# ál
## Hungarian
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaːl]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ál
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

ál (not comparable)
* (rare) false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus, pseudo-, counterfeit

#### Declension

Though uncommon, it might be used and inflected as an adjective.

#### Derived terms

* ál-
* áltat

### References

* ↑ ál in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ 2. (ritk) hamis, külsődleges, ill. színlelt, tettetett ("rare: false, superficial, or feigned, pretended")

### Further reading

* ál 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
* ál in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

### Anagrams

* lá

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /auːl/
    Rhymes: -auːl

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ál n (genitive singular áls, no plural)
* aluminum

##### Declension
#### See also

* álver

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

ál
* indefinite accusative singular of áll
* indefinite dative singular of áll

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish ál (“brood, litter, clutch”), from Proto-Celtic *aglos (compare Welsh ael).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ɑːl̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ɑːlˠ/, /ɑːl̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /aːlˠ/, /aːl̪ˠ/

### Noun

ál m (genitive singular áil, nominative plural álta)
* litter
* brood

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ál
álta
vocative
a áil
a álta
genitive
áil
álta
dative
ál
álta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ál
na hálta
genitive
an áil
na n-álta
dative
leis an ál don ál
leis na hálta :

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ál”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
* Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin alid, variant form of aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

### Pronoun

ál
* (obsolete) everything, the rest
    Synonyms: todo, el resto
* (obsolete) other, another
    Synonym: otro

### Further reading

* “ál”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10