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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːl]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ál
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

ál (not comparable)

1. (rare) false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus, pseudo-, counterfeit

Declension

Though uncommon, 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

Derived terms

• ál-
• áltat

 

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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Anagrams

• lá

Icelandic

Chemical element
Al
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

Etymology 1

Noun

ál n (genitive singular áls, no plural)

1. aluminum

See also

• álver

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ál

1. indefinite accusative singular of áll
2. 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/, /ɑːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /aːlˠ/, /aːl̪ˠ/

Noun

ál m (genitive singular áil, nominative plural álta)

1. litter
2. brood

Declension

Declension of ál

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ál álta Vocative a áil a álta Genitive áil álta Dative ál álta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ál na hálta Genitive an áil na n-álta Dative leis an ál don ál leis na hálta

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin alid, variant form of aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronoun

ál

1. (obsolete) everything, the rest

   Synonyms: todo, el resto

2. (obsolete) other, another

   Synonym: otro

Further reading

• “ál”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16