"athel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæθəl/, /ˈeɪθəl/ Forms: athels [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, *aþaljaz, *aþiluz (“noble, of noble birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”). Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel, West Frisian eal, Dutch edel, German edel. Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ (“hero”). See heleth. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|athel}} Middle English athel, {{m|enm|ethel}} ethel, {{m|enm|hathel|t=noble; nobleman, hero}} hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), {{inh|en|ang|æþele|t=noble}} Old English æþele (“noble”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*aþal}} Proto-West Germanic *aþal, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aþalaz}} Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, {{m|gem-pro|*aþaljaz}} *aþaljaz, {{m|gem-pro|*aþiluz|t=noble, of noble birth}} *aþiluz (“noble, of noble birth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*átta||father}} Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), {{cog|stq|eedel}} Saterland Frisian eedel, {{cog|fy|eal}} West Frisian eal, {{cog|nl|edel}} Dutch edel, {{cog|de|edel}} German edel, {{cog|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm||hathel}} hathel, {{cog|ang|hæleþ||hero}} Old English hæleþ (“hero”), {{l|en|heleth}} heleth Head templates: {{en-noun}} athel (plural athels)
  1. (obsolete) A chief or lord. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: atheldom, atheling
    Sense id: en-athel-en-noun-iA4m7RUR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: athil, athill, aethel, æthel, ethel
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈæθəl/, /ˈeɪθəl/ Forms: athels [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic أَثَل (ʔaṯal). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ء ث ل}} [Template:root], {{bor|en|ar|أَثَل}} Arabic أَثَل (ʔaṯal) Head templates: {{en-noun}} athel (plural athels)
  1. A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range. Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants
    Sense id: en-athel-en-noun-nMgi6vIa Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 81 1 0 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: athil, athill, aethel, æthel, ethel
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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