Abíal

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Abíal m (genitive Abéil)

(Christianity) Abel (son of Adam and Eve, brother of Cain)
a male given name

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Abíal	—	—
vocative	Abéil	—	—
accusative	Abíal^N	—	—
genitive	Abéil^L	—	—
dative	Abíal^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *Abíal*
radical	lenition	nasalization
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.