aal

aal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Afade.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Afade terms

Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”).

aal (plural aals)

1. The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.

• (Morinda citrifolia or Morinda tinctoria): Indian mulberry, noni

• Aal in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• ALA, Ala, Ala., a la, ala, à la

From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

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• Hyphenation: aal

aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

1. eel (Anguilla anguilla)

   Ale het wye koppe.

   Eels have wide heads.

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

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• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

   Synonym: paling

2. elver (young eel)
3. (rare) padre

• A distinction is sometimes made between aal meaning a smaller or juvenile eel and paling meaning a large, adult specimen. In some fishing villages in the Netherlands, such as Volendam, only aal is traditionally used. Others use them interchangeably.

• ael (obsolete)

From Middle Dutch āle, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Doublet of ale.

aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. ale (obsolete)

• aalbes

From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

aal f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. alternative form of aalt

• aalpomp
• aalput

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• Rhymes: -aːl

aal

1. singular imperative of aalen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of aalen

Derived from English all.

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

aal

1. all

   di daag iit aal di fuud

   the dog ate all the food

• aal at majstro.com

aal

1. mouth

• Insights Into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004 (Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma G. Gilley, Anne Storch; 2006)
• starling.rinet.ru (as áːl)

• aale (Goesharde)
• åle (Mooring)
• ali (Sylt)
• ale (Wiedingharde)

From Old Frisian al, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”).

aal

1. (Föhr-Amrum) all

aal m

1. obsolete typography of ål

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

• IPA^(key): /aːl/
• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

aal (inflected alle)

1. all, all of

• aaltied

aal

1. all, everything
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:

     Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;

     This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.

aal

1. always
2. ever

   Aal deerätter ― Ever since

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

aal

1. Shetland form of a' (“all”)

• “aal, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɬ/

aal (plural aala)

1. someone's spouse
2. mate of an animal

• Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010), Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 39.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/

aal

1. bad mood

aal

1. alternative spelling of abal

aal

1. alternative form of aul
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 7:

     An vish aal vellas wi a deel.

     And wish all men with the divil,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 10:

     Thaar's no own aal to taak uz thaar.

     There's no one at all to take us there,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 14:

     But aal a bys do leigh an praat,

     But all the boys do laugh and prate,

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 10:

     Aal haar, an wi eyen lik torches o tar?"

     "All hair, and with eyes like torches of tar,"

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 4:

     An aal their vrienes had a graat spree.

     And aal their friends had a great spree.

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 7:

     "Gud bless thee mee gurles," hay zaid, "own an aal."

     "God bless you, my children," he said, "one and all."

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131

aal

1. son or daughter of a woman (only said of a mother or used by her to refer to her children)