peale

Estonian

Etymology

Allative case of pea.

Noun

peale

1. allative singular of pea

Postposition

peale

1. (lative) onto, on top of

   Ta hüppas laua peale.

   He jumped onto the table.

2. for

   Ta jättis kõik õhtu peale.

   He left everything for the evening.

3. since (governs the elative)

   Eilsest peale on sadanud.

   It has rained since yesterday.

Preposition

peale

1. except

   Peale minu ei jäänud keegi ellu.

   Nobody survived except me.

2. in addition, besides

   Peale minu jäi ka Pets ellu.

   Besides me, Pets also survived.

3. after (governs the partitive)

   Mulle meeldib peale söömist üks väike uinak teha.

   I like to have a small nap after eating.

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Etymology

From Middle English pelen (“to beat”), from Latin pellō, pellere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːɫ/
• Homophones: peel, pile, pyle

Verb

peale (simple past pealt, past participle ee-pealt or ee-pealthe)

1. to beat
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 3-5:

     Hea daffed his cooat, pidh it an a bushe, an begaan to peale a cooat, an zide,

     He took off his coat, put it on a bush, and began to beat the coat, and said,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867