sil

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English

Noun

sil (uncountable)

  1. A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
    • 2017, Pier Luigi Tucci, The Temple of Peace in Rome, page 278:
      Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

sil

  1. genitive plural of síla

Etymology 1

Noun

sil

  1. genitive plural of silo

Etymology 2

Participle

sil

  1. masculine singular past active participle of sít
    Synonym: sel

Etymology 3

Verb

sil

  1. second-person singular imperative of sílit

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

  1. (biology) milt, roe (of male fish)

Declension

Declension of sil
n22 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sil silið sil silini
accusative sil silið sil silini
dative sili silinum siljum, silum siljunum, silunum
genitive sils silsins silja siljanna

Synonyms

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

  1. (botany) sap

Declension

Declension of sil
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sil silið sil silini
accusative sil silið sil silini
dative sili silinum silum silunum
genitive sils silsins sila silanna

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

sil m (plural sils)

  1. sil

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”).

Pronunciation

Verb

sil (present analytic sileann, future analytic silfidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)

  1. (intransitive) to drop (fall in drops or droplets), drip (fall one drop at a time)
  2. (transitive) to shed (allow to flow or fall), drip (let fall in drops), weep
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to trickle, distil (trickle down in small drops)
  4. (transitive) to drain (flow gradually), flow, run
  5. (intransitive) to hang down, droop
    Synonym: croch síos

Conjugation

conjugation of sil (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present silim sileann tú;
silir† 		sileann sé, sí silimid sileann sibh sileann siad;
silid† 		a shileann; a shileas /
a sileann*; a sileas* 		siltear
past shil mé; shileas shil tú; shilis shil sé, sí shileamar; shil muid shil sibh; shileabhair shil siad; shileadar a shil /
ar shil* 		sileadh
past habitual shilinn / silinn‡‡ shilteá / silteᇇ shileadh sé, sí / sileadh sé, s퇇 shilimis; shileadh muid / silimis‡‡; sileadh muid‡‡ shileadh sibh / sileadh sibh‡‡ shilidís; shileadh siad / silidís‡‡; sileadh siad‡‡ a shileadh /
a sileadh* 		shiltí / silt퇇
future silfidh mé;
silfead 		silfidh tú;
silfir† 		silfidh sé, sí silfimid;
silfidh muid 		silfidh sibh silfidh siad;
silfid† 		a shilfidh; a shilfeas /
a silfidh*; a silfeas* 		silfear
conditional shilfinn / silfinn‡‡ shilfeá / silfeᇇ shilfeadh sé, sí / silfeadh sé, s퇇 shilfimis; shilfeadh muid / silfimis‡‡; silfeadh muid‡‡ shilfeadh sibh / silfeadh sibh‡‡ shilfidís; shilfeadh siad / silfidís‡‡; silfeadh siad‡‡ a shilfeadh /
a silfeadh* 		shilfí / silf퇇
subjunctive present go sile mé;
go silead† 		go sile tú;
go silir† 		go sile sé, sí go silimid;
go sile muid 		go sile sibh go sile siad;
go silid† 		— go siltear
past dá silinn dá silteá dá sileadh sé, sí dá silimis;
dá sileadh muid 		dá sileadh sibh dá silidís;
dá sileadh siad 		— dá siltí
imperative silim sil sileadh sé, sí silimis siligí;
silidh† 		silidís — siltear
verbal noun sileadh
past participle silte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, nominative plural sileanna)

  1. a drip
    Synonym: braon
  2. a trickle

Declension

Declension of sil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sil sileanna
Vocative a shil a shileanna
Genitive sile sileanna
Dative sil sileanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsil na sileanna
Genitive na sile na sileanna
Dative leis an tsil

don tsil

leis na sileanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sil shil
after an, tsil 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin caelum. Compare Dalmatian cil.

Noun

sil m

  1. sky

Malay

Etymology

From English seal, from Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) or from Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh).

Pronunciation

Noun

sil (Jawi spelling سيل, plural sil-sil, informal 1st possessive silku, 2nd possessive silmu, 3rd possessive silnya)

  1. seal (pinniped)

Synonyms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: sil

Verb

sil

  1. second-person singular imperative of silić

Rohingya

Noun

sil

  1. eagle

Romanian

Noun

sil.

  1. Abbreviation of silabație: syllabication

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”).

Pronunciation

Verb

sil (past shil, future silidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)

  1. rain, drip, shower
  2. flow, shed, ooze, dribble

Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, plural silean)

  1. (dated) rain, trickle, shower

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sil shil
after "an", t-sil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sill.

Noun

sil m (Cyrillic spelling сил)

  1. sill (layer of igneous rock)

Squamish

Noun

sil

  1. cloth

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

sil c

  1. a strainer
  2. (colloquial) a dose of an injected recreational drug

Declension

Declension of sil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sil silen silar silarna
Genitive sils silens silars silarnas

See also

References

Anagrams

Tarao

Alternative forms

Noun

sil

  1. cow (animal)

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

sil (nominative plural sils)

  1. sky

Declension

declension of sil
singular plural
nominative sil sils
genitive sila silas
dative sile siles
accusative sili silis
vocative 1 o sil! o sils!
predicative 2 silu silus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Related terms

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish síl (“seed; semen; offspring”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sil m (plural silod, not mutable)

  1. fry (of fish, especially salmon, trout or minnow)
  2. spawn (of fish, frogs, etc.)

Derived terms

West Frisian

Alternative forms

Verb

sil

  1. shall, will (first person singular of sille)
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