vaal

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch vaal, from Middle Dutch vāle, from Old Dutch *falo, from Frankish *falu, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vaal (attributive vaal, comparative valer, superlative vaalste)

  1. sallow, pallid, pale, light

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch vāle, from Old Dutch *falo, from Frankish *falu, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vaːl/
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  • Hyphenation: vaal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

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vaal (comparative valer, superlative vaalst)

  1. (of skin) sallow, pallid
  2. (of color, lighting etc) pale, light

Declension

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Declension of vaal
uninflected vaal
inflected vale
comparative valer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vaal valer het vaalst
het vaalste
indefinite m./f. sing. vale valere vaalste
n. sing. vaal valer vaalste
plural vale valere vaalste
definite vale valere vaalste
partitive vaals valers

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: vaal

Estonian

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Etymology

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From German Wal.

Noun

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vaal (genitive vaala, partitive vaala)

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of vaal (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative vaal vaalad
accusative nom.
gen. vaala
genitive vaalade
partitive vaala vaalu
vaalasid
illative vaala
vaalasse
vaaladesse
vaalusse
inessive vaalas vaalades
vaalus
elative vaalast vaaladest
vaalust
allative vaalale vaaladele
vaalule
adessive vaalal vaaladel
vaalul
ablative vaalalt vaaladelt
vaalult
translative vaalaks vaaladeks
vaaluks
terminative vaalani vaaladeni
essive vaalana vaaladena
abessive vaalata vaaladeta
comitative vaalaga vaaladega