aal

aal

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

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)

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)

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.

• 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 Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.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)