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pal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pal"

Translingual Edit

Symbol Edit

pal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Middle Persian.

English Edit

Etymology Edit

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

pal (plural pals)

  1. (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
    Little Timmy's out playing with his pals.
  2. (colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.
    Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police.

Synonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

  • → Afrikaans: pêl

Translations Edit

Verb Edit

pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Synonym of pal around
    • 2012 November 26, Evan Schlansky, “Song Premiere: Ife Sanchez Mora, Hopeful Heart”, in American Songwriter‎[1]:
      As an adult, she moved to New York and palled with trip-hop artist Tricky, who signed her to his own label.
    • 2017 August 21, Kyle Swenson, “The rise and fall of Miami’s ‘CEO of Purple Drank’”, in The Washington Post‎[2]:
      There were pictures of Garcia flashing diamond mouth grills. Spewing out a Vesuvius-amount of smoke. Showing off a riot of body tattoos. Aiming guns. Palling with superstars like Lil Wayne and Chris Brown. […]
    • 2020 January 30, Ryan Mac, “How Tesla CEO Elon Musk Won His "Pedo Guy" Trial”, in BuzzFeed News‎[3]:
      In the trial, they showed photographs and videos of Unsworth being congratulated by the UK prime minister, palling with Thai government officials, and smiling while Prince William pinned him with an MBE, an appointment to the Order of the British Empire.
    • 2022 March 4, Graham Rayman, “Roger Stone said he never saw NYPD cop bodyguard with a gun or shield — video shows otherwise”, in New York Daily News‎[4]:
      Greco also palled with Stone’s friend “Manhattan Madam” Kristin Davis, who was convicted of prostitution-related activities and selling prescription drugs.

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Anagrams Edit

Angloromani Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Romani phral. Cognate with English brother.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰæl], [pʰæɫ]

Noun Edit

pal

  1. brother
    Sa see pal te pen?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. friend
    Every time I tried to make a pal...
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

  • → English: pal

References Edit

  • “pal”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 25
  • “pal”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 59

Asturian Edit

Etymology Edit

From a contraction of the preposition pa (“for”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction Edit

pal m

  1. for the

Cahuilla Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun Edit

pál

  1. water

References Edit

  • Katherine Siva Sauvel; Pamela Munro (1983) Chem'ivillu' (let's speak Cahuilla)

Catalan Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Old Catalan pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

pal m (plural pals)

  1. stake
  2. pole
  3. (field hockey or ice hockey) stick
    Synonym: estic
  4. (heraldry) pale
  5. (colloquial) bore, drag
    és un pal ― he's a drag

Related terms Edit

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    References Edit

    Cupeño Edit

    Etymology Edit

    From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa. Cognate with Cahuilla pál, Luiseño paala, Tübatulabal bal, Northern Paiute paa, Comanche paa, Hopi paahu, Classical Nahuatl atl.

    Noun Edit

    pál

    1. water

    References Edit

    • Jane H. Hill (2005) A Grammar of Cupeño

    Cypriot Arabic Edit

    Etymology Edit

    From Arabic بَال‎ (bāl).

    Noun Edit

    pal m

    1. (always with a pronominal suffix) mind, attention, memory

    References Edit

    • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 169

    Czech Edit

    Pronunciation Edit

    Interjection Edit

    pal!

    1. fire! (a signal to shoot)

    Verb Edit

    pal

    1. second-person singular imperative of pálit

    Further reading Edit

    • pal in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
    • pal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

    Dutch Edit

    Etymology Edit

    From Middle French pal, from Latin pālus. Cognate with paal.

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n)

    1. catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)

    Adverb Edit

    pal

    1. firm, firmly
    2. (with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately

    Anagrams Edit

    French Edit

    Etymology Edit

    Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”). Compare the inherited doublet pieu.

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    pal m (plural pals)

    1. stake
    2. pole
    3. (heraldry) pale

    Further reading Edit

    Garo Edit

    Etymology Edit

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Postposition Edit

    pal

    1. (follows genitive case -ni) because, on account of

    Indonesian Edit

     
    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia id

    Pronunciation Edit

    • IPA(key): [ˈpal]
    • Hyphenation: pal

    Etymology 1 Edit

    From Dutch paal (“pole”), from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, from Latin pālus. Semantic loan from Dutch mijlpaal (“milestone”).

    Noun Edit

    pal (first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)

    1. milestone, one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
      Synonyms: batu, mil, tonggak
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    Etymology 2 Edit

    Noun Edit

    pal (first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)

    1. Nonstandard spelling of faal.

    Further reading Edit

    Lower Sorbian Edit

    Pronunciation Edit

    Participle Edit

    pal

    1. second-person singular imperative of paliś

    Northern Kurdish Edit

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    pal ?

    1. side

    Occitan Edit

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    pal m (plural pals)

    1. post, pole, stake
    2. (nautical) mast

    Old English Edit

    Etymology Edit

    Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake”), possibly through a Proto-West Germanic intermediate *pāl. Compare Old High German pfāl (German Pfahl), Old Dutch pāl (Dutch paal). Doublet of pǣl, from the variant Proto-West Germanic *pāli.

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    pāl m

    1. stake

    Declension Edit

    Declension of pal (strong a-stem)
    Case Singular Plural
    nominative pāl pālas
    accusative pāl pālas
    genitive pāles pāla
    dative pāle pālum

    Descendants Edit

    Old Frisian Edit

    Etymology Edit

    Borrowed from either Old Dutch pāl or Old High German pāl, from Proto-West Germanic *pāl, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach”). Cognate to Old English pāl. Doublet of pēl.

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    pāl f

    1. pole

    Descendants Edit

    References Edit

    • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

    Pipil Edit

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    -pal

    1. of (genitive relation, also forms genitive pronouns)
      Ne pelu ipal ne takat
      The dog of the man → The man's dog.
      Ashan ini kal mupal
      Now this house is yours
    2. for (benefactive relation)
      Tikpiat se mupal wan se nupal
      We have one for you and one for me

    Usage notes Edit

    • The relational noun -pal is part of a restricted group of relationals that can be used without a possessive marker when it accompanies an explicit complement, thus acting like a preposition:
      Ne pelu pal ne takat
      The dog of the man → The man's dog.

    Declension Edit

    Declension of -pal
    Person Number
    singular plural
    first nupal tupal
    second mupal anmupal
    third ipal inpal

    Polish Edit

     
    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Pronunciation Edit

    Etymology 1 Edit

    Borrowed from Middle High German pfāl, phāl, from Old High German pfāl, phāl, from Proto-West Germanic *pāl, *pāli, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

    Noun Edit

    pal m inan (diminutive palik)

    1. stake (piece of wood)
    2. (construction) pile (for the support of a building)
      Hypernym: słup
    Declension Edit
    Declension of pal
    singular plural
    nominative pal pale
    genitive pala pali/palów
    dative palowi palom
    accusative pal pale
    instrumental palem palami
    locative palu palach
    vocative palu pale
    Derived terms Edit
    verb
    Related terms Edit
    adjective
    verbs

    Etymology 2 Edit

    Imperative of palić.

    Interjection Edit

    pal

    1. (military) shoot!

    Etymology 3 Edit

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb Edit

    pal

    1. second-person singular imperative of palić

    Further reading Edit

    • pal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • pal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Romanian Edit

    Etymology Edit

    Borrowed from French pâle.

    Adjective Edit

    pal m or n (feminine singular pală, masculine plural pali, feminine and neuter plural pale)

    1. pale

    Declension Edit

    Declension of pal
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative/
    accusative     		indefinite pal pală pali pale
    definite palul pala palii palele
    genitive/
    dative     		indefinite pal pale pali pale
    definite palului palei palilor palelor

    Southwestern Dinka Edit

    Noun Edit

    pal (plural paal)

    1. knife

    Spanish Edit

    Contraction Edit

    pal

    1. (colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)

    Related terms Edit

    Further reading Edit

    Volapük Edit

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    pal (nominative plural pals)

    1. parent, father or mother
      Hyponyms: fat, hipal, jipal, mot

    Declension Edit

    declension of pal
    singular plural
    nominative pal pals
    genitive pala palas
    dative pale pales
    accusative pali palis
    vocative 1 o pal! o pals!
    predicative 2 palu palus
    • 1 status as a case is disputed
    • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

    Derived terms Edit

    See also Edit

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