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tal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tal"
Languages (39)
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Translingual

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tal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tal.

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Amal

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Noun

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tal

  1. woman

References

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  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan tal, from Latin tālis. Compare Occitan tal, French tel, Spanish tal.

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Adjective

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tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tals)

  1. such (like this, that)
    Synonym: semblant

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Adverb

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tal

  1. like that, in that way

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Pronoun

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tal

  1. anything, whatever

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Cimbrian

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Noun

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tal n

  1. valley

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  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Coatepec Nahuatl

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Pronoun

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tal

  1. you

Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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tal

  1. willow

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą (“number”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tall, Swedish tal, Dutch tal.

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Noun

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tal n (singular definite tallet, plural indefinite tal)

  1. number
  2. figure
  3. digit
  4. numeral
  5. (after a multiple of 100) Denoting a century.
    Han levede i 1800-tallet.
    He lived in the 19th century.
Declension
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Declension of tal
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tal tallet tal tallene
genitive tals tallets tals tallenes

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taːˀl/, [ˈtˢæˀl]

Verb

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tal

  1. imperative of tale

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch tal, from Old Dutch *tal, from Proto-West Germanic *tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

Determiner

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tal

  1. (~ van) numerous, many, lots
    Je hebt tal van mogelijkheden - You have lots of possibilities

Noun

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tal n (plural tallen)

  1. a number
  2. a quantity

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Tal is almost never used to say 'number', getal and nummer are used instead.

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Eastern Durango Nahuatl

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Noun

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tal

  1. land

Epigraphic Mayan

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tal

  1. to come

Estonian

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Pronoun

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tal

  1. adessive singular of ta (“he/she”)

Usage notes

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  • Used unstressed in a sentence. When the pronoun is stressed, temal (adessive of tema) is used.

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

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Noun

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tal n (genitive singular tals, plural tøl)

  1. number
  2. (grammar) number

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n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tal talið tøl tølini
accusative tal talið tøl tølini
dative tali talinum tølum tølunum
genitive tals talsins tala talanna

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin talis.

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Pronoun

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tal

  1. such
    Nunca tal vin ― I've never seen such [a thing]

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Adjective

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tal m or f (plural tales)

  1. such
    Nunca tal cousa vin ― I've never seen such a thing

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Highland Puebla Nahuatl

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Noun

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tal

  1. land

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

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Noun

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tal n (genitive singular tals, nominative plural töl)

  1. speech, talk, the act of talking
  2. a conversation
  3. count, number
    Mennirnir voru hundrað talsins.
    The men were a hundred all told.

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Declension of tal (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tal talið töl tölin
accusative tal talið töl tölin
dative tali talinu tölum tölunum
genitive tals talsins tala talanna

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Italian

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Determiner

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tal (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of tale

Ladino

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish tal (“such”), from Latin tālis. Compare French tel, Galician tal, Portuguese tal, and Spanish tal.

Adjective

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tal (Hebrew spelling טאל)[1]

  1. such (a)
    • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 325:
      A tal punto ke dizia : "En Espanya no ay ke yo i la kanalya ke semos frankofilos".
      To such a point that it was said: 'In Spain there is nobody but me and the scoundrel [to] whom we are Francophiles.'

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tal (Hebrew spelling טאל)[1]

  1. such (the likes of which)
    • 2017 June 12, Amor Ayala, Los sefardíes de Bulgaria‎[2], De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 417:
      En esta gezera se firmava kada miembro en entrando komo tal en la ḥevra.
      In this decree each member was being signed by entering as such in society.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “tal”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Maltese

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Root
t-w-l
9 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic طَالَ (ṭāla).

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Verb

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tal (imperfect jtul, past participle mitul, verbal noun tul)

  1. to become long, to become prolonged, to last
    Synonym: dam

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tal
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m talt talt tal talna taltu talu
f talet
imperfect m ntul ttul jtul ntulu ttulu jtulu
f ttul
imperative tul tulu

Mangas

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tal

  1. sun

References

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  • Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Northern Kurdish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tal

  1. sour

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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tal

  1. imperative of tale

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tal n (definite singular talet, indefinite plural tal, definite plural tala or talene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tall

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʰɐ̞ːl], [tʰɐ̞ːɽ]

Noun

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tal n (definite singular talet, indefinite plural tal, definite plural tala)

  1. number, numeral

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *tālu, from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (“deception, deceit, persecution”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to take aim, calculate, damage, count”). Cognate with Latin dolus (“deception, strategem, trap”).

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tāl f

  1. evil-speaking, calumny, disparagement, slander
  2. (religious) blasphemy
  3. reproach
  4. scorn, derision, mocking

Declension

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Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative tāl tāla, tāle
accusative tāle tāla, tāle
genitive tāle tāla
dative tāle tālum

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tālis. Cognate with Old French tel and Old Spanish tal.

Adjective

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tal (indefinite)

  1. such (kind of)
    Synonym: atal
    • 13th-14th centuries, Denis of Portugal, “Un tal ome sei eu, ai ben-talhada”‎[3]:
      Um tal home sei que preto sente / de si morte certamente
      I know one such man who feels unwell, [and he is] certainly dying.

Descendants

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  • Galician: tal
  • Portuguese: tal

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *dalą, whence also Old English dæl, Old Norse dalr.

Noun

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tal n or m

  1. valley

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *talą (“number, speech”). Cognate with Old English tæl, Old Saxon gital.

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈtɑl/

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tal n (genitive tals, plural tǫl)

  1. a talk, parley, conversation
    • Ólafs saga Helga 87, in 1830, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 196:
      […] kom hún enn til konúngs, ok sátu þau jarl öll samt á tali, […]
      […] but she came to the king, and yet sat all the jarls in talks, […]
  2. speech, language
    • Stjórn 61, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 204:
      Sneri hann þa nafni Josephs ok kalladi hann heimsins hialpara upp aa Egiptalandz tal ok tungu.
      He turned then, speaking Joseph's name and calling him home for help in speech and tongue of Egyptian lands.
  3. a tale, number, enumeration
    • Barlaams Saga 137, in 1851, R. Keyser, C. R. Unger, Barlaams ok Josaphats saga. Christiania, page 133:
      Hon er oc i tale með oðrum himintunglum, […]
      She is in that number with other heavenly bodies, […]
  4. (especially in compounds) a tale, list, series
    • Gulaþings-lög 301, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 99:
      […] þa ſkolo fara a þing oc bioða ſic i tal með oðrom monnom.
      […] then shall go to the Thing and enter the lists with other men.

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Declension of tal (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tal talit tǫl tǫlin
accusative tal talit tǫl tǫlin
dative tali talinu tǫlum tǫlunum
genitive tals talsins tala talanna

Derived terms

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  • tala (“talk, speech”)
  • tala (“to talk, speak”)
  • tali (“teller, counter”)

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  • Danish: tal n
  • Elfdalian: tal n
  • Faroese: tal n
  • Icelandic: tal n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tall n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tal n
  • Swedish: tal n (Old Swedish tal)

Further reading

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  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “tal”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 624
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tal”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 432; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tālis. Cognate with Old French tel and Old Galician-Portuguese tal.

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tal (indefinite)

  1. same
    Synonym: atal
  2. such (this kind of)
    Synonym: atal
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24v:
      Et los filoſofos precian la mucho por que ella a tal uertud que aquel que la trae conſigo aguzal mucho el entendimiento ⁊ el engenno, aſſi que ninguna coſa noles grieue de entender nin de aprender.
      And philosophers prize it greatly because it has such vertue that, of he who has it with him, it sharpens their understanding and ingenuity, so that nothing is difficult for them to either understand or learn.

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tal

  1. (just) like; (exactly) like
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 50r. a.:
      Señor dios de iſrꝉ no a tal / dios en los cielos cuemo tu nĩ de yuſo en la tierra […]
      Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in either the heavens or on earth […]
  2. such (the likes of which)
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v:
      I ẏo fare cras plouer pedriſco mui grãt. e nõ fue tal en egipto. des q̃ fue poblada troa agora. e tu aplega todo lo tuẏo q̃ es en el cãpo. ⁊ los q̃ nõ ſe acogierẽ alas caſas morrã del pedriſco.
      “[…] And tomorrow I shall make it rain a great hailstorm such that Egypt has never seen since it was settled until now. And you, bring inside all that you have in the field. And those who do not take shelter in their homes will die from the hail.”

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tal (indefinite)

  1. same (aforesaid thing)
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 56r.:
      Et fallan la ſiempre en forma de redoma ⁊ parece dentro en ella figura de ſanguſuela. ⁊ ſi la quebrantan en cada pedaço fallá otro tal.
      And they always find it shaped like a vase, and inside it seems to have what looks like a leech, and if they break it, in each piece they find the same.

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References

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “tal”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 486

Pipil

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Etymology

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Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”)

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tāl (plural tālmet or tajtāl)

  1. land, ground
    Tiktukat ne shupanmil keman ne tal waktuk
    For the rainy season, we plant the corn when the ground has dried up
  2. earth, dirt, soil
    Tikwiwitat iwan tal pal tiktukat ka senkak
    We uproot it keeping some soil (on the roots) to plant it somewhere else
  3. terrain, field, region, country
    Ashan ne Nawat semaya munutza tik ini tal
    Now Nawat (Pipil) is only spoken in this country

Pochutec

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Etymology

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Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”).

Noun

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tal

  1. land

Polish

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Chemical element
Tl
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tal m inan

  1. thallium (chemical element, Tl, atomic number 81)

Declension

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Declension of tal
singular
nominative tal
genitive talu
dative talowi
accusative tal
instrumental talem
locative talu
vocative talu

Further reading

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  • tal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (“demonstrative pronoun”). Displaced collateral form atal.

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tal m or f (plural tais)

  1. such

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Noun

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tal m or f by sense (plural tais)

  1. one
    Percebi que ele era o tal. ― I realised he was the one.

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tal m or f (plural tais)

  1. (often with de) used to express that somebody doesn't know or care about a person being talked about
    Um tal de John estava te procurando. ― Some John guy was looking for you.

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tal m or f by sense (plural tais)

  1. such-and-such (generic placeholder)

Synonym: tal e tal

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:tal.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French thalle.

Noun

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tal n (plural taluri)

  1. thallus

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Declension of tal
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tal talul taluri talurile
genitive-dative tal talului taluri talurilor
vocative talule talurilor

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish tal (“such”), from Latin tālis. Compare French tel, Galician tal, Ladino tal, and Portuguese tal.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtal/ [ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: tal

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tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tales)

  1. such
    Synonym: (obsolete) atal
    No hay tal cosa como los monstruos.
    There's no such thing as monsters.

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tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tales)

  1. such
    Es la jefa, y es importante que la trates como tal.
    She's the boss, and it's important that you treat her as such.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish tal, from Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

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tal n

  1. (mathematics) number
    Hyponyms: naturligt tal, heltal, rationellt tal, reellt tal, komplext tal, hyperkomplext tal, superreellt tal, bråktal, blandat tal, kardinaltal, defekt tal, perfekt tal, primtal, sammansatt tal, vänskapliga tal, ymnigt tal, algebraiskt tal, transcendent tal
    reellt tal
    real number
  2. (school) An exercise involving calculations given to the pupil, especially at lower levels.
    Hur många tal fick ni i matteläxa idag?
    How many math exercises did you have as homework today?
  3. speech; the ability to use vocalizations to communicate
  4. speech; a long oral message given publicly
  5. (as a suffix) around (for round numbers)
    ett 30-tal demonstranter
    around 30 protesters
  6. (as a suffix, in the definite "talet") the specified decade, century, or (rarely) millennium
    åttiotalet / 80-talet
    the eighties
    nollnolltalet / 00-talet
    the 00s
    1890-talet
    the 1890s
    det sena 60-talet
    the late sixties
    artonhunradratalet / 1800-talet
    the nineteenth century

Declension

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Declension of tal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tal tals
definite talet talets
plural indefinite tal tals
definite talen talens

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Tatar

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Noun

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tal

  1. willow

Tzotzil

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Pronunciation

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  • (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /tʰäl/

Verb

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tal

  1. (intransitive) to come
    ¿Bu likemot tal?
    Where do you come from?
    (literally, “Where have you come?”)

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  • (Zinacantán) yul

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Welsh

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Etymology 1

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Early modern borrowing of English tall

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tal (feminine singular tal, plural talion, equative taled, comparative talach, superlative talaf)

  1. tall
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Etymology 2

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Proto-Celtic *talos, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”). Compare Irish talamh, Latin tellūs, Sanskrit तल (tala).

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tal m (plural talau or taloedd)

  1. end, edge
  2. forehead, brow, eyebrow

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Noun

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tal m (plural taliadau)

  1. Alternative spelling of tâl (“pay, payment”)

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Mutated forms of tal
radical soft nasal aspirate
tal dal nhal thal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Frisian

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Etymology

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Probably ultimately related to taal (“language”), which see. Cognate with Dutch tal, English tale, German Zahl.

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tal n (plural tallen)

  1. number, amount
    Synonym: oantal
  2. (grammar) grammatical number

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Further reading

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  • “tal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yucatec Maya

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Verb

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tal (intransitive)

  1. Obsolete spelling of taal.
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