adal

See also: Adal, aðal, -adal, and aðal-

Bikol Central

Etymology

Possibly from Malay ajar, from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, teacher; master).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔadal/ [ˈʔa.d̪al̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧dal

Verb

ádal (plural aradal, Basahan spelling ᜀᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. to study
    Nag-aadal nin tataramon na Bikol
    Studying Bikol language

Derived terms

See also

Hanunoo

Etymology

Possibly from Malay ajar, from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, teacher; master). Compare Tagalog aral and Bikol Central adal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔadal/ [ˈʔa.dɐl]
  • Rhymes: -adal
  • Syllabification: a‧dal

Noun

adal (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜧᜮ᜴)

  1. study; teaching

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 19

Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔadal/ [ˈʔɐ.dal]
  • Hyphenation: a‧dal

Noun

adal

  1. learning; education; knowledge; degree; vocation; profession

Derived terms

  • adalen
  • ag-adal
  • agpaadal
  • deadal
  • kaadalan
  • maadal
  • managadal
  • mapagadal
  • pagadal
  • pagadalan
  • pagadalen

Old High German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.dal/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *aþal. Cognate with Old English æþele.

Adjective

adal

  1. noble
Declension
Strong declension of adal
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalēr, adal adaliu, adal adalaȥ, adal
accusative adalan adala adalaȥ, adal
genitive adales adalera adales
dative adalemu adaleru adalemu
instrumental adalu adalu
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative adale, adal adalo, adal adaliu, adal
accusative adale adalo adaliu, adal
genitive adalero adalero adalero
dative adalēm adalēm adalēm
Weak declension of adal
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalo adala adala
accusative adalon adalūn adala
genitive adalen adalūn adalen
dative adalen adalūn adalen
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalon adalūn adalon
accusative adalon adalūn adalon
genitive adalōno adalōno adalōno
dative adalōm adalōm adalōm
Declension of comparative of adal
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalōro adalōra adalōra
accusative adalōron adalōrūn adalōra
genitive adalōren adalōrūn adalōren
dative adalōren adalōrūn adalōren
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalōron adalōrūn adalōron
accusative adalōron adalōrūn adalōron
genitive adalōrōno adalōrōno adalōrōno
dative adalōrōm adalōrōm adalōrōm
Strong declension of superlative adal
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalōstēr, adalōst adalōstiu, adalōst adalōstaȥ, adalōst
accusative adalōstan adalōsta adalōstaȥ, adalōst
genitive adalōstes adalōstera adalōstes
dative adalōstemu adalōsteru adalōstemu
instrumental adalōstu adalōstu
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalōste, adalōst adalōsto, adalōst adalōstiu, adalōst
accusative adalōste adalōsto adalōstiu, adalōst
genitive adalōstero adalōstero adalōstero
dative adalōstēm adalōstēm adalōstēm
Weak declension of superlative adal
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalōsto adalōsta adalōsta
accusative adalōston adalōstūn adalōsta
genitive adalōsten adalōstūn adalōsten
dative adalōsten adalōstūn adalōsten
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative adalōston adalōstūn adalōston
accusative adalōston adalōstūn adalōston
genitive adalōstōno adalōstōno adalōstōno
dative adalōstōm adalōstōm adalōstōm
Descendants
  • German: edel, adlig, adelig
  • Yiddish: איידל (eydl), אַדל (adl)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *aþal. Cognate with Old Norse aðal (nature, inborn disposition).

Noun

adal n

  1. nobility
  2. noble race
Derived terms
  • adallīh
Descendants

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer