syl

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰəl/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjaːl ~ sjiːr (“iron”).

Noun

syl (Bengali script সেঃল)

1. iron

Etymology 2

Adjective

syl- (Bengali script সেঃল, type 1)

1. beautiful; pretty

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːl/,

Noun

syl c (singular definite sylen, plural indefinite syle)

1. awl

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

syl

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

Related to the verb sy.

Noun

syl m (definite singular sylen, indefinite plural syler, definite plural sylene)

1. an awl

Derived terms

• syltynn

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)

1. an awl

Derived terms

• syltynn

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

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

Noun

sȳl f

1. pillar, column; support

   Synonyms: stapol, staþol, sweor

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: syle
  • English: sile
  • Scots: sile, syle, cyle

See also

• syll

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

syl c

1. an awl

Declension

Derived terms

• få en syl i vädret

References

• syl in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• syl in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• syl in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lys, sly, yls