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gafael.

to hold

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɡavaɨ̯l/North-Wales, standard/ˈɡavɛl/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈɡaval/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈɡaːvai̯l/South-Wales, standard
  1. to hold

  2. to grasp, grip

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gauael, from Proto-Brythonic *gaβaɨl, from Proto-Celtic *gabaglā (compare Cornish gavel, Old Breton gabael, Old Irish gabál), verbal noun of *gabyeti (“to take, hold”) (compare Old Irish gaibid), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (compare Latin habeō, German geben).

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