æl

See also: äl, ael, áel, Appendix:Variations of "al", and Appendix:Variations of "el"

Faroese

Etymology

See æla (“to shower”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛal]

Noun

æl n (genitive singular æls, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

  1. shower

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms
  • skúrur, ælingur

Derived terms
Terms derived from æl
  • ælabogi (rainbow)
  • ælaleyst (dry between ~)
  • ælaligur (showery)
  • ælaluft (~ air)
  • ælaslettingur (minor ~)
  • ælaslit (pause between ~)
  • ælaveður (~ weather)
  • ældrag (minor ~)
  • ældráttur (minor ~)
  • ælingur (shower)
  • ælmusk (light ~)
  • ælstavur (sunbeam on a ~)
  • ælstroyggj (minor ~)
  • degningsæl (day ~)
  • flóðaræl (very heavy ~)
  • grimdaræl (very heavy ~)
  • heglingsæl (hailstorm)
  • kavaæl (snow ~)
  • lýsingaræl (~ at daylight)
  • menningaræl (increasing ~)
  • mjørkaæl (~ in the fog)
  • rennikavaæl (sleet ~)
  • skarningsæl (between snow ~ and hailstorm)
  • skarningsæl (~ in the darkness)
  • toruæl (thunder ~)

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *al, from Proto-Germanic *alaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /æl/

Noun

æl m

  1. awl, hook, fork
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Middle English: alle, al
    • English: awl (merged with descendant of Old English awel)
    • Scots: awl

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *ālu, from Proto-Germanic *ēlō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /æːl/

Noun

ǣl f

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /æːl/

Noun

ǣl m

  1. eel
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
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