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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *yalom, from Proto-Indo-European *yh₁-l-eh₂-,[1] derivative of *yeh₁-. Cf. Gaulish Eburo-ialum (Ebreuil), Verno-ialum (Verneuil), Old Breton Ialonus (theonym). Further related to English idle, Polish jałowy (“barren”), and Lithuanian jė̃las.
Pronunciation
Noun
iâl f (uncountable)
- clearing, glade
- Synonym: llannerch
- cultivated upland
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
iâl (feminine singular iâl, plural iâl, not comparable)
- open, clear
- pleasant
Mutation
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Print: Gareth A. Bevan, ed. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru: A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, vol. 2: g – llyys. Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1987, p. 1999.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 432–3