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Atong (India)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjaːl ~ sjiːr (“iron”).
Noun
syl (Bengali script সেঃল)
- iron
Etymology 2
Adjective
syl- (Bengali script সেঃল, type 1)
- beautiful; pretty
References
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
syl c (singular definite sylen, plural indefinite syle)
- awl
Inflection
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Related to the verb sy.
Noun
syl m (definite singular sylen, indefinite plural syler, definite plural sylene)
- an awl
Derived terms
References
- “syl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Related to the verb sy. Compare Czech šídlo (“awl”) and Latin sūbula (“awl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- (West Telemark and North Gudbrand Valley) IPA(key):
Noun
syl m (definite singular sylen, indefinite plural sylar, definite plural sylane)
- an awl
Derived terms
References
- “syl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”). Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”), German Säule.
Pronunciation
Noun
sȳl f
- pillar, column; support
- Synonyms: stapol, staþol, sweor
Declension
Declension of sȳl (strong i-stem)
Descendants
See also
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
syl c
- an awl
Declension
Derived terms
References
Anagrams