allt

• ald (alternative spelling)
• att (common variant; often both forms alongside in the same dialect)

From all (“all”) with a fossiled neuter ending -t. Compare Dutch al.

• IPA^(key): /alt/
• Homophone: alt

allt

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) already

   Ich hann allt drissig Minutte op dich jewaat!

   I’ve already waited for you for thirty minutes!

• schun

• IPA^(key): /al̥t/

allt

1. everything, neuter of allur

allt

1. inflection of allur:
   1. neuter nominative singular
   2. neuter accusative singular

allt

1. Obsolete spelling of alt

allt

1. Obsolete spelling of alt

allt

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of allr

From Middle Irish alt, from Old Irish alt (“shore, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (“cliff”).

Cognates in the Celtic languages include Irish alt (“height, glenside, cliff”), Cornish als (“cliff”), and Breton aot (“shore”). MacBain suggests the Scottish Gaelic form and meaning has a Pictish origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈauɫ̪t/

allt m (genitive singular uillt, plural uillt)

1. steep-sided stream

   Tha an t-allt a' ruith.

   The stream is flowing.

• alltan (“burn, brook, stream”)
• leth-allt (“stream with one steep side, not two”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “allt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “allt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

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allt

1. everything, all

   Allt gick åt helvete.

   Everything went terrible.

   (literally, “Everything went to hell.”)

• alla (“everyone”)

allt

1. neuter singular of all

   Har du druckit upp allt vatten?

   Did you drink all the water?

Alla is used with countable plural nouns. All and allt are used with countable mass nouns of common and neuter gender, respectively.

allt (not comparable)

1. increasingly, more and more

   Det har blivit allt svårare att hitta god kebabsås i Säffle

   It has become increasingly difficult to find good kebab sauce in Säffle

2. sure (for sure)

   Han är allt bra tokig, den där trollkarlen

   He sure is a kooky one, that wizard

• allt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• allt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• allt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• tall

From Middle Welsh allt, from Proto-Brythonic *alt, from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), Irish ailt (“steep-sided ravine”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aːɬd/, [aːɬt]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aɬd/, [aɬt]
• Rhymes: -aɬd

allt f (plural elltydd or aillt)

1. hillside, slope
2. wood, small forest