æla

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse æla (“to pour”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛaːla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːla
  • Homophones: ala, ælað

Verb

æla (third person singular past indicative ælaði, third person plural past indicative ælaðu, supine ælað)

  1. to rain (rare: to hail, to snow), with pauses between (shower)
  2. (humorous) to weep on nothing (esp. children)

Usage notes
  • hann ælur - "he" is showering ("he" = the weather)

Conjugation
Conjugation of æla (group v-30)
infinitive æla
supine ælað
participle (a6)1 ælandi ælaður
present past
first singular æli ælaði
second singular ælar ælaði
third singular ælar ælaði
plural æla ælaðu
imperative
singular æla!
plural ælið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms
  • see æl (shower)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse æla (“to pour, flow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaiːla/
    Rhymes: -aiːla

Verb

æla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ældi, supine ælt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with dative object) to vomit

Conjugation
æla — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að æla
supine
(sagnbót)		 ælt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 ælandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég æli við ælum present
(nútíð)		 ég æli við ælum
þú ælir þið ælið þú ælir þið ælið
hann, hún, það ælir þeir, þær, þau æla hann, hún, það æli þeir, þær, þau æli
past
(þátíð)		 ég ældi við ældum past
(þátíð)		 ég ældi við ældum
þú ældir þið ælduð þú ældir þið ælduð
hann, hún, það ældi þeir, þær, þau ældu hann, hún, það ældi þeir, þær, þau ældu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 æl (þú) ælið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
ældu æliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ældur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 ældur æld ælt ældir ældar æld
accusative
(þolfall)		 ældan ælda ælt ælda ældar æld
dative
(þágufall)		 ældum ældri ældu ældum ældum ældum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 ælds ældrar ælds ældra ældra ældra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 ældi ælda ælda ældu ældu ældu
accusative
(þolfall)		 ælda ældu ælda ældu ældu ældu
dative
(þágufall)		 ælda ældu ælda ældu ældu ældu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 ælda ældu ælda ældu ældu ældu

Synonyms

Noun

æla f (genitive singular ælu, nominative plural ælur)

  1. vomit

Declension
declension of æla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æla ælan ælur ælurnar
accusative ælu æluna ælur ælurnar
dative ælu ælunni ælum ælunum
genitive ælu ælunnar æla/ælna ælanna/ælnanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From the noun áll (“gully, a deep narrow channel in sea or river”), which according to Pokorny is from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”).[1] However, compare elgur (“slush”).[2]

Verb

æla

  1. to pour, to flow quickly

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 305
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “algi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21
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