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Translingual
Symbol
gil
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gilbertese .
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian گل ( “ clay ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gil (definite accusative gili , plural gillər )
clay
Declension
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From gillen .
Noun
gil m (plural gillen , diminutive gilletje n )
scream
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gil
inflection of gillen :
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse gil , from Proto-Germanic *gilją .
Pronunciation
Noun
gil n (genitive singular gils , plural gil )
gully
( dialectal ) brook
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gil , from Proto-Germanic *gilją .
Pronunciation
Noun
gil n (genitive singular gils , nominative plural gil )
gully , ravine
Declension
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
gil
vocative / genitive singular of geal
Adjective
gil
inflection of geal :
vocative / genitive singular masculine
( archaic ) dative singular feminine
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
gil
ghil
ngil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gil n (definite singular gilet , indefinite plural gil , definite plural gili )
( pre-1917 ) alternative form of gjel
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
gil
inflection of gel :
vocative / genitive singular masculine
dative / accusative singular feminine
genitive singular neuter
nominative plural masculine
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Nasalization
gil
gil pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gilją .
Noun
gil n (genitive gils , plural gil )
ravine , gully
Declension
Declension of gil (strong ja -stem)
Descendants
Icelandic: gil
Faroese: gil
Norwegian Bokmål: gjel
Norwegian Nynorsk: gjel
Middle English: gille
References
“gil ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
gil
Etymology
From northern Proto-Slavic *gylь . Cognate with Czech hýl and Belarusian гіль ( hilʹ ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɡil/
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: gil
Noun
gil m animal
bullfinch ( any bird of the genus Pyrrhula )
Declension
Noun
gil m inan or gil m animal
( colloquial ) snot ( nasal mucus )
Synonyms: babol , glut , koza , smark , śpik
Declension
Further reading
gil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
gil in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of gilí .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈxil/
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: gil
Adjective
gil (feminine gila , masculine plural giles , feminine plural gilas ) or gil m or f (masculine and feminine plural giles )
( Argentina , Chile , Uruguay ) naive , innocent , dumb , dummy
Further reading
Uzbek
Etymology
From Persian گل ( gel ) .
Noun
gil (plural gillar )
clay
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
gil (nominative plural gils )
( obsolete ) eagle
Usage notes
This older term has been replaced by the word kvil "eagle".
Declension
declension of gil
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
Welsh
Noun
gil m
Soft mutation of cil .
Mutation
Zou
Pronunciation
Noun
gil
belly
Synonyms
References
Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 ) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40