tal

See also: Tal, tál, tâl, tål, -tal, -tál, taal, and tall

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AmalEdit

NounEdit

tal

1. woman

ReferencesEdit

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

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CatalanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tal

1. such

Derived termsEdit

• com a tal
• tal i tal

AdverbEdit

tal

1. like that, in thay way

Derived termsEdit

• per tal de
• per tal que

PronounEdit

tal

1. anything, whatever

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Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

tal

1. willow

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DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse tal.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tal/, [tˢal]

NounEdit

tal n (singular definite tallet, plural indefinite tal)

1. number
2. figure
3. digit
4. numeral

InflectionEdit

Inflection of tal

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	tallet	tal	tallene
genitive	tals	tallets	tals	tallenes

Etymology 2Edit

See tale.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /taːl/, [tˢæːˀl]

VerbEdit

tal

1. imperative of tale

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑl

DeterminerEdit

tal

1. (~ van) numerous, many, lots

   Je hebt tal van mogelijkheden - You have lots of possibilities

NounEdit

tal n ‎(plural tallen)

1. number

Usage notesEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

aantal tiental tweetal viertal talloos talrijk

AnagramsEdit

• alt, lat

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

NounEdit

tal n (genitive singular tals, plural tøl)

1. number
2. (grammar) number

DeclensionEdit

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

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

NounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

declension of tal

n-s	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

See alsoEdit

• búktal
• vita ekki aura sinna tal (to wallow in money)
• taka engu tali (to be beyond description)
• berast í tal (to crop up in a conversation, to be mentioned)
• færa í tal (to bring something up)
• ná tali af (to get to talk to something)
• vera á tali (of a phone; to be engaged, to be busy)
• viðtal
• talsetja
• talsetning

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KurdishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tal

1. sour

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

tal

1. rafsi of talsa.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

tal

1. imperative of tale

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tal

NounEdit

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

1. number, numeral

Derived termsEdit

• dødstal

See alsoEdit

• tall (Bokmål)

ReferencesEdit

• “tal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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NovialEdit

DeterminerEdit

tal

1. Shortened form of tali

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Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

tal n

1. valley

DescendantsEdit

• German: Tal
• Mòcheno: tol

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Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

  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

Related termsEdit

• tala ‎(“talk, speech”)
• tala ‎(“to talk, speak”)

• tali ‎(“teller, counter”)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from tal

talandi ‎(“elocution”) talhlýðinn ‎(“credulous”)

talvíss ‎(“wise in numbers”) talsverðr ‎(“worth counting, considerable”)

DescendantsEdit

• 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)

ReferencesEdit

• tal in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tal in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• tal in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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PipilEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli ‎(“land”)

PronunciationEdit

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːl/
• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/
• (Jicalapa) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɬʲ/

NounEdit

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

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PolishEdit

Wikipedia ^pl

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tal/

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

Chemical element
Tl	Previous: rtęć (Hg)
	Next: ołów (Pb)

tal m inan

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

DeclensionEdit

declension of tal

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

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/
• Hyphenation: tal
• Rhymes: -aw

PronounEdit

tal

1. such

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tal.

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tālis. Compare French tel.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tal/

AdjectiveEdit

tal m, f ‎(plural tales)

1. such

Derived termsEdit

• qué tal
• tal y como
• tal vez

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

tal n

1. (mathematics) number

   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 maths exercise did you have as homework today?

3. speech; the ability to use vocalizations to communicate
4. speech; a long oral message given publicly

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of tal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tal	talet	tal	talen
Genitive	tals	talets	tals	talens

Related termsEdit

• flyttal
• heltal
• medeltal
• otal
• tala
• talare
• talför
• talförmåga

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TzotzilEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /tʰäl/

VerbEdit

tal

1. (intransitive) to come

   ¿Bu likemot tal? - Where do you come from? (lit. where have you come?)

SynonymsEdit

• (Zinacantán) yul

Derived termsEdit

(Nouns)

• talel

ReferencesEdit

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tal/

AdjectiveEdit

tal ‎(feminine singular tal, plural tal)

1. tall

AntonymsEdit

• byr

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tal	dal	nhal	thal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.