Abíal
Appearance
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Abel, from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”). The /e/ in the etyma was lengthened for unknown reasons when borrowed into Old Irish.
Proper noun
[edit]Abíal m (genitive Abéil)
- (Christianity) Abel (son of Adam and Eve, brother of Cain)
- a male given name
Inflection
[edit]Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | Abíal | — | — |
Vocative | Abéil | — | — |
Accusative | AbíalN | — | — |
Genitive | AbéilL | — | — |
Dative | AbíalL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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Abíal (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | nAbíal |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.