all-
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English all- (also al-), from Old English eall-, eal- (“all-”). Cognate with Dutch al-, German all-, Swedish all-. More at all.
Prefix
[edit]all-
- Indicates complete power or authority in an area.
- Synonym: omni-
- all- + knowing → all-knowing
- all- + loving → all-loving
- all- + seeing → all-seeing
- all- + powerful → all-powerful
- all- + important → all-important
- Indicates that a term applies in a general manner.
Usage notes
[edit]- Words derived from all- are usually formed with a hyphen.
Synonyms
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[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From all.
Prefix
[edit]all-
Derived terms
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Prefix
[edit]all-
Usage notes
[edit]- Hyphenating compound terms prefixed with all- is allowed (same with hálf-, jafn- and lang-):[1]
- All-óhugnanlegur.
- Rather gruesome.
Derived terms
[edit]- allfár (“very few (dated, synonym mjög fár)”)
- allgóður (“very good (dated, synonym mjög góður); decent (contemporary meaning, synonym sæmilegur)”)
- allmikill (“considerable”)
- allvel (“very well (dated, synonym mjög vel); reasonably (contemporary meaning, synonym sæmilega)”)
- enginn er allheimskur ef þegja má (“no one is completely stupid if they can hold their silence; silence is golden”)
See also
[edit]- dá- (“rather, fairly, quite”)
References
[edit]- ^ XIII. Bandstrik ("hyphens")
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ala-, spelling due to influence of allr (“all”).
Prefix
[edit]all-
- Alternative spelling of al-
References
[edit]- all- in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with Old English el-, Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]all-
Antonyms
[edit]- mewn- (“in-”)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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all- | unchanged | unchanged | hall- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “all-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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