Abíal

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin Abel, from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”). The /e/ in the etyma was lengthened for unknown reasons when borrowed into Old Irish.

Proper noun

Abíal m (genitive Abéil)

(Christianity) Abel (son of Adam and Eve, brother of Cain)
a male given name

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Abíal	—	—
Vocative	Abéil	—	—
Accusative	Abíal^N	—	—
Genitive	Abéil^L	—	—
Dative	Abíal^L	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Abíal (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nAbíal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.