аль

See also: Appendix:Variations of "al"

Ket

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˑlʲ˧], [al̥ʲ˥˩]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *al (“half, side, one of a pair”), possibly from earlier *at͡ɬ.[1]

Noun

аль (ālʲ) n (plural алеӈ)

  1. half, one of a pair

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aλʌ (“far away”), further analyzable as *akʰ (“hinter”) +‎ *al (“side, half”).[2]

Adverb

аль (àlʲ)

  1. in the forest, in the woods; a little farther away

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 26-27
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 23, 24, 94
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 81-82

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
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(ali)		аль
(alʹ)

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat али (ali), Kalmyk аль (alʹ), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æɮ/

Determiner

аль • (alʹ)

  1. which; whichever; any

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alʲ]
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Conjunction

аль • (alʹ)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) shortening of а́ли (áli); or
    Synonyms: а́ли (áli), и́ли (íli), иль (ilʹ), ли́бо (líbo)
    Antonym: и (i)
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