vall

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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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	valli	vallid
genitive	valli	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
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

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

			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	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vallanék	vallanál	vallana	vallanánk	vallanátok	vallanának
		Def.	vallanám	vallanád	vallaná	vallanánk (or vallanók)	vallanátok	vallanák
		2nd-p. o.	vallanálak	―
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	―
Infinitive	vallani		vallanom	vallanod	vallania	vallanunk	vallanotok	vallaniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			vallás	valló	vallott	vallandó	vallva	vallhat

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

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, line 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, line 17:

     A vidler hay shudled wi hade to a vall

     The fiddler he staggered with his head to the wall,

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 74
• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129 & 133