igle

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See also: igłę

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ígull (“sea urchin”), from Proto-Germanic *igilaz (“hedgehog”), cognate with Swedish igle (“leech”), German Igel (“hedgehog”), Dutch egel (“hedgehog”). The sense is influenced by Middle Low German egel, ile (“leech”), which derives a related noun, *egalaz, which is also the source of German Egel, Blutegel (“leech”), Dutch echel (“leech”).

Pronunciation

Noun

igle c (singular definite iglen, plural indefinite igler)

  1. (zoology) leech (a blood-sucking animal of the subclass Hirudinea)

Declension

Declension of igle
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative igle iglen igler iglerne
genitive igles iglens iglers iglernes

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

igle f

  1. dative/locative singular of igła

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

igle (Cyrillic spelling игле)

  1. inflection of igla:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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