# al
## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* aL

### Symbol

al
* (metrology) Symbol for attoliter (attolitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10$^{−18}$ liters (litres).

## English
### Etymology 1

From Hindi आल (āl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æl/, /ɑːl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æl, -ɑːl

#### Noun

al (usually uncountable, plural als)
* The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye.
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:al.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Multiple parts of speech

al
* Archaic form of all.
** c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.

### References

* “al”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
* “al”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* "al" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

### Anagrams

* L. A., L.A., LA, La, La-, La., la, lä

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch al, from Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch al, from Proto-West Germanic *all.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

al
* already

### Adjective

al (attributive alle, not comparable)
* all; every

### Conjunction

al
* even though, although

## Asturian
### Contraction

al m sg
* Contraction of a el (“to the”).

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āl.

#### Adjective

al (comparative daha al, superlative ən al)
* dark red, blood red, crimson
    Synonym: qırmızı

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

al
* second-person singular imperative of almaq

### Further reading

* “al” in Obastan.com.

## Basque
### Etymology

A grammaticalization of ahal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/ [al]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: al

### Particle

al
* Used to form yes/no questions.
    Esan al diozu? ― Did you tell her?

#### Usage notes

It is placed before the verb.

### References

* ↑ “ahal” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

### Further reading

* “al”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “al”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Breton
### Article

al
* the

#### See also

* ar
* an

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* (Central) IPA: /əl/, [əɫ]
** Homophone: el
* (Valencia) IPA: /al/

### Contraction

al m sg
* Contraction of a el (“at the; to the”).
    Vaig al zoo. ― I go to the zoo.

#### Usage notes

When el contracts to l' before a vowel, al is not used:
    Ens veurem a l'aeroport. ― We'll meet at the airport.

#### Further reading

* “al” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Crimean Tatar
### Adjective

al
* vermeil

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse allr (“all”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/, [ˈælˀ]

### Pronoun

al (neuter alt, plural alle)
* all
* any

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch al, from Proto-West Germanic *all.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: al
* Rhymes: -ɑl

### Determiner

al
* all, all of
    Heb je al het bier opgedronken? ― Did you drink all the beer?
    Van Gogh produceerde al zijn werk gedurende een periode van slechts tien jaar. ― Van Gogh produced all of his work during a period of only ten years.
    Alle olie is uit de tanker gelekt. ― All the oil has leaked out of the tanker.
    Niet alle mensen zijn zo gemeen. ― Not all people are that mean.

#### Derived terms

* algemeen
* almacht
* altijd

#### Related terms

* alles

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: al
* Jersey Dutch: ā, āl, ālle (from the inflected form)
* Negerhollands: al, alda
* → Aukan: ala
* → Sranan Tongo: ala

### Adverb

al
* already
    Het is al negen uur. ― It's 9 o'clock already.
* yet
    Heb je al een kip gekocht? ― Have you bought a chicken yet?
* (obsolete, today only in fixed phrases and compounds) emphatic modifier of adverbs

#### Derived terms

* al sinds
* aldaar
* aldus
* alhier
* allemaal
* alras
* althans
* alwaar
* alweer
* alzo
* meestal
* nogal
* veelal
* weeral

#### Related terms

* als

#### Descendants

* Petjo: al

### Conjunction

al
* even if
    Synonym: ook al
    Al zou ik het willen... ― Even if I wanted to...

### Anagrams

* la

## Emilian
### Etymology

From Latin ille (“that”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/
* Hyphenation: al

### Pronoun

al (personal)
* (nominative case) he
* (accusative case) him

#### Alternative forms

* Becomes l- before a vowel.
* Becomes -el when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
* Becomes -l when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).

#### Related terms

| Number | Person | Gender | Disjunctive (tonic) | Nominative (subject) | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Reflexive (-self) | Comitative (with) |
| Singular | First | — | mè | a | me | me | me | mêg |
| Singular | Second | — | tè | et | te | te | te | têg |
| Singular | Third | Masculine | ló | al | al | ge | se | sêg |
| Singular | Third | Feminine | lê | la | la | | ge | se | sêg |
| Plural | First | Masculine | nuēter | a | se | se | se | nōsk |
| Plural | First | Feminine | nuētri | a | se | se | se | nōsk |
| Plural | Second | Masculine | vuēter | a | ve | ve | ve | vōsk |
| Plural | Second | Feminine | vuētri | a | ve | ve | ve | vōsk |
| Plural | Third | Masculine | lôr | i | i | ge | se | sêg |
| Plural | Third | Feminine | lôr | el | li | ge | se | sêg |

## Epigraphic Mayan
### Verb

al
* to speak

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Likely from Italian al, Catalan al, and Spanish al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [al]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: al

### Preposition

al
* to; toward
* to (indicates indirect object)
    Ŝi donis la libron al siaj gepatroj. ― She gave the book to her (own) parents.

#### Related terms

* alaĵo (“appendix, addendum”)
* aligi (“add, join”)
* aliĝi (“join, enroll”)

## French
### Etymology

Created in 2015 by Alpheratz, based on Old French al, a variant of the pronoun el.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

al gender-neutral (third-person singular, plural als, accusative lu)
* (gender-neutral, neologism, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person subject personal pronoun.
    Synonyms: ael, iel, ul, ol
** 2022, Vinay Swamy, Louisa Mackenzie, Devenir non-binaire en français contemporain‎, Paris: Le Manuscrit, →ISBN, pages 15-16:Alpheratz vise un monde dans lequel le neutre ne serait pas une seule notion abstraite, mais bien un vécu et un parler. Parler de la langue, pour Alpheratz, c’est nécessairement parler des significations sociales de ses silences. Car si les mots ont un sens, comme al nous rappelle en tête de son site Web, leur absence en a un aussi.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

$^1$ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms). $^2$ Vous is also used as the polite singular form. $^3$ Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members. $^4$ These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

### References

* ↑ https://www.alpheratz.fr/linguistique/genre-neutre/ (consulted 2025-02-19)

## Gagauz
### Adjective

al
* vermeil

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

#### Pronoun

al
* (obsolete) everything, the rest
    Synonym: o resto
* (obsolete) other, another
    Synonym: outro

### Etymology 2

From Leonese al.

#### Contraction

al
* Contraction of a el (“to the (king)”)

##### Usage notes

Used exclusively preceding the word rei (“king”), when referring to the current King of the land.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “al”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “al”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

Contraction of French ale, from French aller.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/

### Verb

al
* to go
    Synonym: ale

## Hani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a˥˥/

### Interjection

al
* showing surpise, or admiration
    Al! Aqqoq aqda/aqma!Oh! What a great man/woman!
    Al, zaqqul al!Oh, how beautiful it is!

### Particle

al
* indication completion of action
    zaq al ― finished eating
* used with negative sentence
    Maq beq sso alNever mind

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ëla (“space, area under something, under(neath), the lower (part)”). (Spelled *ala in Uralonet.) Originally it was a noun; today it is used in compound words, see al-. Cognate with Finnish ala, ala-, Erzya ало (alo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒl]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

al
* (archaic, rare) lower part of something

#### Derived terms

* al-
* alacsony
* alatt
* alá
* alája
* alig
* alól

### References

* ↑ Entry #7 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

### Further reading

* al 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
* al 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).

## Icelandic
### Noun

al
* indefinite accusative/dative singular of alur

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/

### Preposition

al
* Contraction of a la (“to the”).

#### Usage notes

This is optional, you can also use a l'...

## Ingrian

Spatial inflection of al :
| ↗︎○ | allative | alle |
| ○ | adessive | al |
| ○↘︎ | ablative | alt |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alla. Cognates include Finnish alla and Estonian all.
In the sense "near", semantic loan from Russian под (pod).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈɑlːɑ/, [ˈɑɫː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈɑl/, [ˈɑɫ]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈɑl/, [ˈɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -ɑlː, -ɑl
* Hyphenation: al
* Homophone: alle

### Adverb

al
* (of location) under, underneath
** 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:Präkkää jää i paukkaa, vesi ono al.The ice crackles and bangs, Water is under it.
** 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:Kons șommela vesi seisohtaijaa, ni klaziputelin pohjaa jääpi kaks sloijaa: al — liiva, a sen pääl — savi.When the cloudy water settles down, two layers will remain on the bottom of the glass bottle: beneath - sand, and above it - clay.

### Postposition

al (+ genitive)
* (of location) under, underneath
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135:Aitan al ellää kärppä.Under the storehouse lives a stoat.
** 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Jään al hänel ei oo kylmä.Under the ice they aren't cold.
* (of location) near, around
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 77:Talvi Moskovan al on pitkä, melkeen 5 kuuta.Winter around Moscow is long, almost 5 months.

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “under”): pääl (“on top; above”)

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10
* Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 18
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 33

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/

### Preposition

al
* Contraction of a le (“to the”).

## Istriot
### Contraction

al
* Contraction of a el (“at the”).
** 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* all' (before a vowel)
* allo (before a cluster of two consonants other than cl, cr, pl, pr, fl, fr, tr)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: al

### Contraction

al
* Contraction of a il (“to the, at the”).

### Preposition

al m (feminine all' or alla)
* (cooking, in the singular) with (an ingredient)
    Synonym: con
    risotto al pecorino ― rice with pecorino cheese
    risotto allo zafferano ― rice with saffron
    pasta all'aglio ― pasta with garlic

### Anagrams

* -la, La, la, là

## K'iche'
### Adjective

al
* heavy

## Ladin
### Contraction

al m sg
* Contraction of a l (“at/to the”).

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Old High German ald, northern variant of alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz. Cognate with German alt, English old, Dutch oud, West Frisian âld.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːl/
** Rhymes: -aːl
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

al (masculine alen, neuter aalt, comparative méi al or eeler, superlative am eelsten)
* old, aged
    Antonym: jonk
    Vun ale Mënsche kann ee villes léieren. ― There’s a lot to learn from old people.
* (of food) stale
    Antonym: frësch
    Dat aalt Brout kënne mer de Vulle ginn. ― We can give the stale bread to the birds.

#### Declension
## Mandinka
### Pronoun

al
* you (personal pronoun)

#### See also
## Mauritian Creole
### Verb

al
* Medial form of ale

## Michoacán Nahuatl
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

### Noun

al
* water

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch al, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/

### Determiner

al
* all, all of

### Adverb

al
* completely

### Conjunction

al
* even though, no matter whether

#### Descendants

* Dutch: al
** Afrikaans: al
* Limburgish: al

### Further reading

* “al (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “al (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “al (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “al (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “al (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “al (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

## Middle English
### Adverb

al
* Alternative form of all
** 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
    And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open eye- (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);And many little birds make melody That sleep through all the night with open eye (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)

### Determiner

al
* Alternative form of all
** 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge.And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living.

## Mokilese
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *jalan (“path, road”), from Proto-Austronesian *zalan (“path, way”)

### Noun

al (third person singularly possessed aloa, construct alen)
* line
* road, path, way

### Verb

al
* (intransitive) to line, draw lines

#### Derived terms

* alahl

### References

* Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

### External links

* Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *zalan

## Northern Kurdish

| Central Kurdish | لا (la) |
| Southern Kurdish | لا (la) |

### Alternative forms

* alî m

### Etymology

Doublet of yar, see alî for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːl/
* Rhymes: -al

### Noun

al f (Arabic spelling ئال)
* (archaic, dialectal) side

#### Derived terms

* alî
* alek
* alûgorr

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From ala (“to foster, breed”).

#### Noun

al n (definite singular alet, indefinite plural al, definite plural ala)
* nourishing, fostering
* a young (farm) animal that one has bred
* breeding

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

al
* imperative of ala

### References

* “al” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Contraction

al m sg
* Contraction of a lo (“to the; at the”).

## Oirata
### Noun

al
* war

## Old Dutch
### Alternative forms

* ol

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include Old High German al and Old Saxon al.

### Adjective

al
* all, every
** 11th century, Hebban olla vogala:Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnanAll birds have started to build their nests
* whole, entire
** 10th century, Wachtendonck Psalms:An allero erthon fuor luit.Over the entire world the sound spread.

#### Inflection
### Adverb

al
* completely, wholly
** ca. 1100, Leiden Willeram:Sin buch is elphondbeinin, al underskeithet mit saphiris.His stomach is of ivory, wholly decorated with sapphires.

### Conjunction

al
* even though
** ca. 1200, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:Ire beider sculde waren grozlich, al newæren sie nieht gelich.Both their debts were great, even though they weren't equal.

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: al
** Dutch: al
*** Afrikaans: al
** Limburgish: al

### Further reading

* “al (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
* “al (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
* “al (IV)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ail, from Proto-Germanic *ailą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːl/

### Noun

āl n
* fire

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* ālfæt
* ālgeweorc
* onāl

### References

* ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ailida-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* au

### Contraction

al
* Contraction of a le (“to the”).

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* alle, ol

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz. Cognate with Old English eall, Old Saxon all, Old Dutch al, Old High German al, Old Norse allr.

### Adjective

al
* all

#### Declension
### Adverb

al
* wholly, completely

#### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: al, aal
* West Frisian: al

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* all

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/

#### Adjective

al
* all
* every, each
* whole

##### Descendants

* Middle High German: al
** Alemannic German: älli
** German: all
** Luxembourgish: all
** Yiddish: אַלע (ale)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *āl, whence also Old English ǣl, Old Norse áll.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːl/

#### Noun

āl m
* eel

##### Descendants

* Middle High German: āl
** German: Aal
** Hunsrik: Ool
** Luxembourgish: Éil

### References

* Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

## Old Irish
### Etymology

Unstressed form of oll (“great, vast”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [al]

### Preposition

al [with accusative]
* beyond

#### Derived terms

* allae
* allaid
* olchenae
* oldaas
* olfoirbthiu

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 al”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 825, page 500; reprinted 2017

## Old Norse
### Noun

al
* indefinite accusative/dative singular of alr

### Verb

al
* second-person singular active imperative of ala

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* all

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑl/

#### Adjective

al
* all
* entire
* any

##### Descendants

* Middle Low German: al, alle
** German Low German: all, alle (Münsterländisch; Sauerländisch), olle (Paderbornisch)

#### Adverb

al
* entirely, thoroughly
* exactly, absolutely, already, quite

#### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ēlaz. Cognate with Old English ǣl, Dutch aal, Old High German āl (German Aal), Old Norse áll (Danish and Swedish ål).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːl/

#### Noun

āl m
* eel

##### Declension
#### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːl/

### Noun

āl m
* eel

#### Descendants

* Swedish: ål

## Picard
### Etymology 1

From Old French.

#### Pronoun

al
* she

### Etymology 2

From Old French, from Latin allium.

#### Noun

al
* garlic

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German al.

### Adverb

al
* already
** 1725, Johann Parum Schultze, Die Wendländische Bauernchronik
    jong al no zartjüJą al no carťėvHe is already at the cemetery.

### References

* Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “al”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 17
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “al”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 34
* Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “al”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 3

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw/ [ˈaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈal/ [ˈaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈal/ [ˈaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.li/
* Hyphenation: al

### Pronoun

al
* (obsolete) everything, the rest
    Synonym: o resto
* (obsolete) other, another
    Synonym: outro

#### Related terms

* alheio

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/

### Article

al m or n sg (feminine singular a, masculine plural ai, feminine/neuter plural ale)
* of (masculine/neuter singular possessive or genitive article)
    el este un prieten al meu ― he is a friend of mine.

#### See also

* ăla
* -l

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and Dutch al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/
* Hyphenation: al
* Rhymes: -al

### Adverb

al
* already

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “al”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Aal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: al

### Noun

al m animal
* eel

### Further reading

* Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “al”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 25

## South Efate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/

### Noun

al
* Sun

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al/ [al]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: al

### Contraction

al
* Contraction of a el (“at the, to the”).

#### See also

* del

### Further reading

* “al”, 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
* “al”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

### Anagrams

* la

## Sumau
### Noun

al
* a tree species of the family Combretaceae, Terminalia impediens

### Further reading

* Coode, M. J. E. (1969) “Four new species of Terminalia L. (Combretaceae) from Melanesia”, in Kew Bulletin, volume 23, number 2, →DOI, page 308

## Sumerian
### Romanization

al
* Romanization of 𒀠 (al)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish al, from Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Norwegian older), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

al c
* alder (tree)

#### Derived terms

* gråal
* klibbal

### Further reading

* al in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* al in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* l:a, la

## Tatar
### Adjective

al
* Latin spelling of ал (al)

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑɫ/ [ˈɑɫ̪]

### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آل (al), from Proto-Turkic *āl (“red, crimson”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞 (āl) and akin to Proto-Tungusic *pula (“red”) and Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (“red”)

#### Adjective

al
* blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
* (dated) dark red
* (by extension) red (in general)

##### See also

* kırmızı (“red”)
* kızıl (“light red”)

#### Noun

al (definite accusative alı, plural allar)
* blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
* (dated) dark red
* (by extension) red (in general)

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
al
allar
definite accusative
alı
alları
dative
ala
allara
locative
alda
allarda
ablative
aldan
allardan
genitive
alın
alların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
alım
allarım
2nd singular
alın
alların
3rd singular
alı
alları
1st plural
alımız
allarımız
2nd plural
alınız
allarınız
3rd plural
alları
alları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
alımı
allarımı
2nd singular
alını
allarını
3rd singular
alını
allarını
1st plural
alımızı
allarımızı
2nd plural
alınızı
allarınızı
3rd plural
allarını
allarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
alıma
allarıma
2nd singular
alına
allarına
3rd singular
alına
allarına
1st plural
alımıza
allarımıza
2nd plural
alınıza
allarınıza
3rd plural
allarına
allarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
alımda
allarımda
2nd singular
alında
allarında
3rd singular
alında
allarında
1st plural
alımızda
allarımızda
2nd plural
alınızda
allarınızda
3rd plural
allarında
allarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
alımdan
allarımdan
2nd singular
alından
allarından
3rd singular
alından
allarından
1st plural
alımızdan
allarımızdan
2nd plural
alınızdan
allarınızdan
3rd plural
allarından
allarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
alımın
allarımın
2nd singular
alının
allarının
3rd singular
alının
allarının
1st plural
alımızın
allarımızın
2nd plural
alınızın
allarınızın
3rd plural
allarının
allarının :

##### See also

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text) :
| beyaz, ak | gri, boz | siyah, kara |
| kırmızı, kızıl; al | turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz | sarı; bej |
| limon çürüğü | yeşil | nane yeşili |
| camgöbeği; turkuaz | gök, mavi | lacivert |
| eflatun; mor | pembe; mor | yavruağzı |

#### References

* Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)‎, volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āl (“trick, deceit; to deceive”).

#### Noun

al
* (dated) trick, trap
    Synonyms: hile, tuzak

##### Related terms

* aldanmak
* aldatmak

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

al
* second-person singular imperative of almak

## Turkmen
### Adjective

al (comparative ?, superlative iň al)
* pink

## Venetan
### Preposition

al
* to the
* at the

### Article

al m sg
* (Belluno) Alternative form of el

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alla; related to Finnish alla.

### Postposition

al
* under, underneath (stationary location)

#### Related terms

* alle
* alpäi

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “под”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from German all and English all.

### Adjective

al
* each
* every

## Watubela
### Noun

al
* water

### References

* Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics: FOCAL II (1986)
* Blust, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

## West Flemish
### Adverb

al
* already

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognate with English all.

### Determiner

al
* all

#### Inflection

This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* hielal

#### Further reading

* “al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

### Adverb

al
* already

#### Further reading

* “al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## Yola
### Pronoun

al
* Alternative form of aul
** 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 18:An smithered hays videl, bow, strings an al;And smashed his fiddle, bow, strings and all;

### References

* 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 133