iâl

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yalom, from Proto-Indo-European *yh₁-l-eh₂-,[1] derivative of *yeh₁-. Cf. Gaulish Eburo-ialum (Ebreuil), Verno-ialum (Verneuil), Old Breton Ialonus (theonym). Further related to English idle, Polish jałowy (barren), and Lithuanian jė̃las.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaːl/

Noun

iâl f (uncountable)

  1. clearing, glade
    Synonym: llannerch
  2. cultivated upland

Derived terms

Descendants

  • >? English: yale

Adjective

iâl (feminine singular iâl, plural iâl, not comparable)

  1. open, clear
  2. pleasant

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
iâl unchanged unchanged hiâl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

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