allas

From Proto-Finnic *aldas, a Germanic loan from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough”) (whence e.g. Norwegian olda). The ending has probably been modified to -as by analogy with other Germanic loans (such as valas). Karelian allaš (“trough”) is of the same origin. Doublet with aalto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/, [ˈɑlːɑs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑs
• Syllabification^(key): al‧las

allas

1. pool, swimming pool
2. tank (open container for liquids)
3. basin (wide bowl for washing)
4. (geography) basin, drainage basin (area of land from which water drains into a commom outlet)
5. reservoir (natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply)
6. chamber, in "canal lock chamber" - kanavan sulkuallas

• (pool): uima-allas
• (wide bowl for washing): pesuallas; pesuvati
• (drainage basin): valuma-alue

• allastaa

• Salla

• IPA^(key): /a.la/, /a.lɑ/

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allas

1. second-person singular past historic of aller

From Proto-Finnic *aldas. Cognates include Finnish allas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/, [ˈɑɫːəz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑs/, [ˈɑɫːɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑs
• Hyphenation: al‧las

allas

1. trough
   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     Se ono vennäheks kareta, a piti sannoa karõta, se oli allas.

     That's Russian, kareta, but she should have said karõta, that's a trough.

• soimi

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 13

From Old Irish allas (“perspiration”), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəsˠ/

allas m (genitive singular allais)

1. sweat, perspiration
   1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) sweating

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “allas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

allas

1. trough

From Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέᾱ (aléā, “body heat, warmth”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal͈as/

allas n (genitive allais)

1. sweat, perspiration

• Irish: allas
• Manx: ollish
• Scottish Gaelic: allas

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish allas (“perspiration”), from Proto-Celtic *alnostus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”).

allas m (genitive singular allais, no plural)

1. sweat

• allas Chaluim Chille, allas-Mhoire (“slender St. John's-wort”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “allas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

allas

1. everybody's; genitive singular of alla

   Allas ansvar blir ingens.

   Everybody's responsibility becomes nobody's.