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allas

allas

See also: állás and allás

Finnish

Noun

allas

  1. pool, tank
  2. tub
  3. basin
  4. reservoir

Declension

Inflection of allas (Kotus type 41/vieras, lt-ll gradation)
nominative allas altaat
genitive altaan altaiden
altaitten
partitive allasta altaita
illative altaaseen altaisiin
singular plural
nominative allas altaat
accusative nom. allas altaat
gen. altaan
genitive altaan altaiden
altaitten
partitive allasta altaita
inessive altaassa altaissa
elative altaasta altaista
illative altaaseen altaisiin
altaihinrare
adessive altaalla altailla
ablative altaalta altailta
allative altaalle altaille
essive altaana altaina
translative altaaksi altaiksi
instructive altain
abessive altaatta altaitta
comitative altaineen

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.la/

Verb

allas

  1. second-person singular past historic of aller

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish allas (perspiration), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (heat).

Noun

allas m (genitive singular allais)

  1. sweat, perspiration

Declension

Derived terms

  • allas Muire (St. John's wort)
  • allasúil (sweaty; fearful, adjective)
  • faireog allais (sweat gland)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
allas n-allas hallas unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "allas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • allas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (heat). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέᾱ (aléā, body heat, warmth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal͈as/

Noun

allas ?

  1. perspiration

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Irish: allas
  • Manx: ollish
  • Scottish Gaelic: allas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
allas unchanged n-allas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 29
  • allas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish allas (perspiration), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (heat).

Noun

allas m (genitive singular allais, no plural)

  1. sweat

Derived terms

  • allas Chaluim Chille, allas-Mhoire (slender St. John's-wort)

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • allas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

Pronoun

allas

  1. everybody's; genitive singular of alla
    Allas ansvar blir ingens.
    Everybody's responsibility becomes nobody's.