halla

halla

See also: hallá, hälla, hålla, hallå, ħalla, hällä, and Halla

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haɫ̪a]

Noun

halla f

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

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Estonian

Noun

halla

1. genitive singular of hall
2. partitive singular of hall
3. illative singular of hall

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːɑ/, [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

Declension

Inflection of halla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		halla	hallat
genitive		hallan	hallojen
partitive		hallaa	halloja
illative		hallaan	halloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		halla	hallat
accusative	nom.	halla	hallat
	gen.	hallan
genitive		hallan	hallojen hallainrare
partitive		hallaa	halloja
inessive		hallassa	halloissa
elative		hallasta	halloista
illative		hallaan	halloihin
adessive		hallalla	halloilla
ablative		hallalta	halloilta
allative		hallalle	halloille
essive		hallana	halloina
translative		hallaksi	halloiksi
instructive		—	halloin
abessive		hallatta	halloitta
comitative		—	halloineen

Possessive forms of halla (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hallani	hallamme
2nd person	hallasi	hallanne
3rd person	hallansa

Derived terms

• nouns: hallaisuus, hallatar
• adjectives: hallainen, hallaton

Compounds

• halla-aamu
• hallaharjanne
• hallahattu
• hallakausi
• hallakesä
• hallakorpi
• hallamiilu
• hallamittari
• hallanarka
• hallankestävä
• hallanpanema
• hallanpesä
• hallanpurema
• hallantorjunta
• hallanvaara
• hallanvahinko
• hallanvika
• hallaperäinen
• hallarovio
• hallasavu
• hallasoihtu
• hallasuo
• hallatuuli
• hallausva
• hallavahinko
• hallavakuutus
• hallavuosi
• hallayö
• jallakamiina

 

Anagrams

• Allah

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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

halla — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að halla
supine (sagnbót)		hallað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hallandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég halla	við höllum	present (nútíð)	ég halli	við höllum
	þú hallar	þið hallið		þú hallir	þið hallið
	hann, hún, það hallar	þeir, þær, þau halla		hann, hún, það halli	þeir, þær, þau halli
past (þátíð)	ég hallaði	við hölluðum	past (þátíð)	ég hallaði	við hölluðum
	þú hallaðir	þið hölluðuð		þú hallaðir	þið hölluðuð
	hann, hún, það hallaði	þeir, þær, þau hölluðu		hann, hún, það hallaði	þeir, þær, þau hölluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	halla (þú)	hallið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hallaðu	halliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hallast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hallast
supine (sagnbót)		hallast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hallandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hallast	við höllumst	present (nútíð)	ég hallist	við höllumst
	þú hallast	þið hallist		þú hallist	þið hallist
	hann, hún, það hallast	þeir, þær, þau hallast		hann, hún, það hallist	þeir, þær, þau hallist
past (þátíð)	ég hallaðist	við hölluðumst	past (þátíð)	ég hallaðist	við hölluðumst
	þú hallaðist	þið hölluðust		þú hallaðist	þið hölluðust
	hann, hún, það hallaðist	þeir, þær, þau hölluðust		hann, hún, það hallaðist	þeir, þær, þau hölluðust
imperative (boðháttur)	hallast (þú)	hallist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hallastu	hallisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Noun

halla

1. indefinite genitive plural of höll

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Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːɑ/, [ˈhɑɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːɑ/, [ˈhɑɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -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 [lit. "frosts"] is coming.

Declension

Declension of halla (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	halla	hallat
genitive	hallan	halloin
partitive	hallaa	halloja
illative	hallaa	halloi
inessive	hallaas	hallois
elative	hallast	halloist
allative	hallalle	halloille
adessive	hallaal	halloil
ablative	hallalt	halloilt
translative	hallaks	halloiks
essive	hallanna, hallaan	halloinna, halloin
exessive1)	hallant	halloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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

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

Declension

Declension of halla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative halla hallaí Vocative a halla a hallaí Genitive halla hallaí Dative halla hallaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an halla na hallaí Genitive an halla na hallaí Dative leis an halla don halla leis na hallaí

Derived terms

• halla baile (“town hall”)
• halla billéardaí (“billiard saloon”)
• halla cathrach (“city hall”)
• halla ceoil (“music-hall”)
• halla ceolchoirme (“concert-hall”)
• halla cruinnithe (“assembly hall”)
• halla damhsa, halla rince (“dance-hall”)

 

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.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• haulla, hala

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhal.la/, [ˈhälːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/, [ˈälːä]

Noun

halla f (genitive hallae); first declension[1][2] (Medieval Latin)

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	halla	hallae
Genitive	hallae	hallārum
Dative	hallae	hallīs
Accusative	hallam	hallās
Ablative	hallā	hallīs
Vocative	halla	hallae

Descendants

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

References

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “halla”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 479
2. halla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halla f sg

1. definite singular of hall (“hall”)

Noun

halla n pl

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

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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

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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