-ал

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *-ol.

• IPA^(key): /al/, /ol/

-ал or -ол • (-al or -ol)

1. Suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create a noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a quality, extent, or fact: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity.

   ‎доттагӏа (dottağa, “friend”) + ‎-ал (-al) → ‎доттагӏал (dottağal, “friendship”)

   ‎дика (dika, “good”) + ‎-ал (-al) → ‎дикал (dikal, “goodness”)

   ‎судахо (sudaxo, “judge”) + ‎-ал (-al) → ‎судахол (sudaxol, “judgeship”)

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2011), Ingush Grammar‎^[1], volume 143 (in English), Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 157

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ]

Ultimately from adjectival Latin -ālis.

-а́л • (-ál) m inan

1. -al (chemistry)

   ‎барбітурáт (barbiturát) + ‎-ал (-al) → ‎барбіта́л (barbitál)

From -аль (-alʹ, masculine). Compare Russian -ал anim (-al).

-а́л • (-ál) m anim (feminine -ал + -ка)

1. -er / -ist, -ant (nominative): unproductive suffix to form an animate masculine noun, usually denoting an agent

   ‎театр (teatr) + ‎-ал (-al) → ‎театра́л (teatrál, “theatergoer”)

   ‎не- (ne-) + ‎форма (forma) + ‎-ал (-al) → ‎неформа́л (neformál, “informalist”)

• Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page 378
• “ал”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[2]