iâl

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yalom, from Proto-Indo-European *yh₁-l-eh₂-, 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

• IPA^(key): /jaːl/

Noun

iâl f (uncountable)

1. clearing, glade

   Synonym: llannerch

2. cultivated upland

Derived terms

• Iâl

Descendants

• >? English: yale

Adjective

iâl (feminine singular iâl, plural iâl, not comparable)

1. open, clear
2. pleasant

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
iâl	unchanged	unchanged	hiâl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
  • Matasović, Ranko (2011). “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, s.v. “*yalo-”, Zagreb, p. 44