allt

allt

See also: állt

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• ald (alternative spelling)
• att (common variant; often both forms alongside in the same dialect)

Etymology

From all (“all”) with a fossiled neuter ending -t. Compare Dutch al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alt/
• Homophone: alt

Adverb

allt

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) already

   Ich hann allt drissig Minutte op dich jewaat!

   I’ve already waited for you for thirty minutes!

Synonyms

• schun

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Icelandic

Adjective

allt

1. everything, neuter of allur

Pronoun

allt

1. inflection of allur:
   1. neuter nominative singular
   2. neuter accusative singular

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Old Norse

Adjective

allt

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of allr

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish alt (“shore, cliff”). Cognates in the Celtic languages include Irish alt (“height, glenside, cliff”), Cornish als (“cliff”), and Breton aot (“shore”). MacBain suggests the Scottish Gaelic form and meaning has a Pictish origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /auɫ̪t/

Noun

allt m (genitive singular uillt, plural uillt)

1. steep-sided stream

   Tha an t-allt a' ruith. ― The stream is flowing.

Derived terms

• alltan (“burn, brook, stream”)
• leth-allt (“stream with one steep side, not two”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “allt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “allt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

allt

1. everything, all

   Allt gick åt helvete.

   Everything went terrible.

   (literally, “Everything went to hell.”)

See also

• alla (“everyone”)

Determiner

allt

1. neuter singular of all

   Har du druckit upp allt vatten?

   Have you drunk up all (of the) water?

Usage notes

• all and allt are the words to use about uncountable mass nouns (of common and neuter gender, respectively) and alla is used about countable in the plural.

Adverb

allt (not comparable)

1. more and more

Further reading

• allt in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• tall

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh allt, from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), Irish ailt (“steep-sided ravine”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aːɬd/, [aːɬt]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aɬd/, [aɬt]
• Rhymes: -aɬd

Noun

allt f (plural elltydd or aillt)

1. hillside, slope
2. wood, small forest

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
allt	unchanged	unchanged	hallt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.