hail
Oznaczający (English)
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- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
- An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
- A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
Synonyms
how-do-you-do
say hello
say hi
chilly chilly rain
hail-stone
call someone loudly
say hallo
fall as hail
appeal to
Częstotliwość
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/heɪl/
Etymologia (English)
In summary
From Middle English hayle, haile, hail, hawel, haghil, haȝel, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, of uncertain origin. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”); or, from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hail (“hail”), West Frisian heil (“hail”), Dutch hagel (“hail”), Low German Hagel (“hail”), German Hagel (“hail”), Danish hagl (“hail”), Swedish hagel (“hail”), Icelandic hagl (“hail”). Compare also Old Norse héla (“frost”). Doublet of haglaz. Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Welsh caill (“testicle”), Breton kell (“testicle”), Lithuanian šešėlis (“shade, shadow”), Ancient Greek κάχληξ (kákhlēx, “pebble”), Albanian çakëll (“pebble”), Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold”).
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