aballu
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”). Cognate with Old Irish atbaill (“to perish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aˈbaɬɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /aˈbaɬi/
Verb[edit]
aballu (first-person singular present aballaf)
Related terms[edit]
- aball (“destruction, ruin”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| aballu | unchanged | unchanged | haballu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bal-ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aballu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies