agility
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English
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/, /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/,
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Noun
agility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
- Synonym: nimbleness
- His superior agility countered his lack of strength.
- (countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
Derived terms
Translations
quality of being agile
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑɡility/,
- IPA(key): /ˈɑɡiliti/,
- Rhymes: -ity
- Syllabification(key): a‧gi‧li‧ty
- Hyphenation(key): agi‧li‧ty
Noun
agility
Declension
| Inflection of agility (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | agility | agilityt | |
| genitive | agilityn | agilityjen | |
| partitive | agilityä | agilityjä | |
| illative | agilityyn | agilityihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | agility | agilityt | |
| accusative | nom. | agility | agilityt |
| gen. | agilityn | ||
| genitive | agilityn | agilityjen | |
| partitive | agilityä | agilityjä | |
| inessive | agilityssä | agilityissä | |
| elative | agilitystä | agilityistä | |
| illative | agilityyn | agilityihin | |
| adessive | agilityllä | agilityillä | |
| ablative | agilityltä | agilityiltä | |
| allative | agilitylle | agilityille | |
| essive | agilitynä | agilityinä | |
| translative | agilityksi | agilityiksi | |
| abessive | agilityttä | agilityittä | |
| instructive | — | agilityin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “agility”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
agility (usually uncountable, plural agilityk)
- (sports) agility, dog agility (a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agility | agilityk |
| accusative | agilityt | agilityket |
| dative | agilitynek | agilityknek |
| instrumental | agilityvel | agilitykkel |
| causal-final | agilityért | agilitykért |
| translative | agilityvé | agilitykké |
| terminative | agilityig | agilitykig |
| essive-formal | agilityként | agilitykként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | agilityben | agilitykben |
| superessive | agilityn | agilityken |
| adessive | agilitynél | agilityknél |
| illative | agilitybe | agilitykbe |
| sublative | agilityre | agilitykre |
| allative | agilityhez | agilitykhez |
| elative | agilityből | agilitykből |
| delative | agilityről | agilitykről |
| ablative | agilitytől | agilityktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
agilityé | agilityké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
agilityéi | agilitykéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | agilitym | agilityjeim (or agilityim) |
| 2nd person sing. | agilityd | agilityjeid (or agilityid) |
| 3rd person sing. | agilityje | agilityjei (or agilityi) |
| 1st person plural | agilitynk | agilityjeink (or agilityink) |
| 2nd person plural | agilitytek | agilityjeitek (or agilityitek) |
| 3rd person plural | agilityjük | agilityjeik (or agilityik) |
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English agility since at least 1990. Ultimately from Latin agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”).
Noun
agility c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | agility | agilitys |
| definite | agilityn | agilityns | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
References
- ^ "agility" in Nationalencyklopedins Svensk Ordbok Online.