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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Northern Middle English hal, hale, variants of hole (“healthy; safe; whole”, whence whole), from Old English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). See whole for more.

Adjective

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hale (comparative haler, superlative halest)

  1. (dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
    Antonym: unhale
    • 1731 November (date written; published 1739), Jonathan Swift, “On the Death of Dr. Swift”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VIII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 126:
      His stomach too begins to fail: / Last year we thought him strong and hale; / But now he's quite another thing: / I wish he may hold out till spring!
    • 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
      "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn." / "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English hale, an alteration of hele (“health”) after Etymology 1. Cognate with Scots hale (“health”), German Heil (“salvation, well-being”).

Noun

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hale (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Health, welfare.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English halen, from Anglo-Norman haler, from Old Dutch *halon (compare Dutch halen), from Proto-Germanic *halōną (compare Old English ġeholian, West Frisian helje, German holen), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to lift”) (compare Latin ex-cellō (“to surpass”), Tocharian B käly- (“to stand, stay”), Albanian qell (“to halt, hold up, carry”), Lithuanian kélti (“to raise up”), Ancient Greek κελέοντες (keléontes, “upright beam on a loom”)). Doublet of haul.

Verb

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hale (third-person singular simple present hales, present participle haling, simple past and past participle haled)

  1. (transitive) To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
      For I had beene vilely hurried and haled by those poore men, which had taken the paines to carry me upon their armes a long and wearysome way, and to say truth, they had all beene wearied twice or thrice over, and were faine to shift severall times.
    • 1636, John Denham, “The Destruction of Troy, an Essay on the Second Book of Virgil’s Æneis. Written in the Year 1636.”, in Poems and Translations; with the Sophy, a Tragedy, 5th edition, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 38:
      A ſpacious Breach we make, and Troy’s proud Wall / Built by the Gods, by our own hands doth fall; / Thus, all their help to their own Ruin give, / Some draw with Cords, and ſome the Monſter drive / With Rolls and Leavers, thus our Works it climbs, / Big with our Fate, the Youth with Songs and Rhimes, / Some dance, ſome hale the Rope; at laſt let down / It enters with a thund’ring Noiſe the Town.
    • 1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 21:
      The wingless, crawling hours, one among whom / —As some dark Priest hales the reluctant victim— / Shall drag thee, cruel King, to kiss the blood / From these pale feet, which then might trample thee / If they disdained not such a prostrate slave.
    • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Walking to the Mail”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 51:
      By night we dragg'd her to the college tower / From her warm bed, and up the corkscrew stair / With hand and rope we haled the groaning sow, / And on the leads we kept her till she pigg'd.
    • 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, page 9:
      He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. [...] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, [...]
    • 1912, Robert W[illiam] Service, “The Wanderlust”, in Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 123:
      The Wanderlust has lured me to the seven lonely seas, / Has dumped me on the tailing-piles of dearth; / The Wanderlust has haled me from the morris chairs of ease, / Has hurled me to the ends of all the earth.
    • 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “IV. Prometheus”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 117:
      As well hale a man to court for violation of an unenacted law.
    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 262:
      They will hale the King to Paris, and have him under their eye.
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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خلا (halâ, helâ, “toilet, water closet”), from Arabic خَلَاء (ḵalāʔ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haˈle/
  • Rhymes: -le
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lé

Noun

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hale f (plural hale, definite haleja, definite plural haletë) (colloquial)

  1. toilet, privy
    Synonyms: nevojtore, tualet

Declension

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Declension of hale
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hale haleja hale haletë
accusative halenë
dative haleje halesë haleve haleve
ablative halesh

References

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  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “hale”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 152
  • Jungg, G. (1895), “hale”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 43
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “hale”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 184

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Old High German *halēn. Compare Icelandic hallur (“steep”), from Old Norse hallr (“rock, stone”), from Proto-Germanic *halluz (“rock, stone; rockface, cliff”).

Verb

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hale

  1. (Uri) to be steep

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Central Franconian

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Verb

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hale (third-person singular present hält, past tense heelt or hielt, past participle jehale or gehale or gehal)

  1. alternative spelling of haale

Czech

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Verb

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hale

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of halit

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hali.

Noun

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hale c (singular definite halen, plural indefinite haler)

  1. tail, brush, scut
  2. bottom, fanny
Inflection
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Declension of hale
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hale halen haler halerne
genitive hales halens halers halernes

Etymology 2

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From late Old Norse hala, from Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halon (“to get, fetch”).

Verb

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hale (imperative hal, infinitive at hale, present tense haler, past tense halede, perfect tense har halet)

  1. haul, heave, pull
  2. drag

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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hale

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of halen

Estonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑle/, [ˈ(h)ɑle̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑle
  • Hyphenation: ha‧le

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *halëda.

Adjective

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hale (genitive haleda, partitive haledat, comparative haledam, superlative kõige haledam or haledaim)

  1. poor, pathetic
    Synonyms: armetu, haletsusväärne
    Ruumid olid haledas seisukorras.
    The rooms were in a pathetic state.
  2. sad, pitiful
    Synonyms: kurb, kurblik, õnnetu, härras
    Mul on sinust hale.
    I feel pity for you.
Declension
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Declension of hale (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hale haledad
accusative nom.
gen. haleda
genitive haledate
partitive haledat haledaid
illative haledasse haledatesse
haledaisse
inessive haledas haledates
haledais
elative haledast haledatest
haledaist
allative haledale haledatele
haledaile
adessive haledal haledatel
haledail
ablative haledalt haledatelt
haledailt
translative haledaks haledateks
haledaiks
terminative haledani haledateni
essive haledana haledatena
abessive haledata haledateta
comitative haledaga haledatega
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verbs
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Compounds
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Etymology 2

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From haljas.

Noun

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hale (genitive hale, partitive halet)

  1. patina (green rust of copper or bronze)
    Synonyms: paatina, rooste, vaserooste
Declension
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Declension of hale (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hale haled
accusative nom.
gen. hale
genitive halede
partitive halet halesid
illative halle
halesse 		haledesse
inessive hales haledes
elative halest haledest
allative halele haledele
adessive halel haledel
ablative halelt haledelt
translative haleks haledeks
terminative haleni haledeni
essive halena haledena
abessive haleta haledeta
comitative halega haledega

References

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  • hale in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “hale”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

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Verb

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hale

  1. inflection of haler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician

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Verb

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hale

  1. inflection of halar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Polynesian *fale (“house”),[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale (“house”),[2] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay (“house”). Cognates include Māori whare (“house”), Tahitian fare (“house”), Samoan fale (“house”) and Tongan fale (“house”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈha.le/, [ˈhɐ.le]

    Noun

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    hale

    1. house, building
    2. institution
    3. lodge
    4. station, hall
    5. ( ~ kaʻa) railroad car, carriage

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    Verb

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    hale

    1. to have a house

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    References

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    1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “FALE”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
    2. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 49–50
    • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hale”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old English hē̆al-, hā̆l-, oblique stem of healh, from Proto-West Germanic *halh.

      Doublet of *halgh (attested only in placenames), whence English haugh.

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      Noun

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      hale (plural hales)

      1. A corner of an area; a nook or cranny.
      2. A hidden or remote place.
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      • English: hale (dialectal)

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      Etymology 2

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      From Anglo-Norman hale, halle, from Latin halla (“house, dwelling; court; palace; market hall”), from Frankish *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”). Doublet of halle (“hall”).

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      Noun

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      hale (plural hales)

      1. hale (temporary structure for housing, entertaining, eating meals, etc.)
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      Etymology 3

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      Verb

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      hale

      1. alternative form of haylen (“to hail”)

      Etymology 4

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      Noun

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      hale

      1. alternative form of halle (“hall”)

      Etymology 5

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      Noun

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      hale

      1. alternative form of hayl (“hail”)

      Etymology 6

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      Noun

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      hale

      1. alternative form of hele (“health”)

      Etymology 7

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      Adjective

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      hale

      1. alternative form of hol (“healthy, whole”)

      Etymology 8

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      Adjective

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      hale

      1. alternative form of holy (“holy”)

      Norman

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      Verb

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      hale

      1. first-person singular present indicative of haler
      2. third-person singular present indicative of haler
      3. first-person singular present subjunctive of haler
      4. third-person singular present subjunctive of haler
      5. second-person singular imperative of haler

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology 1

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      From Old Norse hali.

      Noun

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      hale m (definite singular halen, indefinite plural haler, definite plural halene)

      1. a tail (of an animal, aircraft, comet etc.)
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      Etymology 2

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      From late Old Norse hala, from Middle Low German halen.

      Verb

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      hale (present tense haler, past tense halte, past participle halt)

      1. to haul, heave, pull
      2. to drag

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia nn

      Etymology

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      From Old Norse hali.

      Noun

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      hale m (definite singular halen, indefinite plural halar, definite plural halane)

      1. a tail (of an animal, aircraft, comet etc.)

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      Old English

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈxɑː.le/, [ˈhɑː.le]

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      hāle

      1. inflection of hāl:
        1. strong accusative feminine singular
        2. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
        3. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
        4. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
        5. weak accusative neuter singular

      Polish

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      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -alɛ
      • Syllabification: ha‧le

      Etymology 1

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      See ale.

      Conjunction

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      hale

      1. (Kuyavia, Wieleń) alternative form of ale (“but”)

      Particle

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      hale

      1. (Zagórze) alternative form of ale!

      Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Noun

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        hale f

        1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of hala

        Further reading

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        • Jan Karłowicz (1900), “ale”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 10
        • Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “ale”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎[3] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 1

        Spanish

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        Verb

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        hale

        1. inflection of halar:
          1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
          2. third-person singular imperative

        Swedish

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        Adjective

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        hale

        1. definite natural masculine singular of hal

        Turkish

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هاله (hale), from Arabic هَالَة (hāla).

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        Noun

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        hale (definite accusative haleyi, plural haleler)

        1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
        2. halo (luminous disc around the heads of saints)

        Declension

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        Declension of hale
        singular plural
        nominative hale haleler
        definite accusative haleyi haleleri
        dative haleye halelere
        locative halede halelerde
        ablative haleden halelerden
        genitive halenin halelerin

        Further reading

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        • “hale”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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