halba

See also: halbą

Estonian

Adjective

halba

partitive singular of halb
illative singular of halb

Gothic

Romanization

halba

Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

Etymology

hal +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

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

Noun

halba

illative singular of hal

Polish

Alternative forms

alba (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Halbe.[1][2] First attested in 1600.[3]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

halba f

(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

References

Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “halba”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “halba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
“halba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023

Further reading

halba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Teresa Sokołowska (30.07.2012), “*HALBA 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): /ˈxalba/
Rhymes: -alba
Syllabification: hal‧ba

Noun

halba f

(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

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