pâl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pal"

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pālus.

Noun

pâl m (plural pâls)

1. pole, post

Related terms

• palâ
• impalâ

Tho

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *pər, cognate with Vietnamese bay, Muong păl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌl¹/

Verb

pâl

1. (Cuối Chăm) to fly

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pala; compare Breton pal, Cornish pal.

Noun

pâl f (plural palau)

1. (South Wales) spade

   Synonyms: rhaw, rhaw-bâl

2. (rowing) oar blade

   Synonym: palf

Etymology 2

Uncertain, has been extension of Etymology 1 on account of the shape of a puffin's beak. However, the use of the same word for a Manx shearwater and a puffin parallels a shift in English where puffin used to mean a Manx shearwater until the 19th century, before coming to refer to Fratercula arctica.

Pâl ar garreg.

Noun

pâl m (plural palod or palau)

1. Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)

   Synonyms: pâl Manaw, aderyn drycin Manaw

2. Atlantic puffin, puffin (Fratercula arctica)

   Synonyms: pwffin, cornicyll y dŵr, pwffingen, aderyn du, aderyn y pâl, cyw esgob, paledn

Derived terms

• croesfan pâl (“puffin crossing”)
• pâl du (“sooty shearwater”)
• pâl yr Iwerydd (“Cory's shearwater”)
• pâl Manaw (“Manx shearwater”)
• y pâl leiaf (“litle shearwater”)
• y pâl mwyaf (“great shearwater”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pâl	bâl	mhâl	phâl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.