aball

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *aballā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebl̥neh₂. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.βəl̪/ (Blasse) [ˈa.βal̪] (Griffith) [ˈa.βəl̪] === Noun === aball f (nominative plural abla) apple tree c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 61b5: ==== Inflection ==== ==== Related terms ==== ubull ==== Descendants ==== Irish: abhaill Scottish Gaelic: abhall === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Welsh == === Etymology === Related to aballu (“to perish”), from Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈabaɬ/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)baɬ/ Rhymes: -abaɬ === Noun === aball m (plural aballau or aballoedd) destruction, ruin Synonym: distryw defect, failing Synonyms: diffyg, eisiau, methiant, nam, pall === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “aball”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies