saal

See also: Saal, sål, and sáál

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch zaal, from Middle Dutch sale, from Old Dutch sala.

Noun

saal (plural sale)

hall, large room
Die museum beskik oor drie sale.
The museum disposes of three halls.

Etymology 2

From dialectal Dutch zaal, from zadel with loss of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch sadel, from Old Dutch *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz.

Noun

saal (plural saals)

saddle
Baie ou volke het geen saals gebruik nie.
Many ancient peoples did not use saddles.

Estonian

Etymology

From either German Saal or Middle Low German sāl.

Pronunciation

aa is superlong (second quantity). Orthoepy requires a palatalized l, though usually it is not palatalized.

Noun

saal (genitive saali, partitive saali)

hall, large room
Saal on täna kinni. The hall is closed today.

Declension

Declension of saal (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	saal	saalid
genitive	saali	saalide
partitive	saali	saale / saalisid
illative	saali / saalisse	saalidesse
inessive	saalis	saalides
elative	saalist	saalidest
allative	saalile	saalidele
adessive	saalil	saalidel
ablative	saalilt	saalidelt
translative	saaliks	saalideks
terminative	saalini	saalideni
essive	saalina	saalidena
abessive	saalita	saalideta
comitative	saaliga	saalidega

Related terms

aktusesaal
ballisaal
kinosaal
peosaal
saalituba
saalitäis
spordisaal
söögisaal
teatrisaal