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Welsh
Etymology
Back-formation from the plural pebyll, from Middle Welsh pebyll sg, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll, from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”). Cognate with Old Irish pupall (whence Irish puball, Scottish Gaelic pùball).
Pronunciation
Noun
pabell f (plural pebyll)[1]
- tent
Peidiwch â phoeni'r merched yn y babell nesa.[2]- Don’t pester the girls in the next tent.
Synonyms
Mutation
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pabell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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