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al

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Translingual

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Symbol

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al

  1. (metrology) Symbol for attoliter (attolitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10−18 liters (litres).

English

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Etymology 1

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From Hindi आल (āl).

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Noun

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al (usually uncountable, plural als)

  1. The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye.
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Multiple parts of speech

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al

  1. Archaic form of all.
    • c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:
      Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch al, from Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch al, from Proto-West Germanic *all.

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Adverb

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al

  1. already

Adjective

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al (attributive alle, not comparable)

  1. all; every

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al

  1. even though, although

Asturian

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Contraction

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al m sg

  1. Contraction of a el (“to the”).

Azerbaijani

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *āl.

Adjective

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al (comparative daha al, superlative ən al)

  1. dark red, blood red, crimson
    Synonym: qırmızı

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Verb

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al

  1. second-person singular imperative of almaq

Further reading

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  • “al” in Obastan.com.

Basque

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Etymology

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A grammaticalization of ahal.[1]

Pronunciation

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Particle

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al

  1. Used to form yes/no questions.
    Esan al diozu? ― Did you tell her?

Usage notes

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It is placed before the verb.

References

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  1. ^ “ahal” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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  • “al”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “al”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Breton

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al

  1. the

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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al m sg

  1. Contraction of a el (“at the; to the”).
    Vaig al zoo. ― I go to the zoo.

Usage notes

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When el contracts to l' before a vowel, al is not used:

Ens veurem a l'aeroport. ― We'll meet at the airport.

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Crimean Tatar

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Adjective

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al

  1. vermeil

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse allr (“all”).

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Pronoun

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al (neuter alt, plural alle)

  1. all
  2. any

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch al, from Proto-West Germanic *all.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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al

  1. all, all of
    Heb je al het bier opgedronken? ― Did you drink all the beer?
    Van Gogh produceerde al zijn werk gedurende een periode van slechts tien jaar. ― Van Gogh produced all of his work during a period of only ten years.
    Alle olie is uit de tanker gelekt. ― All the oil has leaked out of the tanker.
    Niet alle mensen zijn zo gemeen. ― Not all people are that mean.

Declension

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Declension of al
uninflected al
inflected alle
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. alle
n. sing. al
plural alle
definite alle
partitive

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: al
  • Jersey Dutch: ā, āl, ālle (from the inflected form)
  • Negerhollands: al, alda
  • → Aukan: ala
  • → Sranan Tongo: ala

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al

  1. already
    Het is al negen uur. ― It's 9 o'clock already.
  2. yet
    Heb je al een kip gekocht? ― Have you bought a chicken yet?
  3. (obsolete, today only in fixed phrases and compounds) emphatic modifier of adverbs

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Conjunction

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al

  1. even if
    Synonym: ook al
    Al zou ik het willen... ― Even if I wanted to...

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Emilian

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Etymology

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From Latin ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /al/
  • Hyphenation: al

Pronoun

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al (personal)

  1. (nominative case) he
  2. (accusative case) him

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  • Becomes l- before a vowel.
  • Becomes -el when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
  • Becomes -l when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).
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Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)
Number Person Gender Disjunctive
(tonic) 		Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Reflexive
(-self) 		Comitative
(with)
Singular First — mè a me mêg
Second — tè et te têg
Third Masculine ló al ge se sêg
Feminine lê la
Plural First Masculine nuēter a se nōsk
Feminine nuētri
Second Masculine vuēter a ve vōsk
Feminine vuētri
Third Masculine lôr i ge se sêg
Feminine el li

Epigraphic Mayan

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Verb

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al

  1. to speak

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Likely from Italian al, Catalan al, and Spanish al.

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Preposition

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al

  1. to; toward
  2. to (indicates indirect object)
    Ŝi donis la libron al siaj gepatroj. ― She gave the book to her (own) parents.
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Gagauz

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Adjective

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al

  1. vermeil

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronoun

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al

  1. (obsolete) everything, the rest
    Synonym: o resto
  2. (obsolete) other, another
    Synonym: outro

Etymology 2

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From Leonese al.

Contraction

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al

  1. Contraction of a el (“to the (king)”)
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Used exclusively preceding the word rei (“king”), when referring to the current King of the land.

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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Contraction of French ale, from French aller.

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Verb

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al

  1. to go
    Synonym: ale

Hani

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Interjection

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al

  1. showing surpise, or admiration
    Al! Aqqoq aqda/aqma!
    Oh! What a great man/woman!
    Al, zaqqul al!
    Oh, how beautiful it is!

Particle

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al

  1. indication completion of action
    zaq al ― finished eating
  2. used with negative sentence
    Maq beq sso al
    Never mind

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *ëla (“space, area under something, under(neath), the lower (part)”). (Spelled *ala in Uralonet.) Originally it was a noun; today it is used in compound words, see al-.[1] Cognate with Finnish ala, ala-, Erzya ало (alo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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al

  1. (archaic, rare) lower part of something

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative al alok
accusative alt alokat
dative alnak aloknak
instrumental allal alokkal
causal-final alért alokért
translative allá alokká
terminative alig alokig
essive-formal alként alokként
essive-modal — —
inessive alban alokban
superessive alon alokon
adessive alnál aloknál
illative alba alokba
sublative alra alokra
allative alhoz alokhoz
elative alból alokból
delative alról alokról
ablative altól aloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		alé aloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		aléi alokéi
Possessive forms of al
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alom aljaim
2nd person sing. alod aljaid
3rd person sing. alja aljai
1st person plural alunk aljaink
2nd person plural alotok aljaitok
3rd person plural aljuk aljaik

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #7 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

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  • al 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
  • al in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

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Noun

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al

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of alur

Ido

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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al

  1. Contraction of a la (“to the”).

Usage notes

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This is optional, you can also use a l'...

Ingrian

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Spatial inflection of al
↗︎○ allative alle
○ adessive al
○↘︎ ablative alt

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *alla. Cognates include Finnish alla and Estonian all.

In the sense "near", semantic loan from Russian под (pod).

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Adverb

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al

  1. (of location) under, underneath
    • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:
      Präkkää jää i paukkaa,
      vesi ono al.
      The ice crackles and bangs,
      Water is under it.
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Kons șommela vesi seisohtaijaa, ni klaziputelin pohjaa jääpi kaks sloijaa: al — liiva, a sen pääl — savi.
      When the cloudy water settles down, two layers will remain on the bottom of the glass bottle: beneath - sand, and above it - clay.

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al (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) under, underneath
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135:
      Aitan al ellää kärppä.
      Under the storehouse lives a stoat.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:
      Jään al hänel ei oo kylmä.
      Under the ice they aren't cold.
  2. (of location) near, around
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 77:
      Talvi Moskovan al on pitkä, melkeen 5 kuuta.
      Winter around Moscow is long, almost 5 months.

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  • (antonym(s) of “under”): pääl (“on top; above”)

References

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  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 18
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[4], →ISBN, page 33

Interlingua

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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al

  1. Contraction of a le (“to the”).

Istriot

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Contraction

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al

  1. Contraction of a el (“at the”).
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,
      That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

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Alternative forms

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  • all' (before a vowel)
  • allo (before a cluster of two consonants other than cl, cr, pl, pr, fl, fr, tr)

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Contraction

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al

  1. Contraction of a il (“to the, at the”).

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al m (feminine all' or alla)

  1. (cooking, in the singular) with (an ingredient)
    Synonym: con
    risotto al pecorino ― rice with pecorino cheese
    risotto allo zafferano ― rice with saffron
    pasta all'aglio ― pasta with garlic

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K'iche'

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Adjective

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al

  1. heavy

Ladin

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Contraction

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al m sg

  1. Contraction of a l (“at/to the”).

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German ald, northern variant of alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz. Cognate with German alt, English old, Dutch oud, West Frisian âld.

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al (masculine alen, neuter aalt, comparative méi al or eeler, superlative am eelsten)

  1. old, aged
    Antonym: jonk
    Vun ale Mënsche kann ee villes léieren. ― There’s a lot to learn from old people.
  2. (of food) stale
    Antonym: frësch
    Dat aalt Brout kënne mer de Vulle ginn. ― We can give the stale bread to the birds.

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declension of al
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass al si ass al et ass al si si(nn) al
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner alen al aalt al
independent without determiner ales aler
dative after any declined word alen aler alen alen
as first declined word alem alem

Mandinka

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Pronoun

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al

  1. you (personal pronoun)

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Mandinka personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person nte, n, m ntolu, ntelu, n
2nd person ite, i altolu, altelu, al
3rd person ate, a itolu, itelu, y

Mauritian Creole

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Verb

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al

  1. Medial form of ale

Michoacán Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

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al

  1. water

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch al, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

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Determiner

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al

  1. all, all of

Adverb

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al

  1. completely

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al

  1. even though, no matter whether

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  • Dutch: al
    • Afrikaans: al
  • Limburgish: al

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Middle English

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Adverb

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al

  1. Alternative form of all
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
      And smale foweles maken melodye,
      That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
      (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
      And many little birds make melody
      That sleep through all the night with open eye
      (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)

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al

  1. Alternative form of all
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
      And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge.
      And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living.

Mokilese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *jalan (“path, road”), from Proto-Austronesian *zalan (“path, way”)

Noun

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al (third person singularly possessed aloa, construct alen)

  1. line
  2. road, path, way

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al

  1. (intransitive) to line, draw lines

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Northern Kurdish

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Central Kurdish لا (la)
Southern Kurdish لا (la)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Doublet of yar, see alî for more.

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Noun

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al f (Arabic spelling ئال)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) side

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Declension of al
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative al al
Construct alê alên
Oblique alî alan
Demonstrative oblique wî alî wan alan
Vocative alo alino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative alek alin
Construct alekî aline
Oblique alekî alinan

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From ala (“to foster, breed”).

Noun

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al n (definite singular alet, indefinite plural al, definite plural ala)

  1. nourishing, fostering
  2. a young (farm) animal that one has bred
  3. breeding

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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al

  1. imperative of ala

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Occitan

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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al m sg

  1. Contraction of a lo (“to the; at the”).

Oirata

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Noun

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al

  1. war

Old Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include Old High German al and Old Saxon al.

Adjective

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al

  1. all, every
    • 11th century, Hebban olla vogala:
      Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan
      All birds have started to build their nests
  2. whole, entire
    • 10th century, Wachtendonck Psalms:
      An allero erthon fuor luit.
      Over the entire world the sound spread.

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Declension of al
Strong declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative al alle al alle al allu
accusative allan alle al alle alla allu
genitive allis allro allis allro allro allrō
dative allon allon allon allon allro allon
Weak declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative allo allu alla allu alla allu
accusative allin allin alla allin allin allin
genitive allin allno allin allno allin allno
dative allin allon allin allon allin allon


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al

  1. completely, wholly
    • ca. 1100, Leiden Willeram:
      Sin buch is elphondbeinin, al underskeithet mit saphiris.
      His stomach is of ivory, wholly decorated with sapphires.

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al

  1. even though
    • ca. 1200, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:
      Ire beider sculde waren grozlich, al newæren sie nieht gelich.
      Both their debts were great, even though they weren't equal.

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  • Middle Dutch: al
    • Dutch: al
      • Afrikaans: al
    • Limburgish: al

Further reading

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  • “al (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
  • “al (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
  • “al (IV)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ail, from Proto-Germanic *ailą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”).[1]

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Noun

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āl n

  1. fire

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative āl āl
accusative āl āl
genitive āles āla
dative āle ālum

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ailida-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Contraction

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al

  1. Contraction of a le (“to the”).

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

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Adjective

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al

  1. all
  2. every, each
  3. whole
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *āl, whence also Old English ǣl, Old Norse áll.

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Noun

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āl m

  1. eel
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Declension of āl (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative āl āla
accusative āl āla
genitive āles ālo
dative āle ālum
instrumental ālu —
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  • Middle High German: āl

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  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Norse

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Noun

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al

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of alr

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al

  1. second-person singular active imperative of ala

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

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Adjective

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al

  1. all
  2. entire
  3. any
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Declension of al
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative al alle al allu al alle
accusative allana alle al allu alla alle
genitive alles allarō alles allarō allaro allarō
dative allumu allum allumu allum allaro allum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative allo allu alla allu alla allu
accusative allun allun alla allun allun allun
genitive allun allonō allun allonō allun allonō
dative allun allum allun allum allun allum


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  • Middle Low German: al, alle
    • German Low German: all, alle (Münsterländisch; Sauerländisch), olle (Paderbornisch)

Adverb

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al

  1. entirely, thoroughly
  2. exactly, absolutely, already, quite

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *ēlaz. Cognate with Old English ǣl, Dutch aal, Old High German āl (German Aal), Old Norse áll (Danish and Swedish ål).

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Noun

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āl m

  1. eel
Declension
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Declension of āl (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative āl ālos
accusative āl ālos
genitive āles ālō
dative āle ālum
instrumental — —


Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

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Noun

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āl m

  1. eel

Declension

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Declension of āler (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative āler ālrin ālar ālanir, ālaner
accusative āl ālin āla ālana
dative āli, āle ālinum, ālenom ālum, ālom ālumin, ālomen
genitive āls ālsins āla ālanna

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Picard

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Etymology 1

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From Old French.

Pronoun

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al

  1. she

Etymology 2

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From Old French, from Latin allium.

Noun

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al

  1. garlic

Polabian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German al.

Adverb

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al

  1. already
    • 1725, Johann Parum Schultze, Die Wendländische Bauernchronik
      jong al no zartjü
      Ją al no carťėv
      He is already at the cemetery.

References

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  • The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s): 
    3=1
    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “al”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 17
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “al”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 34
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “al”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 3

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

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  • Hyphenation: al

Pronoun

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al

  1. (obsolete) everything, the rest
    Synonym: o resto
  2. (obsolete) other, another
    Synonym: outro
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

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Article

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al m or n sg (feminine singular a, masculine plural ai, feminine/neuter plural ale)

  1. of (masculine/neuter singular possessive or genitive article)
    el este un prieten al meu ― he is a friend of mine.

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and Dutch al.

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Adverb

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al

  1. already

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “al”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Silesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Aal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: al

Noun

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al m animal

  1. eel

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  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “al”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 25

South Efate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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al

  1. Sun

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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al

  1. Contraction of a el (“at the, to the”).

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Anagrams

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Sumau

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Noun

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al

  1. a tree species of the family Combretaceae, Terminalia impediens

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  • Coode, M. J. E. (1969) “Four new species of Terminalia L. (Combretaceae) from Melanesia”, in Kew Bulletin, volume 23, number 2, →DOI, page 308

Sumerian

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Romanization

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al

  1. Romanization of 𒀠 (al)

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish al, from Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Norwegian older), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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al c

  1. alder (tree)

Declension

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Declension of al
nominative genitive
singular indefinite al als
definite alen alens
plural indefinite alar alars
definite alarna alarnas

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Tatar

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Adjective

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al

  1. Latin spelling of ал (al)

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish آل (al), from Proto-Turkic *āl (“red, crimson”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞 (āl) and akin to Proto-Tungusic *pula (“red”) and Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (“red”)

Adjective

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al

  1. blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
  2. (dated) dark red
  3. (by extension) red (in general)
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Noun

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al (definite accusative alı, plural allar)

  1. blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
  2. (dated) dark red
  3. (by extension) red (in general)
Declension
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Inflection
Nominative al
Definite accusative alı
Singular Plural
Nominative al allar
Definite accusative alı alları
Dative ala allara
Locative alda allarda
Ablative aldan allardan
Genitive alın alların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular alım allarım
2nd singular alın alların
3rd singular alı alları
1st plural alımız allarımız
2nd plural alınız allarınız
3rd plural alları alları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular alımı allarımı
2nd singular alını allarını
3rd singular alını allarını
1st plural alımızı allarımızı
2nd plural alınızı allarınızı
3rd plural allarını allarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular alıma allarıma
2nd singular alına allarına
3rd singular alına allarına
1st plural alımıza allarımıza
2nd plural alınıza allarınıza
3rd plural allarına allarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular alımda allarımda
2nd singular alında allarında
3rd singular alında allarında
1st plural alımızda allarımızda
2nd plural alınızda allarınızda
3rd plural allarında allarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular alımdan allarımdan
2nd singular alından allarından
3rd singular alından allarından
1st plural alımızdan allarımızdan
2nd plural alınızdan allarınızdan
3rd plural allarından allarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular alımın allarımın
2nd singular alının allarının
3rd singular alının allarının
1st plural alımızın allarımızın
2nd plural alınızın allarınızın
3rd plural allarının allarının
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Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     beyaz, ak      gri, boz      siyah, kara
             kırmızı, kızıl; al              turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz              sarı; bej
             limon çürüğü              yeşil              nane yeşili
             camgöbeği; turkuaz              gök, mavi              lacivert
             eflatun; mor              pembe; mor              yavruağzı

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  • Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)‎[5], volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *āl (“trick, deceit; to deceive”).

Noun

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al

  1. (dated) trick, trap
    Synonyms: hile, tuzak
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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al

  1. second-person singular imperative of almak

Turkmen

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Adjective

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al (comparative ?, superlative iň al)

  1. pink

Venetan

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Preposition

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al

  1. to the
  2. at the

Article

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al m sg

  1. (Belluno) Alternative form of el

Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *alla; related to Finnish alla.

Postposition

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al

  1. under, underneath (stationary location)
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References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “под”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German all and English all.

Adjective

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al

  1. each
  2. every

Watubela

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Noun

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al

  1. water

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West Flemish

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Adverb

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al

  1. already

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognate with English all.

Determiner

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al

  1. all

Inflection

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This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adverb

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al

  1. already

Further reading

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  • “al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

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Pronoun

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al

  1. Alternative form of aul
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 18:
      An smithered hays videl, bow, strings an al;
      And smashed his fiddle, bow, strings and all;

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133
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