allas

See also: állás and allás

Finnish

Etymology

A Germanic loan, compare Proto-Germanic *aldōn (whence eg. Norwegian olda). The ending has probably been modified to -as by analogy with other Germanic loans (such as valas). Karelian allaš (“trough”) is of the same origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/
  • Hyphenation: al‧las
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːɑs

Noun

allas

  1. pool, swimming pool
  2. tank (open container for liquids)
  3. basin (wide bowl for washing)
  4. (geography) basin, drainage basin (area of land from which water drains into a commom outlet)
  5. reservoir (natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply)
  6. chamber, in "canal lock chamber" - kanavan sulkuallas

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Anagrams

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
    1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) sweating

Declension

Derived terms

  • ailseach
  • allas Muire (“St. John's wort”)
  • allasúil (“sweaty; fearful”, adjective)
  • banda allais (“sweat-band”)
  • faireog allais (“sweat gland”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
allas n-allas hallas not applicable
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.

Karelian

Noun

allas

  1. trough

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. sweat, perspiration

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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, 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
  • “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.
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