ald
See also: áld, âld, and åld.
Gothic
Romanization
ald
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌳
Ludian
Etymology
Related to Finnish aalto.
Noun
ald
- wave
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form of *alaną (“to grow up”), corresponding to Latin altus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑld/
Adjective
ald
- (Anglian) Alternative form of eald
Descendants
- English: old
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós (“grow, nourish”), from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Old Frisian ald, Old English eald, ald, Old High German alt.
Adjective
ald (comparative aldiro, superlative aldist)
- old
Declension
Positive forms of ald
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | ald | alde | ald | alde | ald | aldu |
| accusative | aldana | alde | ald | alde | alda | aldu |
| genitive | aldes | aldarō | aldes | aldarō | aldaro | aldarō |
| dative | aldumu | aldum | aldumu | aldum | aldaro | aldum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | aldo | aldu | alda | aldu | alda | aldu |
| accusative | aldun | aldun | alda | aldun | aldun | aldun |
| genitive | aldun | aldonō | aldun | aldonō | aldun | aldonō |
| dative | aldun | aldum | aldun | aldum | aldun | aldum |
Comparative forms of ald (weak only)
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | aldiro | aldiru | aldira | aldiru | aldira | aldiru |
| accusative | aldirun | aldirun | aldira | aldirun | aldirun | aldirun |
| genitive | aldirun | aldironō | aldirun | aldironō | aldirun | aldironō |
| dative | aldirun | aldirum | aldirun | aldirum | aldirun | aldirum |
Superlative forms of ald
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | aldist | aldiste | aldist | aldiste | aldist | aldistu |
| accusative | aldistana | aldiste | aldist | aldiste | aldista | aldistu |
| genitive | aldistes | aldistarō | aldistes | aldistarō | aldistaro | aldistarō |
| dative | aldistumu | aldistum | aldistumu | aldistum | aldistaro | aldistum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | aldisto | aldistu | aldista | aldistu | aldista | aldistu |
| accusative | aldistun | aldistun | aldista | aldistun | aldistun | aldistun |
| genitive | aldistun | aldistonō | aldistun | aldistonō | aldistun | aldistonō |
| dative | aldistun | aldistum | aldistun | aldistum | aldistun | aldistum |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: ôlt, old
- German Low German: old, oold, ol, olt
- → German: oll
- Plautdietsch: oolt
- German Low German: old, oold, ol, olt
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish aalto.
Noun
ald
- wave
Westrobothnian
Noun
ald n
- offspring, progeny
Related terms
- ala
- aläs
- äläs
- alasam
- aller
- ält