tal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tal"

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Translingual

Symbol

tal

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

Amal

Noun

tal

woman

References

transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton tal, from Old Breton talar, from Proto-Brythonic *tal, from Proto-Celtic *talu. Cognate with Cornish tal and Welsh tâl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːl/

Noun

tal m (plural talioù or taloù)

forehead

Mutation

Mutation of *tal*
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	tal	dal	zal	unchanged
plural	talioù	dalioù	zalioù	unchanged

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

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tal, from Latin tālis. Compare Occitan tal, French tel, Spanish tal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtal]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Adjective

tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tals)

such (like this, that)
Synonym: semblant

Alternative forms

aital (obsolete)

Derived terms

Adverb

tal

like that, in that way

Derived terms

Pronoun

tal

anything, whatever

References

“tal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“tal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“tal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“tal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

Noun

tal n

valley

References

Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Coatepec Nahuatl

Pronoun

tal

you

Cornish

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːl/

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish tal, taal, from Old Cornish tal, from Proto-Brythonic *tal, from Proto-Celtic *talu. Cognate with Breton tal and Welsh tâl.

Noun

tal m or f (plural talyow)

forehead
brow
(anatomy) temple
Synonym: er
front
Synonym: greuv

Derived terms

plegya tal (“frown”, verb)
talar (“headland”)
talben (“knob”)
talek (“big-browed”)
talenebek, talyel (“front, frontal”, adjective)
talenep (“facade, frontage”)
talgam (“sullen”)
talgamma (“frown”, verb)
talsogh (“dimwit, stupid”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tal

third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of tyli (“to pay”)
second-person singular imperative of tyli (“to pay”)

Mutation

Mutation of *tal*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
tal	dal	thal	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tal

willow

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą (“number”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tall, Swedish tal, Dutch tal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tal/, [ˈtˢal]

Noun

tal n (singular definite tallet, plural indefinite tal)

number
figure
digit
numeral
(after a multiple of 100) Denoting a century.
Han levede i 1800-tallet.
He lived in the 19th century.

Declension

Declension of *tal*
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	tallet	tal	tallene
genitive	tals	tallets	tals	tallenes

References

“tal” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːˀl/, [ˈtˢæˀl]

Verb

tal

imperative of tale

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tal, from Old Dutch *tal, from Proto-West Germanic *tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑl

Determiner

tal

(~ van) numerous, many, lots
Je hebt tal van mogelijkheden.
You have lots of possibilities.

Noun

tal n (plural tallen, no diminutive)

a number
a quantity

Usage notes

Tal is almost never used to say 'number', getal and nummer are used instead.

Derived terms

Anagrams

alt, lat

Eastern Durango Nahuatl

Noun

tal

land

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

tal

to come

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl/

Pronoun

tal

adessive singular of ta (“he/she”)

Usage notes

Used unstressed in a sentence. When the pronoun is stressed, temal (adessive of tema) is used.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːl/
Rhymes: -ɛaːl

Noun

tal n (genitive singular tals, plural tøl)

number
(grammar) number

Declension

n5	singular		plural
n5	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	talið	tøl	tølini
accusative	tal	talið	tøl	tølini
dative	tali	talinum	tølum	tølunum
genitive	tals	talsins	tala	talanna

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin talis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtal]

Pronoun

tal

such
Nunca tal vin ― I've never seen such [a thing]

Derived terms

talmente

Adjective

tal m or f (plural tales)

such
Nunca tal cousa vin ― I've never seen such a thing

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Noun

tal

land

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰaːl/
Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

tal n (genitive singular tals, nominative plural töl)

speech, talk, the act of talking
a conversation
count, number
Mennirnir voru hundrað talsins.
The men were a hundred all told.

Declension

Declension of *tal* (neuter)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	talið	töl	tölin
accusative	tal	talið	töl	tölin
dative	tali	talinu	tölum	tölunum
genitive	tals	talsins	tala	talanna

Italian

Determiner

tal (apocopated)

apocopic form of tale

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tal (“such”), from Latin tālis. Compare French tel, Galician tal, Portuguese tal, and Spanish tal.

Adjective

tal (Hebrew spelling טאל)^[1]

such (a)
- 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 325:
  A tal punto ke dizia : "En Espanya no ay ke yo i la kanalya ke semos frankofilos".
  To such a point that it was said: 'In Spain there is nobody but me and the scoundrel [to] whom we are Francophiles.'

Adverb

tal (Hebrew spelling טאל)^[1]

such (the likes of which)
- 2017 June 12, Amor Ayala, Los sefardíes de Bulgaria‎^[2], De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 417:
  En esta gezera se firmava kada miembro en entrando komo tal en la ḥevra.
  In this decree each member was being signed by entering as such in society.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “tal”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taloi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑˀl/, [ˈtɑˀl]

Noun

ta’l

farmer

Declension

Declension of **ta’l** (72)
	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	ta’l	talūd
genitive (genitīv)	ta’l	talūd
partitive (partitīv)	ta’llõ	ta’lḑi
dative (datīv)	ta’llõn	talūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	ta’lkõks	talūdõks
illative (illatīv)	ta’llõ	ta’ļži
inessive (inesīv)	ta’lsõ	ta’ļši
elative (elatīv)	ta’lstõ	ta’ļšti

References

Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ta’l”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Maltese

Root
t-w-l
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَالَ (ṭāla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaːl/
Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

tal (imperfect jtul, past participle mitul, verbal noun tul)

to become long, to become prolonged, to last
Synonym: dam

Conjugation

Conjugation of **tal** (Form I)
positive forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	talt	talt	tal	talna	taltu	talu
perfect	f	talt	talt	talet	talna	taltu	talu
imperfect	m	ntul	ttul	jtul	ntulu	ttulu	jtulu
imperfect	f	ntul	ttul	ttul	ntulu	ttulu	jtulu
imperative			tul			tulu

Mangas

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tāl/

Noun

tal

sun

References

Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -al

Adjective

tal

sour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Verb

tal

imperative of tale

Etymology 2

Noun

tal n (definite singular talet, indefinite plural tal, definite plural tala or talene)

form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tall

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

tal

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse tal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰɐ̞ːl], [tʰɐ̞ːɽ]

Noun

tal n (definite singular talet, indefinite plural tal, definite plural tala)

number, numeral

Derived terms

References

“tal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tālu, from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (“deception, deceit, persecution”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to take aim, calculate, damage, count”). Cognate with Latin dolus (“deception, strategem, trap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑːl/

Noun

tāl f

evil-speaking, calumny, disparagement, slander
(religious) blasphemy
reproach
scorn, derision, mocking

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	tāl	tāla, tāle
accusative	tāle	tāla, tāle
genitive	tāle	tāla
dative	tāle	tālum

Derived terms

Related terms

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

tall

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tālis. Cognate with Old French tel and Old Spanish tal.

Adjective

tal (indefinite)

such (kind of)
Synonym: atal
- 13th-14th centuries, Denis of Portugal, “Un tal ome sei eu, ai ben-talhada”‎^[4]:
  Um tal home sei que preto sente / de si morte certamente
  I know one such man who feels unwell, [and he is] certainly dying.

Descendants

Galician: tal
Portuguese: tal

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dal, see also Old English dæl, Old Norse dalr.

Noun

tal n or m

valley

Descendants

Middle High German: tal
- Alemannic German: Tall
- German: Tal
- Hunsrik: Daal
- Luxembourgish: Dall
- Mòcheno: tol
- Pennsylvania German: Daal
- Yiddish: טאָל (tol)

Old Norse

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *talą

Old Norse tal

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *talą (“number, speech”). Cognate with Old English tæl, Old Saxon gital.

Pronunciation

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl/

Noun

tal n (genitive tals, plural tǫl)

a talk, parley, conversation
- Ólafs saga Helga 87, in 1830, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 196:
  […] kom hún enn til konúngs, ok sátu þau jarl öll samt á tali, […]
  
  […] but she came to the king, and yet sat all the jarls in talks, […]
speech, language
- Stjórn 61, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 204:
  Sneri hann þa nafni Josephs ok kalladi hann heimsins hialpara upp aa Egiptalandz tal ok tungu.
  
  He turned then, speaking Joseph's name and calling him home for help in speech and tongue of Egyptian lands.
a tale, number, enumeration
- Barlaams Saga 137, in 1851, R. Keyser, C. R. Unger, Barlaams ok Josaphats saga. Christiania, page 133:
  Hon er oc i tale með oðrum himintunglum, […]
  
  She is in that number with other heavenly bodies, […]
(especially in compounds) a tale, list, series
- Gulaþings-lög 301, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 99:
  […] þa ſkolo fara a þing oc bioða ſic i tal með oðrom monnom.
  
  […] then shall go to the Thing and enter the lists with other men.

Declension

Declension of *tal* (strong a-stem)
neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	talit	tǫl	tǫlin
accusative	tal	talit	tǫl	tǫlin
dative	tali	talinu	tǫlum	tǫlunum
genitive	tals	talsins	tala	talanna

Derived terms

talandi (“elocution”)
talhlýðinn (“credulous”)
talsverðr (“worth counting, considerable”)
talvíss (“wise in numbers”)

Related terms

tala (“talk, speech”)
tala (“to talk, speak”)
tali (“teller, counter”)

Descendants

Danish: tal n
Elfdalian: tal n
Faroese: tal n
Icelandic: tal n
Norwegian Bokmål: tall n
Norwegian Nynorsk: tal n
Swedish: tal n (Old Swedish tal)

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tālis. Cognate with Old French tel and Old Galician-Portuguese tal.

Adjective

tal (indefinite)

same
Synonym: atal
such (this kind of)
Synonym: atal
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24v:
  Et los filoſofos precian la mucho por que ella a tal uertud que aquel que la trae conſigo aguzal mucho el entendimiento ⁊ el engenno, aſſi que ninguna coſa noles grieue de entender nin de aprender.
  And philosophers prize it greatly because it has such virtue that, of he who has it with him, it sharpens their understanding and ingenuity, so that nothing is difficult for them to either understand or learn.

Adverb

tal

(just) like; (exactly) like
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 50r. a.:
  Señor dios de iſrꝉ no a tal / dios en los cielos cuemo tu nĩ de yuſo en la tierra […]
  Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in either the heavens or on earth […]
such (the likes of which)
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v:
  I ẏo fare cras plouer pedriſco mui grãt. e nõ fue tal en egipto. des q̃ fue poblada troa agora. e tu aplega todo lo tuẏo q̃ es en el cãpo. ⁊ los q̃ nõ ſe acogierẽ alas caſas morrã del pedriſco.
  “[…] And tomorrow I shall make it rain a great hailstorm such that Egypt has never seen since it was settled until now. And you, bring inside all that you have in the field. And those who do not take shelter in their homes will die from the hail.”

Pronoun

tal (indefinite)

same (aforesaid thing)
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 56r.:
  Et fallan la ſiempre en forma de redoma ⁊ parece dentro en ella figura de ſanguſuela. ⁊ ſi la quebrantan en cada pedaço fallá otro tal.
  And they always find it shaped like a vase, and inside it seems to have what looks like a leech, and if they break it, in each piece they find the same.

Descendants

Ladino: tal, טאל
Spanish: tal

References

Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “tal”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 486

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”)

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːl/
(Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/
(Jicalapa) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɬʲ/

Noun

tāl (plural tālmet or tajtāl)

land, ground
Tiktukat ne shupanmil keman ne tal waktuk
For the rainy season, we plant the corn when the ground has dried up
earth, dirt, soil
Tikwiwitat iwan tal pal tiktukat ka senkak
We uproot it keeping some soil (on the roots) to plant it somewhere else
terrain, field, region, country
Ashan ne Nawat semaya munutza tik ini tal
Now Nawat (Pipil) is only spoken in this country

Pochutec

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”).

Noun

tal

land

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

tal

Wikipedia ^pl

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtal/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: tal

Noun

tal m inan

thallium (chemical element, Tl, atomic number 81)

Declension

Declension of tal

	singular
nominative	tal
genitive	talu
dative	talowi
accusative	tal
instrumental	talem
locative	talu
vocative	talu

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (“demonstrative pronoun”). Displaced collateral form atal.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/ [ˈtaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/ [ˈtaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.li/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Homophone: tau (Brazil)
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: tal

Determiner

tal m or f (plural tais)

such

Derived terms

Noun

tal m or f by sense (plural tais)

one
Percebi que ele era o tal. ― I realised he was the one.

Adjective

tal m or f (plural tais)

(often with de) used to express that somebody doesn't know or care about a person being talked about
Um tal de John estava te procurando. ― Some John guy was looking for you.

Pronoun

tal m or f by sense (plural tais)

such-and-such (generic placeholder)

Synonym: tal e tal

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tal.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French thalle.

Noun

tal n (plural taluri)

thallus

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	tal	talul	taluri	talurile
genitive-dative	tal	talului	taluri	talurilor
vocative	talule		talurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tal (“such”), from Latin tālis. Compare French tel, Galician tal, Ladino tal, and Portuguese tal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtal/ [ˈt̪al]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: tal

Adjective

tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tales)

such
Synonym: (obsolete) atal

No hay tal cosa como los monstruos.
There's no such thing as monsters.

Pronoun

tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tales)

such
Es la jefa, y es importante que la trates como tal.
She's the boss, and it's important that you treat her as such.

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tal, from Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

tal n

(mathematics) number
Hyponyms: naturligt tal, heltal, rationellt tal, reellt tal, komplext tal, hyperkomplext tal, superreellt tal, bråktal, blandat tal, kardinaltal, defekt tal, perfekt tal, primtal, sammansatt tal, vänskapliga tal, ymnigt tal, algebraiskt tal, transcendent tal

reellt tal
real number
(school) An exercise involving calculations given to the pupil, especially at lower levels.
Hur många tal fick ni i matteläxa idag?
How many math exercises did you have as homework today?
speech; the ability to use vocalizations to communicate
speech; a long oral message given publicly
(as a suffix) Denoting a range from x0 to x9, x00 to x99, etc...
ett 20-tal ― a "number in the 20 to 29 range"

jämna hundratal ― even hundreds (e.g. 200, 400, 1600, or 5800)
(as a suffix) around (for round numbers)
ett 30-tal demonstranter
around 30 protesters
(as a suffix, in the definite "talet") the specified decade, century, or (rarely) millennium
åttiotalet / 80-talet
the eighties

nollnolltalet / 00-talet
the 00s

1890-talet
the 1890s

det sena 60-talet
the late sixties

artonhunradratalet / 1800-talet
the nineteenth century

Declension

Declension of **tal**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tal	tals
singular	definite	talet	talets
plural	indefinite	tal	tals
plural	definite	talen	talens

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Related terms

tala
tälja

References

Anagrams

lat, lat.

Tatar

Noun

tal

willow

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

(Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /tʰäl/

Verb

tal

(intransitive) to come
¿Bu lik em ot tal?
Where do you come from?
(literally, “Where have you come?”)

Synonyms

(Zinacantán) yul

Derived terms

(Nouns)

talel

References

Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Welsh

Etymology 1

Early modern borrowing of English tall

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tal/

Adjective

tal (feminine singular tal, plural talion, equative taled, comparative talach, superlative talaf)

tall

Antonyms

byr

Derived terms

briallu tal (“oxlips”)
taldra (“tallness, height”)

Etymology 2

Proto-Celtic *talos, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”). Compare Irish talamh, Latin tellūs, Sanskrit तल (tala).

Alternative forms

tâl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːl/

Noun

tal m (plural talau or taloedd)

end, edge
forehead, brow, eyebrow

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːl/

Noun

tal m (plural taliadau)

alternative spelling of tâl (“pay, payment”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tal*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tal	dal	nhal	thal

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

West Frisian

Etymology

Probably ultimately related to taal (“language”), which see. Cognate with Dutch tal, English tale, German Zahl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔl/

Noun

tal n (plural tallen)

number, amount
Synonym: oantal
(grammar) grammatical number

Derived terms

Yucatec Maya

Verb

tal (intransitive)

obsolete spelling of taal

[Folkmasa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “tal”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

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