-all

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-all

1. Obsolete spelling of -al.

   ‎line + ‎-all → ‎lineall

   ‎base + ‎-all → ‎basall

   ‎cranium + ‎-all → ‎craniall

If the root word contained l, the variant -ar was often used instead. Sometimes both forms were found: linear, lineall.

• LAL, Lal, Lal.

Inherited from Latin -āculum.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈaʎ]

-all m (noun-forming suffix, plural -alls)

1. indicates an object with which or a place where something is done

   ‎amagat + ‎-all → ‎amagatall

   ‎fregar + ‎-all → ‎fregall

2. Indicates the result of an action

   ‎encetar + ‎-all → ‎encetall

3. indicates a collection or large number of something

   ‎branca + ‎-all → ‎brancall

• “-all”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -ll (verb-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ɒlː]

-all

1. (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a new verb expressing instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.

   fuvall (“to blow (wind)”)

2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.

   ‎sok (“many”) + ‎-all → ‎sokall (“to find something too much”)

• (all senses) Variants:

  -ll is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á.

  ‎drága (“expensive”) + ‎-ll → ‎drágáll (“to find something expensive”)

  -oll is added to a few back-vowel words

  ‎nagy (“big”) + ‎-oll → ‎nagyoll (“to find something too big”)

  -all is added to most back-vowel words

  ‎sok (“many”) + ‎-all → ‎sokall (“to find something too much”)

  -ell is added to front-vowel words

  ‎kevés (“few”) + ‎-ell → ‎kevesell (“to find something too little or insufficient”)

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

-all

1. alternative form of -al