aballu

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

aballu (first-person singular present aballaf)

  1. to perish
    Synonyms: darfod, trengi
  • 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
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