kahl

Etymology
From (inflected ), from, , from , from. The form (instead of ) is based on the Middle High German uninflected stem. However, the lengthened vowel points to influence by varieties that reduce -lw- to -l- even in open syllables; these include (inflected ). See the same development in. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, and further 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) bald, hairless
 * 2)  barren, bleak, empty, stark, bland

Usage notes

 * Now used chiefly in the figurative sense or of portions of the skin: . Of persons one more commonly says or  (both literally "bald-headed"). Even more usual is the expression.