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

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”).[1][2][3]

Adjective

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

  1. generous, bountiful, kind, liberal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

hael

  1. h-prothesized form of ael (“brow”)

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, P. (1995). Studies in British Celtic historical phonology. Netherlands: Rodopi, p. 135
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “888-889”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 888-889
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hael”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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.

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