ael
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ael"
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Ambele.
Symbol
ael
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambele terms
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English aiel.
Noun
ael (plural aels)
- (law, common law, historical) grandfather; forefather, ancestor
- 1864, “Reports of Cases in Trinity Term, 32 Edw. I.”, in Alfred J. Horwood, editor, Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the First. Years XXXII–XXXIII, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, page 256:
- Richard de C. brought a writ of Ael against the Prior of Plumtone, and demanded so much &c. ; and counted that William his grandfather was seised &c. ; that from William it descended to William ; and from William to Richard the present demandant.
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1828) “ayle”, in A Dictionary of the English Language[1], volume 1, New York, retrieved 17 January 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Henry Campbell Black (1910) “ÆL”, in Black's Law Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, West Publishing Company, archived from the original on 17 October 2015
- ^ “ail”, in The Law-french Dictionary Alphabetically Digested, 2nd edition, London, 1718, retrieved 17 January 2017
Anagrams
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
Either from Turkic or from Proto-Germanic *halluz.
Noun
ael
- stone
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Legationis Turcicae Epistolae Quatuor:
- Ael. Lapis.
- Stone. Stone.
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese ele.
Pronoun
ael
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl.
Noun
âel m
Inflection
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | âel | âle |
accusative | âel | âle |
genitive | âels | âle |
dative | âle | âlen |
Descendants
Further reading
- “ael”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ael (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle Irish
Noun
ael m
- alternative spelling of áel
Mutation
radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
ael (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ael |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Welsh
Picture dictionary
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aːɨ̯l/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ai̯l/
- Homophone: ail (“second”) (South Wales)
- Rhymes: -aːɨ̯l
Etymology 1
From Old Welsh ail (“eyebrow”), related to Old Breton guorail (“eyebrow”) (probably from guor (“over”) + ail).
Noun
ael f (plural aeliau)
- eyebrow
- Roedd ganddo lygaid llawn, brown tywyll, gydag aeliau duon mawr.
- He had full dark brown eyes with big black eyebrows.
- edge, brow (of a hill)
- Trowch i’r chwith ar ael y bryn.
- Turn left on the brow of the hill.
Derived terms
- aelguchiog (“frowning”)
- aeliog (“big-browed”)
- crychu'r aeliau (“to knit one's brow”)
- dan aeliau rhywun (“surreptitiously, furtively”, literally “under someone's eyebrows”)
- (Given name): Aelwyn
- (Given name): Aelwen
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *aglos. Cognate with Irish ál.
Noun
ael f (plural aeloedd)
Mutation
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.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ael”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies