abel
Cornish
Etymology
From Middle English able, from Old French habile
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːbɛl/
Adjective
abel
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch abel, from Old French able, from Latin habilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.bəl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: abel
- Rhymes: -aːbəl
- Homophone: Abel
Adjective
abel (comparative abeler, superlative abelst)
Declension
| Declension of abel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | abel | |||
| inflected | abele | |||
| comparative | abeler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | abel | abeler | het abelst het abelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | abele | abelere | abelste |
| n. sing. | abel | abeler | abelste | |
| plural | abele | abelere | abelste | |
| definite | abele | abelere | abelste | |
| partitive | abels | abelers | — | |
Derived terms
- abelheid
Middle Low German
Adjective
abel
- skilful, fitting, suitable
References
- August Lübben (1888) "abel", in Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Norden und Leipzig, Diedr. Soltau's Verlag. Project Gutenberg.
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin albellus, diminutive of Latin albus (“white”).
Noun
abel oblique singular, m (oblique plural abeaus or abeax or abiaus or abiax or abels, nominative singular abeaus or abeax or abiaus or abiax or abels, nominative plural abel)
Descendants
- → English: abele
Further reading
- Populus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- ābēil
Etymology
From ā- + *bēl.
Noun
ābēl m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ābēl | ābēlar, ābēla |
| accusative | ābēl | ābēlar, ābēla |
| genitive | ābēles | ābēla |
| dative | ābēle | ābēlum, ābēlem |
Scots
Adjective
abel
- Northern Scots form of able
References
- “abel”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.