pabell

Welsh

Back-formation from the plural pebyll, from Middle Welsh pebyll sg, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll, from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”). Cognate with Old Irish pupall (whence Irish puball, Scottish Gaelic pùball).

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpabɛɬ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpabaɬ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːbɛɬ/, /ˈpabɛɬ/

pabell f (plural pebyll)[1]

tent
Peidiwch â phoeni'r merched yn y babell nesa.[2]
Don’t pester the girls in the next tent.

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pabell	babell	mhabell	phabell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pabell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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