häll
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Hällar in Sweden
Estonian
Etymology
Related to hällima (“to swing, to sway”) and häilima (“to shine, to flicker”). Cognate with Livonian äl (“cradle, swing”).
Noun
häll (genitive hälli, partitive hälli)
Declension
| Declension of häll (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | häll | hällid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | hälli | ||
| genitive | hällide | ||
| partitive | hälli | hälle hällisid | |
| illative | hälli hällisse |
hällidesse hällesse | |
| inessive | hällis | hällides hälles | |
| elative | hällist | hällidest hällest | |
| allative | hällile | hällidele hällele | |
| adessive | hällil | hällidel hällel | |
| ablative | hällilt | hällidelt hällelt | |
| translative | hälliks | hällideks hälleks | |
| terminative | hällini | hällideni | |
| essive | hällina | hällidena | |
| abessive | hällita | hällideta | |
| comitative | hälliga | hällidega | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “häll”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hal, from Old Norse hallr, from Proto-Germanic *halluz.
Noun
häll c
- a more or less flat, often sloping section of rock surface
- a slab of hewn rock (for some purpose)
- a cooktop (flat surface with an assembly of burners for cooking)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | häll | hälls |
| definite | hällen | hällens | |
| plural | indefinite | hällar | hällars |
| definite | hällarna | hällarnas |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
häll
- imperative of hälla
References
- häll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)