aal

See also: ål, Aal, AAL, a'al, aʼal, ʼaʼal, -aal, and -ʼAAL

Translingual

Symbol

aal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Afade.

English

Morinda citrifolia plantation

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”).

Noun

aal (plural aals)

1. The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.

Synonyms

• (Morinda citrifolia or Morinda tinctoria): Indian mulberry, noni

Further reading

• Aal in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• ALA, Ala, Ala., a la, ala, à la

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

Derived terms

• aalagtig
• aalfuik
• aalpastei
• aalskêr
• aalskolwer
• aalsoep
• aalsop
• aalstreep
• aaltjie
• aalvel
• aalverkoper
• aalvissery
• aalvormig
• aalwurm

 

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

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• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Noun

aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

   Synonym: paling

2. elver (young eel)
3. (rare) padre

Usage notes

• A distinction is sometimes made between aal meaning a smaller or juvenile eel and paling meaning a large, adult specimen. In some fishing villages in the Netherlands, such as Volendam, only aal is traditionally used. Others use them interchangeably.

Alternative forms

• ael (obsolete)

Derived terms

• aalfuik
• aalglad
• aalkorf
• aalscholver
• aalvlug
• aalvormig
• beefaal
• glasaal
• kataal
• sidderaal

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch āle, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Doublet of ale.

Noun

aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. ale (obsolete)

Derived terms

• aalbes

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

Noun

aal f (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aalt.

Derived terms

• aalpomp
• aalput

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

aal

1. singular imperative of aalen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of aalen

Midob

Noun

aal

1. mouth

References

• Insights Into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004 (Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma G. Gilley, Anne Storch; 2006)
• starling.rinet.ru (as áːl)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

aal m

1. obsolete typography of ål

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and German all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl/
• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Determiner

aal (inflected alle)

1. all, all of

Derived terms

• aaltied

Pronoun

aal

1. all, everything
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:

     Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;

     This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.

Adverb

aal

1. always
2. ever

   Aal deerätter ― Ever since

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “aal”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scots

Adjective

aal

1. Shetland form of a' (“all”)

References

• “aal, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Seri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɬ/

Noun

aal (plural aala)

1. someone's spouse
2. mate of an animal

Declension

Declension of aal

	singular	plural
Absolutive	—	—
1st person	hiyal	—
2nd person	maal	—
3rd person	aal	aala

References

• Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 39.

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/

Etymology 1

Noun

aal

1. bad mood

Etymology 2

Verb

aal

1. Alternative spelling of abal

Yola

Determiner

aal

1. Alternative form of aul
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 7:

     An vish aal vellas wi a deel.

     And wish all men with the divil,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131

Yucatec Maya

Noun

aal

1. son or daughter of a woman (only said of a mother or used by her to refer to her children)