noun

halla

1. frost, killing frost (below-freezing temperature that occurs at night during the growing season)
2. frost damage (damage caused by such frost)

   alavilla mailla hallan vaara ― risk of frost damage in low-lying areas

3. (figuratively) damage, harm

   tehdä hallaa ― to do damage, do harm

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “halla”, 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

• Allah

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hallr (“slant, slope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhatla/
• Rhymes: -atla
• Homophone: Halla

Verb

halla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hallaði, supine hallað)

1. (intransitive) to slant
2. (transitive, with dative) to cause to slant, lay or let down (into a slanting position, or to rest)
3. (reflexive, with dative) to go to sleep, take a nap

Conjugation

Noun

halla

1. indefinite genitive plural of höll

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halla. Cognates include Finnish halla and Estonian hall.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlː, -ɑlːɑ
• Hyphenation: hal‧la

Noun

halla

1. frost
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:

     Hanhet lentäät - hallat tulloot.

     The geese fly - winter season is coming.

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 42

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish halla, borrowed from Middle English halle, from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house; palace, temple; law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhal̪ˠə/

Noun

halla m (genitive singular halla, nominative plural hallaí)

1. hall
2. (usually in the plural) mansion
3. study hall
4. public building
5. hallway

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “halla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “halla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “halla” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “halla” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Alternative forms

• haulla, hala

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hallu (“large room, hall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhal.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/,

Noun

halla f (genitive hallae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. house, dwelling
2. court, forecourt
3. palace, large residence
4. market hall

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Old French: halle, hale
  • Middle French: halle
    • French: halle
      • → Turkish: hal
  • Norman: halle (Jèrriais)
  • → Middle English: hale
    • English: hale (dialectal)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

halla f sg

1. definite singular of hall (“hall”)

Etymology 2

Noun

halla n pl

1. definite plural of hall (“slope, sloping terrain”)

Old Norse

Noun

halla

1. accusative/genitive plural of hallr

Adjective

halla

1. inflection of hallr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak feminine/neuter nominative singular
   4. weak masculine/neuter accusative/dative/genitive singular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Homophones: haya, aya (in dialects with yeísmo)

Verb

halla

1. inflection of hallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative