-ало

See also: яло and ало

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• -яло (-jalo) — when appended to roots ending in a vowel

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-dlo, appended to a-, ja- or a/j-conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-ало • (-alo) n

1. Deverbal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns.

   махам (maham, “to wave”) → махало (mahalo, “pendulum”)

   намятам (namjatam, “to put on, to throw on”) → наметало (nametalo, “mantle”)

   смятам (smjatam, “to reckon, to calculate”) → сметало (smetalo, “abacus”)

   мажа (maža, “to smear”) (a/j-conj.) → мазало (mazalo, “ointment”)

   стържа (stǎrža, “to scrape, to grate”) (a/j-conj.) → стъргало (stǎrgalo, “grater, scraper”)

   стъпя (stǎpja, “to step”) (a/j-conj.) → стъпало (stǎpalo, “sole”)

2. Denominal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns, probably via an intermediate (often obsolete) factitive verb.

   пушка (puška, “rifle”) → пушкам (puškam, “to fire a rifle”) (obsolete) → пушкало (puškalo, “big rifle”)

   Italian rocchetto (“ratchet”) → кречетало (krečetalo, “ratchet”) (based on the native onomatopoeia крѣчетъ (krěčetŭ, “clap, rattle”))

Derived terms

• -алка f (-alka) (diminutive)
• -алица f (-alica)

Related terms

• -ло (-lo)
• -ило (-ilo)
• -ело (-elo)

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Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ало (Latin spelling -alo)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting senses or objects, used as a pejorative or as an abstract noun.

See also

• -ло
• -ило