allas

From Proto-Finnic *aldas, a Germanic loan from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough”) (whence eg. 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.

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

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/

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allas

1. second-person singular past historic of aller

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

• "allas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “allas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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 ?

1. sweat, perspiration

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• 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
• “allas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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”)

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “allas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

allas

1. everybody's; genitive singular of alla

   Allas ansvar blir ingens.

   Everybody's responsibility becomes nobody's.