ál

See also: Appendix:Variations of "al"

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːl]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ál
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

ál (not comparable)

1. (rare) false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus, pseudo-, counterfeit

Declension

Though uncommon, it might be used and inflected as an adjective.

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ál	álak
accusative	ált	álakat
dative	álnak	álaknak
instrumental	állal	álakkal
causal-final	álért	álakért
translative	állá	álakká
terminative	álig	álakig
essive-formal	álként	álakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	álban	álakban
superessive	álon	álakon
adessive	álnál	álaknál
illative	álba	álakba
sublative	álra	álakra
allative	álhoz	álakhoz
elative	álból	álakból
delative	álról	álakról
ablative	áltól	álaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	álé	álaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	áléi	álakéi

Derived terms

• ál-
• áltat

Further reading

• ál in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ál in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Anagrams

• lá

Icelandic

Chemical element (edit)
Al Atomic number 13 ál
Classification data Period 3 Group 13 Block p-block Class post-transition metal
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

Etymology 1

Noun

ál n (genitive singular áls, no plural)

1. aluminium

Declension

Declension of ál (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ál	álið
accusative	ál	álið
dative	áli	álinu
genitive	áls	álsins

See also

• álver

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ál

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ál (“brood, litter, clutch”), from Proto-Celtic *aglos (compare Welsh ael).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl̪ˠ/, /ɑːlˠ/, /aːlˠ/

Noun

ál m (genitive singular áil, nominative plural álta)

1. litter
2. brood

Declension

Declension of ál (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ál álta vocative a áil a álta genitive áil álta dative ál álta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-ál na hálta genitive an áil na n-álta dative leis an ál don ál leis na hálta

Mutation

Mutated forms of ál

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ál	n-ál	hál	t-ál

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ál”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin alid, variant form of aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronoun

ál

1. (obsolete) everything, the rest

   Synonyms: todo, el resto

2. (obsolete) other, another

   Synonym: otro

Further reading

• “ál”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “ál”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021