ald
Translingual
Symbol
ald
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Alladian terms
Gothic
Romanization
ald
- romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌳
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *alto, borrowed from North Germanic. Cognates include Finnish aalto.
Noun
ald
Middle English
Adjective
ald
- alternative form of old
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form of *alaną (“to grow up”), corresponding to Latin altus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑld/, [ɑɫd]
Adjective
ald (Anglian)
- alternative form of eald
Declension
Declension of ald — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ald | ald | ald |
| Accusative | aldne | alde | ald |
| Genitive | aldes | aldre | aldes |
| Dative | aldum | aldre | aldum |
| Instrumental | alde | aldre | alde |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | alde | alda, alde | ald |
| Accusative | alde | alda, alde | ald |
| Genitive | aldra | aldra | aldra |
| Dative | aldum | aldum | aldum |
| Instrumental | aldum | aldum | aldum |
Declension of ald — Weak
Descendants
- English: old
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).
Adjective
ald
Declension
Declension of ald — Strong
Declension of ald — Weak
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ald.
Compare Old Frisian ald, Old English eald, ald, Old High German alt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑld/, /ɑlt/
Adjective
ald (comparative aldiro, superlative aldist)
Declension
| Strong declension | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||||||
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| nominative | ald | ald | ald | alde | aldu | alde | |||
| accusative | aldana | ald | alda | alde | aldu | alde | |||
| genitive | aldes | aldes | aldaro | aldarō | aldarō | aldarō | |||
| dative | aldumu | aldumu | aldaro | aldum | aldum | aldum | |||
| Weak declension | |||||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||||
| masculine | neuter | feminine | |||||||
| nominative | aldo | alda | alda | aldu | |||||
| accusative | aldun | alda | aldun | aldun | |||||
| genitive | aldun | aldun | aldun | aldonō | |||||
| dative | aldun | aldun | aldun | aldum | |||||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative | aldiro | aldira | aldira | aldiru |
| accusative | aldirun | aldira | aldirun | aldirun |
| genitive | aldirun | aldirun | aldirun | aldironō |
| dative | aldirun | aldirun | aldirun | aldirum |
| Strong declension | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||||||
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| nominative | aldist | aldist | aldist | aldiste | aldiste | aldistu | |||
| accusative | aldistana | aldist | aldista | aldiste | aldiste | aldistu | |||
| genitive | aldistes | aldistes | aldistaro | aldistarō | aldistarō | aldistarō | |||
| dative | aldistumu | aldistumu | aldistaro | aldistum | aldistum | aldistum | |||
| Weak declension | |||||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||||
| masculine | neuter | feminine | |||||||
| nominative | aldisto | aldista | aldista | aldistu | |||||
| accusative | aldistun | aldista | aldistun | aldistun | |||||
| genitive | aldistun | aldistun | aldistun | aldistonō | |||||
| dative | aldistun | aldistun | aldistun | aldistum | |||||
Descendants
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *alto, borrowed from North Germanic. Cognates include Finnish aalto.
Noun
ald
Declension
| Inflection of ald (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | ald | ||
| genitive sing. | aldon | ||
| partitive sing. | aldod | ||
| partitive plur. | aldoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ald | aldod | |
| accusative | aldon | aldod | |
| genitive | aldon | aldoiden | |
| partitive | aldod | aldoid | |
| essive-instructive | aldon | aldoin | |
| translative | aldoks | aldoikš | |
| inessive | aldos | aldoiš | |
| elative | aldospäi | aldoišpäi | |
| illative | aldoho | aldoihe | |
| adessive | aldol | aldoil | |
| ablative | aldolpäi | aldoilpäi | |
| allative | aldole | aldoile | |
| abessive | aldota | aldoita | |
| comitative | aldonke | aldoidenke | |
| prolative | aldodme | aldoidme | |
| approximative I | aldonno | aldoidenno | |
| approximative II | aldonnoks | aldoidennoks | |
| egressive | aldonnopäi | aldoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | aldohosai | aldoihesai | |
| terminative II | aldolesai | aldoilesai | |
| terminative III | aldossai | — | |
| additive I | aldohopäi | aldoihepäi | |
| additive II | aldolepäi | aldoilepäi | |