hääl

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Old High German hāli, from Proto-Germanic *hēli- (“slippery, deceitful”), related to *helaną (“to conceal, hide”). Compare Swedish hal. === Adjective === hääl (Uri) slippery === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 22. == Estonian == === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Finnic *ääni, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *äne. Cognates include Votic ääli, Livonian ēļ; Finnish and Ingrian ääni, Karelian and Livvi iäni, Veps änʹ; Northern Sami jietna (“sound”) and Hungarian ének (“song”). Note that, if this etymology were to be correct, an unclear secondary change -n- > -l- would have taken place in the Southern Finnic languages. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæːl/, [ˈ(h)æːl] Rhymes: -æːl Hyphenation: hääl === Noun === hääl (genitive hääle, partitive häält) voice summutatud hääl ― a muffled voice selge hääl ― a clear voice tuttav hääl ― a familiar voice häält moonutama ― to distort one's voice valju häälega laulma ― to sing loudly [~ with a loud voice] Ta hääl kõlas rahulikult ja kindlalt. ― His voice sounded calm and confident. Hääl värises hirmust. ― His voice trembled with fear. Mehe hääles oli kibedust. ― There was bitterness in the man's voice. (music) voice (a melody in a musical composition, performed by a (group of) singer(s) or (a) musical instrument(s)) sound, noise suupilli hääl ― the sound of a harmonica suurlinna hääled ― the noises of the big city Mets oli täis loomade hääli. ― The forest was full of animal sounds. Kohviveski tegi imelikku häält. ― The coffee grinder made a strange noise. Synonym: heli vote ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (sound): heli ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === “hääl”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014 “hääl”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “hääl”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN hääl in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)