avel

See also: -ável

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti

Proto-Italic *welnō

Latin vellō

Latin āvellōbor.

English avel

Borrowed from Latin āvellō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈvɛl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

avel (third-person singular simple present avels, present participle avelling, simple past and past participle avelled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pull away.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew אבל (avel).

Alternative forms

• ovel

Noun

avel (plural avels or avelim)

1. (Judaism) A mourner.

Related terms

• avelut

Anagrams

• Leva, Vale, Veal, Vela, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal, vela

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton avel, from Old Breton auel, from Proto-Brythonic *awel (“wind”), from Proto-Celtic *awelā (“wind, breeze”) (compare Cornish awel and Welsh awel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːvɛl/, /ˈɑːwɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

avel f (plural avelioù)

1. wind

Synonyms

• (literary, archaic) gwent

Cornish

Alternative forms

• vel (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *haβ̃al, from Proto-Celtic *samalis. Doublet of haval. Cognate with Breton evel and Welsh fel, fal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avɛl/

Preposition

avel

1. as, like

   Synonyms: haval dhe, kepar, mar

2. than

   Synonyms: ages, es

Inflection

Inflection of avel

		singular	plural
1st person		avelov	avelon
2nd person		avelos	avelowgh
3rd person	m	avello	avella
	f	avelli

Derived terms

• avel ardamm (“symbollically”)
• avel remenant (“residual”)

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From *avel cimplavel, from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

Adverb

avel

1. the year before last

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 148

Ladino

Alternative forms

• aver

Etymology

From Hebrew אוויר (avír), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).

Noun

avel m

1. air

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “aver”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “avér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 69
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “aver”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 51

Middle English

Alternative forms

• afell (Ormulum)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English afol, from Proto-West Germanic *afl, from Proto-Germanic *aflą; perhaps reinforced by Old Norse afl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːvəl/, /ˈavəl/

Noun

avel (uncountable)

1. (dis legomenon, Northern, North Midland) power, strength

References

• “āvel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romani

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-

Sanskrit आप् (āp)

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati)

Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati)

Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀇 (āvei)

Romani avel

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀇 (āvei), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati), from आप् (āp) + -अयति (-ayati).

Verb

avel

1. to come

References

• Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “avel (avilǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146

Swedish

Noun

avel c

1. selective breeding (of animals)

Usage notes

Just "breeding" might sound more natural as a translation. Compare uppfödning (“breeding”), which is possibly less selective.

Declension

Declension of avel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	avel	avels
	definite	aveln	avelns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• avelshingst (“stud horse”)

Related terms

• avla (“to breed”)

See also

• uppfödning (“breeding”)

References

• “avel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “avel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “avel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Originally a dialectal variation of aval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvel/
• Hyphenation: a‧vel

Adjective

avel(originally dialectal)

1. (slang, offensive) retarded, stupid, foolish

   Synonym: bön

   avel avel bakmak ― to look stupidly

Declension

Predicative forms of avel

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	avelim	avel miyim?
sen (you are)	avelsin	avel misin?
o (he/she/it is)	avel / aveldir	avel mi?
biz (we are)	aveliz	avel miyiz?
siz (you are)	avelsiniz	avel misiniz?
onlar (they are)	avel(ler)	avel(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	aveldim	avel miydim?
sen (you were)	aveldin	avel miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	aveldi	avel miydi?
biz (we were)	aveldik	avel miydik?
siz (you were)	aveldiniz	avel miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	aveldiler	avel miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	avelmişim	avel miymişim?
sen (you were)	avelmişsin	avel miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	avelmiş	avel miymiş?
biz (we were)	avelmişiz	avel miymişiz?
siz (you were)	avelmişsiniz	avel miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	avelmişler	avel miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	avelsem	avel miysem?
sen (if you)	avelsen	avel miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	avelse	avel miyse?
biz (if we)	avelsek	avel miysek?
siz (if you)	avelseniz	avel miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	avelseler	avel miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Noun

avel (definite accusative aveli, plural aveller)

1. (slang, offensive) idiot, retard, fool

Declension

Declension of avel

singular plural nominative avel aveller definite accusative aveli avelleri dative avele avellere locative avelde avellerde ablative avelden avellerden genitive avelin avellerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular avelim avellerim 2nd singular avelin avellerin 3rd singular aveli avelleri 1st plural avelimiz avellerimiz 2nd plural aveliniz avelleriniz 3rd plural avelleri avelleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular avelimi avellerimi 2nd singular avelini avellerini 3rd singular avelini avellerini 1st plural avelimizi avellerimizi 2nd plural avelinizi avellerinizi 3rd plural avellerini avellerini dative singular plural 1st singular avelime avellerime 2nd singular aveline avellerine 3rd singular aveline avellerine 1st plural avelimize avellerimize 2nd plural avelinize avellerinize 3rd plural avellerine avellerine locative singular plural 1st singular avelimde avellerimde 2nd singular avelinde avellerinde 3rd singular avelinde avellerinde 1st plural avelimizde avellerimizde 2nd plural avelinizde avellerinizde 3rd plural avellerinde avellerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular avelimden avellerimden 2nd singular avelinden avellerinden 3rd singular avelinden avellerinden 1st plural avelimizden avellerimizden 2nd plural avelinizden avellerinizden 3rd plural avellerinden avellerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular avelimin avellerimin 2nd singular avelinin avellerinin 3rd singular avelinin avellerinin 1st plural avelimizin avellerimizin 2nd plural avelinizin avellerinizin 3rd plural avellerinin avellerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular avelim avellerim 2nd singular avelsin avellersin 3rd singular avel aveldir aveller avellerdir 1st plural aveliz avelleriz 2nd plural avelsiniz avellersiniz 3rd plural aveller avellerdir

Derived terms

• avellik

Further reading

• “avel”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982