gile

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See also: Gile, gilè, gilė, and gi-lê

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈle/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧le

Noun

gilé f 

  1. knife

Derived terms

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (“white, bright”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gile f (genitive singular gile)

  1. whiteness, brightness
  2. fairness; purity
    Synonym: glaine
  3. gladness, fondness
Declension
Declension of gile (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gile
vocative a ghile
genitive gile
dative gile
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghile
genitive na gile
dative leis an ngile
don ghile

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gile

  1. inflection of geal (“white, bright”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of gile
radical lenition eclipsis
gile ghile ngile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “gile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

Lithuanian

Noun

gilè

  1. instrumental singular of gìlė (“acorn”)

Noun

gìle

  1. vocative singular of gìlė (“acorn”)

Old Irish

Etymology

From gel +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

gile f

  1. whiteness, brightness

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gileL giliL gili
Vocative gileL giliL gili
Accusative giliN giliL gili
Genitive gile gileL gileN
Dative giliL gilib gilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Adjective

gile

  1. genitive singular feminine of gel

Mutation

Mutation of gile
radical lenition nasalization
gile gile
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡi.lɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ilɛ
  • Syllabification: gi‧le

Noun

gile m animal or m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gil

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (“white, bright”).

Noun

gile f

  1. whiteness
  2. fairness
  3. clearness

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gile

  1. comparative degree of geal (“white; fine”)

Mutation

Mutation of gile
radical lenition
gile ghile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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