häll

See also: hall, Hall, háll, Häll, håll, and hæll

Estonian

Etymology

Related to hällima (“to swing, to sway”) and häilima (“to shine, to flicker”). Cognate with Livonian äl (“cradle, swing”).

Noun

häll (genitive hälli, partitive hälli)

  1. cradle

Declension

Declension of häll (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative häll hällid
accusative nom.
gen. hälli
genitive hällide
partitive hälli hälle
hällisid
illative hälli
hällisse 		hällidesse
hällesse
inessive hällis hällides
hälles
elative hällist hällidest
hällest
allative hällile hällidele
hällele
adessive hällil hällidel
hällel
ablative hällilt hällidelt
hällelt
translative hälliks hällideks
hälleks
terminative hällini hällideni
essive hällina hällidena
abessive hällita hällideta
comitative hälliga hällidega
  • hällima

Further reading

  • “häll”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛl/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hal, from Old Norse hallr, from Proto-Germanic *halluz.

Noun

häll c

  2. a more or less flat, often sloping section of rock surface
  3. a slab of hewn rock (for some purpose)
  4. a cooktop (flat surface with an assembly of burners for cooking)
Declension
Declension of häll
nominative genitive
singular indefinite häll hälls
definite hällen hällens
plural indefinite hällar hällars
definite hällarna hällarnas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

häll

  1. imperative of hälla

References

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