ál
See also: Appendix:Variations of "al"
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaːl]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ál
Adjective
ál (not comparable)
- (rare) false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus, pseudo-, counterfeit
Declension
Though uncommon,[2] it might be used and inflected as an adjective.
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ál | álak |
| accusative | ált | álakat |
| dative | álnak | álaknak |
| instrumental | állal | álakkal |
| causal-final | álért | álakért |
| translative | állá | álakká |
| terminative | álig | álakig |
| essive-formal | álként | álakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | álban | álakban |
| superessive | álon | álakon |
| adessive | álnál | álaknál |
| illative | álba | álakba |
| sublative | álra | álakra |
| allative | álhoz | álakhoz |
| elative | álból | álakból |
| delative | álról | álakról |
| ablative | áltól | álaktól |
Derived terms
- áltat
See also
- ál-
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
- 2. (ritk) hamis, külsődleges, ill. színlelt, tettetett ("rare: false, superficial, or feigned, pretended")
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /auːl/
- Rhymes: -auːl
Noun
ál n (genitive singular áls, no plural)
- aluminum
Declension
declension of ál
| n-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ál | álið |
| accusative | ál | álið |
| dative | áli | álinu |
| genitive | áls | álsins |
See also
- álver
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
ál
- indefinite accusative singular of áll
- indefinite dative singular of áll
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ál (“brood, litter, clutch”), from Proto-Celtic *aglos (compare Welsh ael).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɑːl̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɑːlˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /æːlˠ/
Noun
ál m (genitive singular áil, nominative plural álta)
- litter
- brood
Declension
Declension of ál
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
|
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ál | n-ál | hál | t-ál |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “1 ál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “ál” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 15.
- "ál" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.