vaal

See also: Vaal

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vaal, from Middle Dutch vāle, from Old Dutch *falo, from Frankish *falu, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɑːl/

Adjective

vaal (attributive vaal, comparative valer, superlative vaalste)

  1. sallow, pallid, pale, light

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vāle, from Old Dutch *falo, from Frankish *falu, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaːl/
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  • Hyphenation: vaal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

vaal (comparative valer, superlative vaalst)

  1. (of skin) sallow, pallid
  2. (of color, lighting etc) pale, light

Inflection
Inflection of vaal
uninflected vaal
inflected vale
comparative valer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vaalvalerhet vaalst
het vaalste
indefinite m./f. sing. valevalerevaalste
n. sing. vaalvalervaalste
plural valevalerevaalste
definite valevalerevaalste
partitive vaalsvalers—

Derived terms
  • vaalheid

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vaal

Estonian

Etymology

From German Wal.

Noun

vaal (genitive vaala, partitive vaala)

  1. whale

Declension
Declension of vaal (type leib)
singular plural
nominative vaal vaalad
genitive vaala vaalade
partitive vaala vaalu / vaalasid
illative vaala / vaalasse vaaladesse / vaalusse
inessive vaalas vaalades
elative vaalast vaaladest
allative vaalale vaaladele
adessive vaalal vaaladel
ablative vaalalt vaaladelt
translative vaalaks vaaladeks
terminative vaalani vaaladeni
essive vaalana vaaladena
abessive vaalata vaaladeta
comitative vaalaga vaaladega
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