ablesadv.

Brit.

/ˈeɪb(ə)lz/, U.S.

/ˈeɪb(ə)lz/, Scottish English

/ˈeb(ə)lz/

Forms:

α. English regional (northern) 1600s aebles; Scottish 1700s ebles, 1700s–1800s ables, 1800s ablis, 1800s aibles.

β. English regional (northern) 1800s yables; Scottish 1800s yeables, 1800s– yibbles.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: able adj., -s suffix¹.

Etymology: < able adj. + -s suffix¹. Compare earlier able adv., and later aiblins adv.The β. forms show development of a palatal on-glide (see discussion of forms at able adj., adv., and n.). K. Rydland Orton Corpus (1998) at Ables, records pronunciations reflecting β. forms from Northumberland in the 1930s.

Scottish (chiefly southern) and English regional (northern). Now rare.

Perhaps, possibly; = aiblins adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps

is wenc897

wen isc897

peradventurec1300

peradventurec1325

perchancec1350

uphapa1375

percasea1393

lightly1395

in casea1398

maybea1400

may chancea1400

may-falla1400

may-fortunea1400

may-tidea1400

perhapa1464

happen1487

perhapsc1520

percase1523

ablea1525

by chance1526

mayhap1533

fortunea1535

belikelya1551

haps1570

mayhappen1577

perhappen1578

possibly1600

not impossibly1667

ables1673

aunters1673

aiblins1720

p'rapsa1745

aunterens1825

mebbe1825

yes-no1898

yimkin1925

ja-nee1937

1673 Yorks. Dialogue in W. W. Skeat Nine Specimens Eng. Dial. (1896) 112 Hee'l come belive, or aebles tittar.

?1780 ‘Merry Andrew at Tam-Tallan’ Antient & New Hist. Buck-Haven (new ed.) 8 He'll ebles [v.r. ables] gang his wa' an' no fash nae mair.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Able Ablis, ablins, perhaps, peradventure.

1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick III. iii. 69 The're nae pagans nou south o' the Clyde, an' binna a doverin' ane, aibles, in the wyl' muirs o' Galloway.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Yables, yeblins, yeablesae, yebblesee, perhaps.

1868 Trans. Hawick Archaeol. Soc. 16 There yeables nane where we're gaun.

1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 11 Yibbles ei thocht it was for a weejer.

1962 Southern Ann. 6 We'll away oot and stert. It'll yibbles fair.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ables
释义	ablesadv. Brit. /ˈeɪb(ə)lz/, U.S. /ˈeɪb(ə)lz/, Scottish English /ˈeb(ə)lz/ Forms: α. English regional (northern) 1600s aebles; Scottish 1700s ebles, 1700s–1800s ables, 1800s ablis, 1800s aibles. β. English regional (northern) 1800s yables; Scottish 1800s yeables, 1800s– yibbles. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: able adj., -s suffix¹. Etymology: < able adj. + -s suffix¹. Compare earlier able adv., and later aiblins adv.The β. forms show development of a palatal on-glide (see discussion of forms at able adj., adv., and n.). K. Rydland Orton Corpus (1998) at Ables, records pronunciations reflecting β. forms from Northumberland in the 1930s. Scottish (chiefly southern) and English regional (northern). Now rare. Perhaps, possibly; = aiblins adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps is wenc897 wen isc897 peradventurec1300 peradventurec1325 perchancec1350 uphapa1375 percasea1393 lightly1395 in casea1398 maybea1400 may chancea1400 may-falla1400 may-fortunea1400 may-tidea1400 perhapa1464 happen1487 perhapsc1520 percase1523 ablea1525 by chance1526 mayhap1533 fortunea1535 belikelya1551 haps1570 mayhappen1577 perhappen1578 possibly1600 not impossibly1667 ables1673 aunters1673 aiblins1720 p'rapsa1745 aunterens1825 mebbe1825 yes-no1898 yimkin1925 ja-nee1937 1673 Yorks. Dialogue in W. W. Skeat Nine Specimens Eng. Dial. (1896) 112 Hee'l come belive, or aebles tittar. ?1780 ‘Merry Andrew at Tam-Tallan’ Antient & New Hist. Buck-Haven (new ed.) 8 He'll ebles [v.r. ables] gang his wa' an' no fash nae mair. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Able Ablis, ablins, perhaps, peradventure. 1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick III. iii. 69 The're nae pagans nou south o' the Clyde, an' binna a doverin' ane, aibles, in the wyl' muirs o' Galloway. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Yables, yeblins, yeablesae, yebblesee, perhaps. 1868 Trans. Hawick Archaeol. Soc. 16 There yeables nane where we're gaun. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 11 Yibbles ei thocht it was for a weejer. 1962 Southern Ann. 6 We'll away oot and stert. It'll yibbles fair. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1673
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