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

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

• áltat

See also

• ál-

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

Etymology 1

Noun

ál n (genitive singular áls, no plural)

1. aluminum

Declension

declension of ál

n-s	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

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

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ɑːlˠ/
• IPA^(key): /æːlˠ/

Noun

ál m (genitive singular áil, nominative plural álta)

1. litter
2. brood

Declension

Declension of ál

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ál álta Vocative a áil a álta Genitive áil álta Dative ál álta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ál na hálta Genitive an áil na n-álta Dative leis an ál don ál leis na hálta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ál	n-ál	hál	t-ál
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN