vaal

See also: Vaal

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːl/

Adjective

vaal (attributive vaal, comparative valer, superlative vaalste)

1. sallow, pallid, pale, light

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːl/

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• Hyphenation: vaal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

vaal (comparative valer, superlative vaalst)

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

Declension

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

• vaalheid
• vale gier
• vale gierzwaluw
• vale pijlstormvogel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vaal

Estonian

Etymology

From German Wal.

Noun

vaal (genitive vaala, partitive vaala)

1. whale

Declension

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

Retta

Noun

vaal

1. stone

References

• Willemsen, Jeroen (2021), A Grammar of Reta (PhD thesis), page 116