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Webster 1913 Edition
Halo
Ha′lo
(hā′lō̍)
, Noun.
pl.
Halos
(-lōz)
. [L.
halos
, acc. halo
, Gr. ἄλωσ
a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr. εἰλύειν
to enfold, ἐλύειν
to roll round, L. volvere
, and E. voluble
.] 1.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
2.
A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
3.
An ideal glory investing, or affecting one’s perception of, an object.
4.
A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
Ha′lo
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Haloed
(-lōd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Haloing
.] To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
The fire
That
That
haloed
round his saintly brow. Southey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Halo
HA'LO
,Noun.
Definition 2025
háló
háló
Hungarian
Adjective
háló (not comparable)
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
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Verb
háló
- present participle of hál
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kalaw (“net”). Cognate with Finnish kalin and Estonian kale.
Noun
háló (plural hálók)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | háló | hálók |
| accusative | hálót | hálókat |
| dative | hálónak | hálóknak |
| instrumental | hálóval | hálókkal |
| causal-final | hálóért | hálókért |
| translative | hálóvá | hálókká |
| terminative | hálóig | hálókig |
| essive-formal | hálóként | hálókként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hálóban | hálókban |
| superessive | hálón | hálókon |
| adessive | hálónál | hálóknál |
| illative | hálóba | hálókba |
| sublative | hálóra | hálókra |
| allative | hálóhoz | hálókhoz |
| elative | hálóból | hálókból |
| delative | hálóról | hálókról |
| ablative | hálótól | hálóktól |
| Possessive forms of háló | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hálóm | hálóim |
| 2nd person sing. | hálód | hálóid |
| 3rd person sing. | hálója | hálói |
| 1st person plural | hálónk | hálóink |
| 2nd person plural | hálótok | hálóitok |
| 3rd person plural | hálójuk | hálóik |
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