See also: -ável

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin āvellō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To pull away.

Etymology 2

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From Hebrew אבל (avel).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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avel (plural avels or avelim)

  1. (Judaism) A mourner.
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Anagrams

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Breton

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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avel f

  1. wind

Synonyms

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  • (literary, archaic) gwent

Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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avel

  1. the year before last

References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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avel m (Latin spelling)

  1. air

Further reading

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  • 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 Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 51

Romani

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Etymology

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

    Verb

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    avel

    1. to come

    References

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    • 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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146

    Swedish

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    Noun

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    avel c

    1. selective breeding (of animals)

    Usage notes

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

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    • avla (to breed)

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