athel

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chief or lord. obsolete
    — To tell of his deir weid war doutles delite, And alse ter for to tell the travalis war tight. His name and his nobillay wes noght for to nyte; Thair wes na hathill sa heich, be half ane fute hicht.
  2. 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.
形容词 adj.
  1. noble, highborn obsolete
  2. excellent, splendid, fine obsolete
  3. genuine, sincere, devout obsolete

词形变化

more athel comparative most athel superlative athil alternative athill alternative aethel alternative æthel alternative ethel alternative athels plural athil alternative athill alternative aethel alternative æthel alternative ethel alternative athels plural athil alternative athill alternative aethel alternative æthel alternative ethel alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *aþulī, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz (“of noble birth, noble”), from *aþalą (“nature; nobility”).
Cognates
Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel (“noble”), Oadel (“nobility”), West Frisian eal (“noble”), Dutch adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), German Adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), Yiddish אַדל (adl, “nobility”), איידל (eydl, “noble”), Elfdalian aðel (“noble; nobility”), Faroese aðal (“noble; nobility”), Icelandic aðal (“speciality, hallmark, characteristic”), aðall (“nobility”). Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ (“hero”). See heleth.
词源 2
From Arabic أَثَل (ʔaṯal).
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