alá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
alá
Further reading edit
- “alá” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “alá” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Lexicalization of al (“lower part”) + -á (case suffix and possessive suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
alá
- under, underneath, below, beneath
- Mikroszkóp alá tettem. ― I placed it under a microscope.
Usage notes edit
This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with alá-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see alá-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
Related terms edit
Pronoun edit
alá
- Alternative form of alája.
- Ne állj alá! ― Don't go under it!
Declension edit
Noun edit
alá (plural alák)
- (education) minus (slightly worse result than the preceding grade)
- Négyes alát kaptam a dolgozatomra. ― I got a B-minus on my test.
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | alá | alák |
accusative | alát | alákat |
dative | alának | aláknak |
instrumental | alával | alákkal |
causal-final | aláért | alákért |
translative | alává | alákká |
terminative | aláig | alákig |
essive-formal | aláként | alákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | alában | alákban |
superessive | alán | alákon |
adessive | alánál | aláknál |
illative | alába | alákba |
sublative | alára | alákra |
allative | alához | alákhoz |
elative | alából | alákból |
delative | aláról | alákról |
ablative | alától | aláktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
aláé | aláké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
aláéi | alákéi |
Possessive forms of alá | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | alám | aláim |
2nd person sing. | alád | aláid |
3rd person sing. | alája | alái |
1st person plural | alánk | aláink |
2nd person plural | alátok | aláitok |
3rd person plural | alájuk | aláik |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ alá in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- (postposition, adverb, and verbal prefix): alá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (adverb; alternative form of alája): alá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- alá in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
alá!
- Eye dialect spelling of olha lá.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
alá
- Alternative form of hala
Further reading edit
- “alá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014