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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.
Definition 2024
Ål
ål
ål
Danish
Noun
ål c (singular definite ålen, plural indefinite ål)
Inflection
Inflection of ål
Etymology 2
Noun
ål c (singular definite ålen, plural indefinite åle)
Inflection
Inflection of ål
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
ål m (definite singular ålen, indefinite plural åler, definite plural ålene)
- an eel
References
- “ål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
ål m (definite singular ålen, indefinite plural ålar, definite plural ålane)
- an eel
References
- “ål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish āl, from Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.
Noun
ål c
Declension
| Inflection of ål | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ål | ålen | ålar | ålarna |
| Genitive | åls | ålens | ålars | ålarnas |
See also
- glasål
- elektrisk ål
- hal som en ål