vall

See also: váll, väʹll, väl'l', and ва̄лль

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈvaʎ]

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• Homophone: ball (Central)
• Rhymes: -aʎ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan vall from Latin vallem. Compare Occitan val, vath.

Noun

vall f (plural valls)

1. valley

   Antonym: muntanya

Derived terms

• avall
• vallada

Etymology 2

From Latin vallum.

Noun

vall m (plural valls)

1. moat

   Synonym: fossat

References

• “vall” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vall” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German wal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vˈɑlʲː/

Noun

vall (genitive valli, partitive valli)

1. embankment, earthwork, wall; a defensive fortification made of earth or stone
2. embankment; any long mound of earth, stone, or snow

Declension

Declension of vall (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vall	vallid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	valli
genitive			vallide
partitive		valli	valle vallisid
illative		valli vallisse	vallidesse vallesse
inessive		vallis	vallides valles
elative		vallist	vallidest vallest
allative		vallile	vallidele vallele
adessive		vallil	vallidel vallel
ablative		vallilt	vallidelt vallelt
translative		valliks	vallideks valleks
terminative		vallini	vallideni
essive		vallina	vallidena
abessive		vallita	vallideta
comitative		valliga	vallidega

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒlː]

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• Hyphenation: vall
• Rhymes: -ɒlː

Verb

vall

1. (transitive) to confess, to admit

   Synonyms: bevall, elismer, beismer

   1. (intransitive, law) to testify, to bear witness

      Synonyms: tanúskodik, vallomást tesz

   2. (reflexively, as vallja magát, with definite conjugation, law) to plead (innocent or guilty) (used with -nak/-nek)

      A vádlott ártatlannak vallotta magát. ― The defendant pleaded not guilty.

2. (transitive) to declare (e.g. one’s love)

   Synonyms: elmond, kifejez, kinyilvánít

   1. (transitive) to profess, to avow (a belief or faith)
   2. (transitive) to hold (certain views), to advocate (a principle)
   3. (transitive) to acknowledge, to own (a child as one's own) (used with magáénak)
   4. (reflexively, as vallja magát, with definite conjugation) to profess oneself, to identify as something/someone
3. (intransitive) to show, to speak of, to bespeak, to denote, to indicate, to be indicative of (e.g. good or bad taste or personal interests, deducing them from external clues) (used with -ra/-re)

   Synonyms: mutat, jelez, elárul, árulkodik

Conjugation

conjugation of vall

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vallok	vallasz	vall	vallunk	vallotok	vallanak
		Def.	vallom	vallod	vallja	valljuk	valljátok	vallják
		2nd-p. o.	vallak	―
	Past	Indef.	vallottam	vallottál	vallott	vallottunk	vallottatok	vallottak
		Def.	vallottam	vallottad	vallotta	vallottuk	vallottátok	vallották
		2nd-p. o.	vallottalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. vallani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	vallék	vallál	valla	vallánk	vallátok	vallának
		Def.	vallám	vallád	vallá	vallánk	vallátok	vallák
		2nd-p. o.	vallálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. vall vala, vallott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vallandok	vallandasz	valland	vallandunk	vallandotok	vallandanak
		Def.	vallandom	vallandod	vallandja	vallandjuk	vallandjátok	vallandják
		2nd-p. o.	vallandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vallanék	vallanál	vallana	vallanánk	vallanátok	vallanának
		Def.	vallanám	vallanád	vallaná	vallanánk (or vallanók)	vallanátok	vallanák
		2nd-p. o.	vallanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vallott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	valljak	vallj or valljál	valljon	valljunk	valljatok	valljanak
		Def.	valljam	valld or valljad	vallja	valljuk	valljátok	vallják
		2nd-p. o.	valljalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vallott légyen
Infinitive	vallani		vallanom	vallanod	vallania	vallanunk	vallanotok	vallaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	vallás		valló	vallott	vallandó	vallva (vallván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of vall

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vallhatok	vallhatsz	vallhat	vallhatunk	vallhattok	vallhatnak
		Def.	vallhatom	vallhatod	vallhatja	vallhatjuk	vallhatjátok	vallhatják
		2nd-p. o.	vallhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	vallhattam	vallhattál	vallhatott	vallhattunk	vallhattatok	vallhattak
		Def.	vallhattam	vallhattad	vallhatta	vallhattuk	vallhattátok	vallhatták
		2nd-p. o.	vallhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	vallhaték	vallhatál	vallhata	vallhatánk	vallhatátok	vallhatának
		Def.	vallhatám	vallhatád	vallhatá	vallhatánk	vallhatátok	vallhaták
		2nd-p. o.	vallhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. vallhat vala, vallhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vallhatandok or vallandhatok	vallhatandasz or vallandhatsz	vallhatand or vallandhat	vallhatandunk or vallandhatunk	vallhatandotok or vallandhattok	vallhatandanak or vallandhatnak
		Def.	vallhatandom or vallandhatom	vallhatandod or vallandhatod	vallhatandja or vallandhatja	vallhatandjuk or vallandhatjuk	vallhatandjátok or vallandhatjátok	vallhatandják or vallandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	vallhatandalak or vallandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vallhatnék	vallhatnál	vallhatna	vallhatnánk	vallhatnátok	vallhatnának
		Def.	vallhatnám	vallhatnád	vallhatná	vallhatnánk (or vallhatnók)	vallhatnátok	vallhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	vallhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vallhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vallhassak	vallhass or vallhassál	vallhasson	vallhassunk	vallhassatok	vallhassanak
		Def.	vallhassam	vallhasd or vallhassad	vallhassa	vallhassuk	vallhassátok	vallhassák
		2nd-p. o.	vallhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vallhatott légyen
Inf.	(vallhatni)		(vallhatnom)	(vallhatnod)	(vallhatnia)	(vallhatnunk)	(vallhatnotok)	(vallhatniuk)
Positive adjective			vallható	Neg. adj.	vallhatatlan	Adv. part.	(vallhatva / vallhatván)

Derived terms

• vallat
• vallás
• vallomás

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• bevall
• kivall
• megvall
• rávall

Expressions

• hiszi és vallja
• kárt vall
• kudarcot vall
• szégyent vall
• színt vall

 

Further reading

• vall in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Verb

vall (strong)

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of vella

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) va'llõ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *valadak.

Verb

vall

1. pour

Etymology 2

From val (“light”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

vall

1. light

Lombard

Noun

vall f

1. valley

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vall

1. past of vella

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish valder, from Latin vallum (“rampart”).

Noun

vall c

1. a bank (long sloping elevation on the ground), often in the form of a wall (cognate) of earth, gravel, or the like, used as a primitive fortification (but also about for example snow), an embankment, an earthwork

Declension

Declension of vall
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vall	vallen	vallar	vallarna
Genitive	valls	vallens	vallars	vallarnas

Descendants

• → Finnish: valli

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”).

Noun

vall c

1. a grassy field, a pasture, a grazing field, a field sown with grass (for hay)

Declension

Declension of vall
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vall	vallen	vallar	vallarna
Genitive	valls	vallens	vallars	vallarnas

Related terms

• valla

See also

• mur (“free-standing wall”)
• vägg (“wall of a building”)

References

• vall in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vall in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vall in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Yola

Etymology 1

• From Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan.
• From Middle English val, from Old English feall.

Alternative forms

• vale, vole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɫ/, /vɔːɫ/
• Homophone: voal

Verb

vall (simple past vell or vele or vel)

1. to fall or begin

Noun

vall

1. fall
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 9:

     Zien, "a blaak vall, a blaak vall, Ich meigh vella knew,

     Saying "a black fall, a black fall——I might well have known,

Etymology 2

Noun

vall

1. Alternative form of wul (“wall”)
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 17:

     A vidler hay shudled wi hade to a vall

     The fiddler he staggered with his head to the wall,