aballu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”). Cognate with Old Irish atbaill (“to perish”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈbaɬɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈbaɬi/

Verb

aballu (first-person singular present aballaf)

1. to perish

   Synonyms: darfod, trengi

Related terms

• aball (“destruction, ruin”)

Mutation

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

• 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