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Estonian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
neil
- adessive plural of nad (“they”)
Usage notes
- Used unstressed in a sentence. When the pronoun is stressed, nendel (adessive of nemad) is used.
Pronoun
neil
- adessive plural of need (“these, those”)
- Synonym: nendel
Middle English
Noun
neil
- Alternative form of nayl
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian neil, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl.
Noun
neil c (plural neilen or neils, diminutive neiltsje)
- nail (on fingers or toes)
- nail (metal spike)
Further reading
- “neil”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011