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)

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

Inflection

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Abíal	unchanged	nAbíal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.