adal

See also: Adal, ädal, aðal, -adal, and aðal-

Bikol Central

Etymology

Possibly from Malay ajar, from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “teacher; master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔadal/ [ˈʔa.d̪al̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧dal

Verb

ádal (plural aradal, Basahan spelling ᜀᜇᜎ᜔)

1. to study

   Nag-aadal nin tataramon na Bikol

   Studying Bikol language

Derived terms

• adalan
• adalon
• mag-adal
• paadal
• paraadal

See also

• aram
• nuod
• tukdo
• turo
• ukod
• unam

Hanunoo

Etymology

Possibly from Malay ajar, from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “teacher; master”). Compare Tagalog aral and Bikol Central adal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔadal/ [ˈʔa.dɐl]
• Rhymes: -adal
• Syllabification: a‧dal

Noun

adal (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜧᜮ᜴)

1. study; teaching

Derived terms

• adalan
• aradalan
• mag-adal

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 19

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔadal/ [ˈʔɐ.dal]
• Hyphenation: a‧dal

Noun

adal

1. learning; education; knowledge; degree; vocation; profession

Derived terms

• adalen
• ag-adal
• agpaadal
• deadal
• kaadalan
• maadal
• managadal
• mapagadal
• pagadal
• pagadalan
• pagadalen

Old High German

Alternative forms

• edil, athal, adhal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.dal/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *aþal. Cognate with Old English æþele.

Adjective

adal

1. noble

Declension

Strong declension of adal

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalēr, adal	adaliu, adal	adalaȥ, adal
accusative	adalan	adala	adalaȥ, adal
genitive	adales	adalera	adales
dative	adalemu	adaleru	adalemu
instrumental	adalu	—	adalu
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adale, adal	adalo, adal	adaliu, adal
accusative	adale	adalo	adaliu, adal
genitive	adalero	adalero	adalero
dative	adalēm	adalēm	adalēm

Weak declension of adal

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalo	adala	adala
accusative	adalon	adalūn	adala
genitive	adalen	adalūn	adalen
dative	adalen	adalūn	adalen
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalon	adalūn	adalon
accusative	adalon	adalūn	adalon
genitive	adalōno	adalōno	adalōno
dative	adalōm	adalōm	adalōm

Declension of comparative of adal

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalōro	adalōra	adalōra
accusative	adalōron	adalōrūn	adalōra
genitive	adalōren	adalōrūn	adalōren
dative	adalōren	adalōrūn	adalōren
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalōron	adalōrūn	adalōron
accusative	adalōron	adalōrūn	adalōron
genitive	adalōrōno	adalōrōno	adalōrōno
dative	adalōrōm	adalōrōm	adalōrōm

Strong declension of superlative adal

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalōstēr, adalōst	adalōstiu, adalōst	adalōstaȥ, adalōst
accusative	adalōstan	adalōsta	adalōstaȥ, adalōst
genitive	adalōstes	adalōstera	adalōstes
dative	adalōstemu	adalōsteru	adalōstemu
instrumental	adalōstu	—	adalōstu
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalōste, adalōst	adalōsto, adalōst	adalōstiu, adalōst
accusative	adalōste	adalōsto	adalōstiu, adalōst
genitive	adalōstero	adalōstero	adalōstero
dative	adalōstēm	adalōstēm	adalōstēm

Weak declension of superlative adal

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalōsto	adalōsta	adalōsta
accusative	adalōston	adalōstūn	adalōsta
genitive	adalōsten	adalōstūn	adalōsten
dative	adalōsten	adalōstūn	adalōsten
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adalōston	adalōstūn	adalōston
accusative	adalōston	adalōstūn	adalōston
genitive	adalōstōno	adalōstōno	adalōstōno
dative	adalōstōm	adalōstōm	adalōstōm

Descendants

• German: edel, adlig, adelig
• Yiddish: איידל (eydl), אַדל (adl)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *aþal. Cognate with Old Norse aðal (“nature, inborn disposition”).

Noun

adal n

1. nobility
2. noble race

Derived terms

• adallīh

Descendants

• Middle High German: adel
  • German: Adel
    • → Estonian: aadel
  • Yiddish: אַדל (adl)

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer