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
- Rhymes: -aːl
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 |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
álé | álaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
áléi | álakéi |
References
- ál in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- 2. (ritk) hamis, külsődleges, ill. színlelt, tettetett ("rare: false, superficial, or feigned, pretended")
Further reading
- ál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ál in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Anagrams
Icelandic
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Al | |
| Previous: magnesín (Mg) | |
| Next: kísill (Si) | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /auːl/
- Rhymes: -auːl
Declension
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ál (“brood, litter, clutch”), from Proto-Celtic *aglos (compare Welsh ael).
Pronunciation
Declension
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. | |||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ál”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58
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