halba

See also: halbą

Estonian

Adjective

halba

1. partitive singular of halb
2. illative singular of halb

Gothic

Romanization

halba

1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

Etymology

hal +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlbɒ]
• Hyphenation: hal‧ba
• Homophone: hallba

Noun

halba

1. illative singular of hal

Polish

Alternative forms

• alba (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Halbe. First attested in 1600.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxal.ba/
• Rhymes: -alba
• Syllabification: hal‧ba

Noun

halba f

1. (archaic) half a quarter, half a liter
   1. bottle or vessel of such an amount

      halba piwa ― a half liter of beer

      wypić halbę ― to drink a half liter

Declension

Declension of halba

	singular	plural
nominative	halba	halby
genitive	halby	halb
dative	halbie	halbom
accusative	halbę	halby
instrumental	halbą	halbami
locative	halbie	halbach
vocative	halbo	halby

Further reading

• halba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Teresa Sokołowska (30.07.2012) “ALBA, *HALBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “halba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “halba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 8

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Halbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxal.ba/
• Rhymes: -alba
• Syllabification: hal‧ba

Noun

halba f

1. (colloquial) half-litre vodka bottle

   Hypernym: flaszka

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “halba”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 108