avel
See also: -ável
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈvɛl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛl
Verb
avel (third-person singular simple present avels, present participle avelling, simple past and past participle avelled)
Related terms
- avelut
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton avel, from Old Breton auel, from Proto-Brythonic *awel (“wind”), from Proto-Celtic *awelā (“wind, breeze”) (compare Cornish awel and Welsh awel).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːvɛl/, /ˈɑːwɛl/
audio (file)
Synonyms
- (literary, archaic) gwent
Cypriot Arabic
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 148
Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew אוויר (avír), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).
Further reading
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “aver”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “avér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 69
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “aver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 51
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (āvedi), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati), from the root आप् (āp).
References
- Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “avel (avilǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146
Swedish
Usage notes
Just "breeding" might sound more natural as a translation. Compare uppfödning (“breeding”), which is possibly less selective.
Declension
Declension of avel | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | avel | aveln | — | — |
Genitive | avels | avelns | — | — |
Derived terms
- avelshingst (“stud horse”)
Related terms
- avla (“to breed”)
See also
- uppfödning (“breeding”)
References
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