geel

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch geel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χɪə̯l/, ,
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Adjective

geel (attributive geel, comparative geler, superlative geelste)

  1. yellow

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch gelu, from Old Dutch *gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

geel (comparative geler, superlative geelst)

  1. yellow
    De zonsondergang kleurde de lucht in prachtige gele tinten.
    The sunset colored the sky in beautiful yellow shades.
    Ze droeg een elegant jurkje met een gele bloemenprint.
    She wore an elegant dress with a yellow floral pattern.
    De gele zonnebloemen stonden in volle bloei.
    The yellow sunflowers were in full bloom.

Declension

Declension of geel
uninflected geel
inflected gele
comparative geler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial geel geler het geelst
het geelste
indefinite m./f. sing. gele gelere geelste
n. sing. geel geler geelste
plural gele gelere geelste
definite gele gelere geelste
partitive geels gelers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: geel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: geli
  • Jersey Dutch: xêl
  • Negerhollands: geel
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: gael
  • → Papiamentu: hel, geel, heel
  • → Sranan Tongo: geri

Noun

geel n (uncountable)

  1. the colour yellow

See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

Anagrams

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German gēl, from Old Saxon gelo. Compare German gel (dated variant of gelb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

geel

  1. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) yellow

Jumjum

Noun

geel (plural girkä)

  1. lion

References

  • Fadul Yousif Aljuzuli Terafi Mohadin Chol, Muusa Nuer Teebu, Bal Douwash Yousif, Abrahama Kidir Blang, Abdalmajid Juma Anur, Tim Stirtz, David Graves. 2020. "Jumjum - English Dictionary." Webonary.org. SIL International. from https://www.webonary.org/jumjum

Somali

Etymology

The original form was likely gàal, which is preserved in some compounds. An old borrowing into East Cushitic (compare Afar gáala), from an undetermined Semitic language.

Noun

gèel m

  1. (collective) camels

See also

  • awr (“male camel”)
  • hal (“female camel”)

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay giili and Ngiyambaa kiil.

Noun

geel

  1. urine
    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:
      Urine .... .... .... kil.
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