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

Estonian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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häll (genitive hälli, partitive hälli)

  1. cradle

Declension

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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
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Further reading

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

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɛl/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Hällar in Sweden

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

Noun

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häll c

  1. a more or less flat, often sloping section of rock surface
  2. a slab of hewn rock (for some purpose)
  3. a cooktop (flat surface with an assembly of burners for cooking)
Declension
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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häll

  1. imperative of hälla

References

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  • häll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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