atbaill

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • ad·baill
  • at·bail

Etymology

From ess- (out of) + Class B third-person singular neuter infixed pronoun d- (it) + Proto-Celtic *balni-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (throw). The preterite forms in at·bath- and the verbal noun apthu are from ess- + d- + original preterite passive form of baïd (to die), from Proto-Celtic *bā-, *bayo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (tread) (via a euphemistic meaning similar to pass away).

Compare Middle Welsh aballu (die, perish) (from *ad-balni-), Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, throw), Old English cwelan (die), Old Armenian կեղեմ (kełem, torment, torture), Lithuanian gėlà (pain)), compare Old Armenian կամ (kam, to stand), Latvian gāja (went).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˈval͈ʲ/

Verb

at·baill (prototonic ·epil, verbal noun epeltu or apthu)

  1. to perish, die

Conjugation

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: eplaid, ablaid
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