English

Proper noun

Hal ‎(plural Hals)

1. A diminutive of the male given names Henry, Harold and Harry.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II: Scene 2:

     I prithee, good Prince Hal, help me to my horse, good king's son.

Anagrams

• lah, LAH

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German halla, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Cognate with German Halle, English hall, Dutch hal, Icelandic höll, French halle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Hal f ‎(plural Halen)

1. hall

See also

• Hall

Danish

Etymology 1

Old Norse hǫll ‎(“large living room”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hal/, [halˀ]

Noun

hal c (singular definite hallen, plural indefinite haller)

1. hall
2. sports centre

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See hale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːl/, [hæːˀl]

Verb

hal

1. imperative of hale

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch halle, from Old Dutch *halla, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‎(“to hide, cover, conceal”).

Cognate with Low German Hall, German Halle, English hall, Danish hall.

Noun

hal f ‎(plural hallen, diminutive halletje n)

1. hall, hallway

Derived terms

• inkomhal
• kunsthal
• schaatshal

Etymology 2

Noun

hal n ‎(plural hallen, diminutive halletje n)

1. frozen ground

Haida

Pronoun

hal

1. he, she, it (3rd person singular personal pronoun, weak-A or weak-B)
2. his, her, its, their (3rd person possessive pronoun, weak-B)

Usage notes

• Weak pronouns are placed right before the verb; strong pronouns are placed at the start of the sentence (focus position) and are followed by the focus marker uu.
• Some Haida verbs use pronouns from set A, while other verbs need pronouns from set B.

See also

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒl]
• Hyphenation: hal

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Uralic *kala as Finnish and Estonian kala.

Noun

hal ‎(plural halak)

1. fish

Declension

Derived terms

• halas
• halász
• halászik

(Compound words):

• aranyhal
• ebihal
• harcoshal
• kardhal
• lepényhal
• tintahal
• tonhal
• tőkehal

Etymology 2

From the same Proto-Uralic *kola- ‎(“to die”), *kaxlï- ‎(“to die”) as Finnish kuolla.

Verb

hal

1. (intransitive) to die (to stop living; to become dead)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• halál
• halandó
• haldoklik
• halhatatlan
• halott

(With verbal prefixes):

• kihal
• meghal

(Expressions):

• élve vagy halva

Icelandic

Noun

hal

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

Indonesian

Noun

hal

1. affair

Old English

Adjective

hāl

1. sound, healthy, intact

   Iosep axode hwæðer hira fæder wære hal. Joseph asked whether their father were well. (Genesis)

2. whole, undivided

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: hal, hol, hool
  • English: whole, hale
  • Scots: hail

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxal/

Noun

hal f

1. genitive plural of hala

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

hal (comparative halare, superlative halast)

1. slippery

Declension

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑl/
• Hyphenation: hal

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French halle.

Noun

hal ‎(definite accusative hali, plural haller)

1. covered market

   Can halden 3 kilo elma aldı.

   Can bought 3 kilos of apple from the covered marked

Related terms

• pazar
• market

Declension

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَال ‎(ḥāl).

Noun

hal ‎(definite accusative halli, plural haller)

1. (obsolete) solution

   Meselinin hallini üzerine aldı.

   [He/She/It] took the solution of the issue on [him/her/it]self.

Synonyms

• çözüm

Declension

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with hâl (situation or grammar case)

Zazaki

Noun

hal

1. (grammar) case