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aballu

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”). Cognate with Old Irish atbaill (“to perish”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aballu (first-person singular present aballaf)

  1. to perish
    Synonyms: darfod, trengi
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  • aball (“destruction, ruin”)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of aballu
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
aballu unchanged unchanged haballu

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

References

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  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bal-ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aballu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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