English

Proper noun

Dal

1. (informal) Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
   • 2007, Carolyn C. Wise, Stephanie Hauser, The College Buzz Book, page 923:

     The recreation program at Dal is very well rounded.

2. A river in central Sweden, the second longest in the country.

Translingual

Symbol

dal

1. (metrology) Symbol for the decaliter (decalitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10¹ liters (litres).

English

Noun

dal ‎(plural dals)

1. Alternative spelling of dahl

Anagrams

• ADL
• lad
• LDA

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dala, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (compare Ancient Greek θάλλω ‎(thállō) ‘to grow, bloom, thrive’, Welsh deillio ‘to emanate, derive’)^[1].

Verb

dal ‎(first-person singular past tense dola, participle dalë)

1. I exit, go out
2. I leave

Antonyms

• hyj

References

1. ↑ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), p.120

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dalr ‎(“valley”).

Noun

dal c (singular definite dalen, plural indefinite dale)

1. dale, valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Inflection

Etymology 2

See dale.

Verb

dal

1. imperative of dale

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑl

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Related to doel ‎(“goal, target”).

Noun

dal n ‎(plural dalen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. valley

Noun

dal m ‎(plural dallen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. a type of stone to pave the floor with, flagstone

Elfdalian

Noun

dal m

1. valley

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Extremaduran

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō ‎(“give”).

Verb

dal

1. to give

Gothic

Romanization

dal

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌻

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒl]

Noun

dal ‎(plural dalok)

1. song

Declension

Synonyms

• ének

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

dal

1. indefinite accusative singular of dalur
2. indefinite dative singular of dalur

Italian

Contraction

dal

1. (contraction of da il) from the
2. since

   dal 1963 - since 1963

Ladin

Contraction

dal

1. from the

Lojban

Rafsi

dal

1. rafsi of danlu.

Northern Sami

Adverb

dal

1. now

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr

Noun

dal m ‎(definite singular dalen, indefinite plural daler, definite plural dalene)

1. a valley

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr

Noun

dal m ‎(definite singular dalen, indefinite plural dalar, definite plural dalane)

1. a valley

Novial

Contraction

dal

1. contraction of da + li

Occitan

Alternative forms

• del
• dau
• deu

Contraction

dal

1. Contraction of de + lo

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġedāl

Noun

dal n

1. division

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n

1. valley

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal m

1. valley

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: dal

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

dal f

1. distance

   z dala – from distance, from afar, from far away

   skok w dal – long jump

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dal, from Old Norse dalr, from Proto-Germanic *dalą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel-.

Noun

dal c

1. valley

Declension

Related terms

• berg- och dalbana

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tal, from Proto-Turkic *tāl, *dal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɫ/

Noun

dal

1. branch

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dal/

Adjective

dal

1. Soft mutation of tal.

Mutation