hael

See also: hæl

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hagel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːl/, (archaic) /ˈhɑːəl/
• Homophone: haal (modern only)

Noun

hael (uncountable)

1. hail (kind of precipitation)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /haːɨ̯l/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hai̯l/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯l

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *saglo-, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-, *seǵʰi-, *seǵʰu-, *seǵʰos- (“victorious”), related to Gaulish *sagilos (found in personal names), from Proto-Indo-European *soǵʰ-elo- or *seǵʰ-elo-, from *seǵʰ- (“to hold, overpower”).

Adjective

hael (feminine singular hael, plural haelion, equative haeled, comparative haelach, superlative haelaf, not mutable)

1. generous, bountiful, kind, liberal

Derived terms

• haelioni (“generosity”)

Etymology 2

Noun

hael

1. h-prothesized form of ael (“brow”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ael

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ael	unchanged	unchanged	hael

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.