ald
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
ald
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌳
LudianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Finnish aalto.
NounEdit
ald
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form of *alaną (“to grow up”), corresponding to Latin altus.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ald (Anglian)
- Alternative form of eald
DeclensionEdit
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
DescendantsEdit
- English: old
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *ald.
Compare Old Frisian ald, Old English eald, ald, Old High German alt.
AdjectiveEdit
ald (comparative aldiro, superlative aldist)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of ald
Strong declension | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | ald | alde | ald | alde | ald | aldu |
accusative | aldana | alde | ald | alde | alda | aldu |
genitive | aldes | aldarō | aldes | aldarō | aldaro | aldarō |
dative | aldumu | aldum | aldumu | aldum | aldaro | aldum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | aldo | aldu | alda | aldu | alda | aldu |
accusative | aldun | aldun | alda | aldun | aldun | aldun |
genitive | aldun | aldonō | aldun | aldonō | aldun | aldonō |
dative | aldun | aldum | aldun | aldum | aldun | aldum |
Comparative forms of ald (weak only)
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | aldiro | aldiru | aldira | aldiru | aldira | aldiru |
accusative | aldirun | aldirun | aldira | aldirun | aldirun | aldirun |
genitive | aldirun | aldironō | aldirun | aldironō | aldirun | aldironō |
dative | aldirun | aldirum | aldirun | aldirum | aldirun | aldirum |
Superlative forms of ald
Strong declension | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | aldist | aldiste | aldist | aldiste | aldist | aldistu |
accusative | aldistana | aldiste | aldist | aldiste | aldista | aldistu |
genitive | aldistes | aldistarō | aldistes | aldistarō | aldistaro | aldistarō |
dative | aldistumu | aldistum | aldistumu | aldistum | aldistaro | aldistum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | aldisto | aldistu | aldista | aldistu | aldista | aldistu |
accusative | aldistun | aldistun | aldista | aldistun | aldistun | aldistun |
genitive | aldistun | aldistonō | aldistun | aldistonō | aldistun | aldistonō |
dative | aldistun | aldistum | aldistun | aldistum | aldistun | aldistum |
DescendantsEdit
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Finnish aalto.
NounEdit
ald
WestrobothnianEdit
NounEdit
ald n
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Ald”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 5