atall

See also: at all, átall, and átáll

English

Etymology

Contraction of at all.

Adverb

atall (not comparable)

1. (obsolete or Ireland) In any degree; at all.
   • 1576, John Foxe, Contemporary Biographies of Archbishop Cranmer‎^[1], Camden Soc.:

     ...he did banquett hym, so that after diner there was conference of both thair armes togethers in divers poyntes nothing atall discrepaunte.

   • 1858, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Hunt's Yachting Magazine:

     What business have you to come here? Go long wid ye — sure I don't want yer atall atall.

   • 1891, The Railroad Trainman‎^[2], The Brotherhood, pages 390–:

     ...if i had done as i should of done i would not tuched the list atall you had no right to send the list where you did and the journals to me that is where I find fault i could do the dirty work someone else do the other is that using me right if it is then i will give in you had no right to send the journals to me atall...

Usage notes

• In Irish dialect, common as an intensifier in the form "atall, atall", or occasionally "atallatall".

Anagrams

• Allat, talla

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from atallar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈtaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈtaʎ]

Noun

atall m (plural atalls)

1. shortcut

   Synonym: drecera

2. a temporary dam or shutoff to divert the flow of a liquid for the purposes of construction or installation

Further reading

• “atall” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English atoll, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (saṃtīrtha, “level ford”).

Noun

atall m (genitive singular ataill, nominative plural ataill)

1. atoll

Declension

Declension of atall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative atall ataill Vocative a ataill a atalla Genitive ataill atall Dative atall ataill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-atall na hataill Genitive an ataill na n-atall Dative leis an atall don atall leis na hataill

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
atall	n-atall	hatall	t-atall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “atall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “atoll”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “atall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

atall (masculine and feminine atall, neuter atalt, definite singular and plural atalle)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of atal

Anagrams

• talla

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *atalaz, whence also Old English atol.

Adjective

atall

1. fierce
2. hideous, loathsome

Declension

    Strong declension of atall

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	atall	ǫtul	atalt
accusative	atlan	atla	atalt
dative	ǫtlum	atalli	ǫtlu
genitive	atals	atallar	atals
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	atlir	atlar	ǫtul
accusative	atla	atlar	ǫtul
dative	ǫtlum	ǫtlum	ǫtlum
genitive	atalla	atalla	atalla

    Weak declension of atall

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	atli	atla	atla
accusative	atla	ǫtlu	atla
dative	atla	ǫtlu	atla
genitive	atla	ǫtlu	atla
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫtlu	ǫtlu	ǫtlu
accusative	ǫtlu	ǫtlu	ǫtlu
dative	ǫtlum	ǫtlum	ǫtlum
genitive	ǫtlu	ǫtlu	ǫtlu

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: atal

References

• “atall”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press