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Al
Webster 1828 Edition
Al
AL
, in Arabic, an adjective or inseparable prefix. Its use is to render nouns definite, like the English the; as, alkoran, the koran or the book by eminence; alcove, alchimy, alembic, almanac, &c.AL
, In English, is sometimes a contraction of the Saxon athel, noble or illustrious.More generally al, in composition is a contraction of ald or alt, old, and it is prefixed to many names, as Alburg.
Al, in the composition of Latin words, is written before l for ad, for the ease of pronunciation; as, in allevo, alludo, for ad levo, ad ludo.
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ál
ál
See also: Appendix:Variations of "al"
Hungarian
Adjective
ál (not comparable)
- false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Terms derived from ál
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /auːl/
- Rhymes: -auːl
Noun
ál n (genitive singular áls, no plural)
Declension
declension of ál
See also
- álver
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ál (“brood, litter, clutch”), from Proto-Celtic *aglos (compare Welsh ael).
Pronunciation
Noun
ál m (genitive singular áil, nominative plural álta)
Declension
Declension of ál
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 15.
- "ál" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.