avel

See also: -ável

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin āvellō.

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)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pull away.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew אבל (avel).

Alternative forms

• ovel

Noun

avel (plural avels or avelim)

1. (Judaism) A mourner.

Related terms

• avelut

Anagrams

• Leva, Vale, Veal, Vela, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal, vela

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)

Noun

avel f

1. wind

Synonyms

• (literary, archaic) gwent

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From *avel cimplavel, from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

Adverb

avel

1. the year before last

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

Alternative forms

• aver

Etymology

From Hebrew אוויר (avír), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).

Noun

avel m (Latin spelling)

1. air

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-

Sanskrit आप् (āp)

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati)

Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati)

Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀇 (āvei)

Romani avel

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀇 (āvei), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati), from आप् (āp) + -अयति (-ayati).

Verb

avel

1. to come

References

• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], 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

Noun

avel c

1. selective breeding (of animals)

Usage notes

Just "breeding" might sound more natural as a translation. Compare uppfödning (“breeding”), which is possibly less selective.

Declension

Declension of avel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	avel	avels
	definite	aveln	avelns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• avelshingst (“stud horse”)

Related terms

• avla (“to breed”)

See also

• uppfödning (“breeding”)

References

• avel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• avel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• avel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)