igla

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See also: igła and igłą

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *iglr, from Proto-Germanic *egalaz (leech).

Pronunciation

Noun

igla f (genitive singular iglu, nominative plural iglur)

  1. leech (blood-sucking annelid of the genus Hirudinea)
    Synonym: blóðsuga

Declension

    Declension of igla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative igla iglan iglur iglurnar
accusative iglu igluna iglur iglurnar
dative iglu iglunni iglum iglunum
genitive iglu iglunnar igla/iglna iglanna/iglnanna

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьgъla.

Pronunciation

Noun

ìgla f (Cyrillic spelling ѝгла)

  1. needle

Declension

Further reading

  • igla” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьgъla.

Pronunciation

Noun

ȋgla f

  1. needle (implement for sewing etc.)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. ígla
gen. sing. ígle
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ígla ígli ígle
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ígle ígel ígel
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ígli íglama íglam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
íglo ígli ígle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ígli íglah íglah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
íglo íglama íglami

Further reading

  • igla”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • igla”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references