allas

From Proto-Finnic *aldas (compare Karelian allaš (“trough”)), derived from a root borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough”) (whence e.g. Norwegian olda and separately also aalto). The ending has probably been modified to -as by analogy with other Germanic loans (such as valas).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑs
• Syllabification^(key): al‧las

allas

1. pool, swimming pool
2. tank (open container for liquids)
3. basin (wide bowl for washing)
4. (geography) basin, drainage basin (area of land from which water drains into a commom outlet)
5. reservoir (natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply)

• (pool): uima-allas
• (wide bowl for washing): pesuallas; pesuvati
• (drainage basin): valuma-alue

• “allas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Salla

• IPA^(key): /a.la/, /a.lɑ/

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allas

1. second-person singular past historic of aller

From Proto-Finnic *aldas. Cognates include Finnish allas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/, [ˈɑɫːəz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/, [ˈɑɫːɑʒ̥]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/, [ˈɑɫːɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑs
• Hyphenation: al‧las

allas

1. trough
   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     Se ono vennäheks kareta, a piti sannoa karõta, se oli allas.

     That's Russian, kareta, but she should have said karõta, that's a trough.

• soimi (“manger”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 13
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 20

• allus (obsolete)

From Old Irish allas (“perspiration”), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”).

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑl̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəsˠ/

allas m (genitive singular allais)

1. sweat, perspiration
   1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) sweating

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77

allas

1. Superseded spelling of allaš.

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “allas”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

From Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέᾱ (aléā, “body heat, warmth”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal͈as/

allas n (genitive allais)

1. sweat, perspiration

• Irish: allas
• Manx: ollish
• Scottish Gaelic: allas

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish allas (“perspiration”), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪/

allas m (genitive singular allais, no plural)

1. sweat

• allas Chaluim Chille, allas-Mhoire (“slender St. John's-wort”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “allas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

allas

1. everybody's; genitive singular of alla

   Allas ansvar blir ingens.

   Everybody's responsibility becomes nobody's.