"avel" meaning in English

See avel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: avels [plural], avelim [plural], ovel [alternative]
Etymology: From Hebrew אבל (avel). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|אבל|tr=avel}} Hebrew אבל (avel) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|avelim}} avel (plural avels or avelim)
  1. (Judaism) A mourner. Tags: Judaism Related terms: avelut
    Sense id: en-avel-en-noun-teS73Xt3 Categories (other): Judaism, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /əˈvɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: avels [present, singular, third-person], avelling [participle, present], avelled [participle, past], avelled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti Proto-Italic *welnō Latin vellō Latin āvellōbor. English avel Borrowed from Latin āvellō. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:āvellō|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti Proto-Italic *welnō Latin vellō Latin āvellōbor. English avel [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "from, away from", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "away", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ep", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂epó", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*ap", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ab", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ab-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "pull", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "hit", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*welh₃-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "nasal infix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-né-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wl̥néh₃ti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*welnō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vellō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "āvellō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "avel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="avel"> Borrowed from Latin āvellō. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} avel (third-person singular simple present avels, present participle avelling, simple past and past participle avelled)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To pull away. Tags: obsolete, transitive
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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