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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”).
Adjective
hael (feminine singular hael, plural haelion, equative haeled, comparative haelach, superlative haelaf, not mutable)
- generous, bountiful, kind, liberal
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
hael
- h-prothesized form of ael (“brow”)
References
- ^ Schrijver, P. (1995). Studies in British Celtic historical phonology. Netherlands: Rodopi, p. 135
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “888-889”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 888-889
- ^ 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
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