фил

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Azerbaijani

Noun

фил (definite accusative фили, plural филләр)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of fil (elephant)

Declension

Bashkir

Фил

Etymology

From Persian فیل (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: фил (one syllable)

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant

Declension

Declension of фил
singular plural
absolute фил (fil) филдәр (fildər)
definite genitive филдең (fildeñ) филдәрҙең (fildərźeñ)
dative филгә (filgə) филдәргә (fildərgə)
definite accusative филде (filde) филдәрҙе (fildərźe)
locative филдә (fildə) филдәрҙә (fildərźə)
ablative филдән (fildən) филдәрҙән (fildərźən)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

фил (film

  1. (cooking) glazing, coating, topping
Declension
Declension of фил
singular plural
indefinite фил (fil) филови (filovi)
definite unspecified филот (filot) филовите (filovite)
definite proximal филов (filov) филовиве (filovive)
definite distal филон (filon) филовине (filovine)
vocative филу (filu) филови (filovi)
count form фила (fila)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل (fil) (Turkish fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Middle Persian pyl (pīl), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).

Noun

фил (film

  1. (archaic) elephant
    Synonym: слон (slon)
Declension
Declension of фил
singular plural
indefinite фил (fil) филови (filovi)
definite unspecified филот (filot) филовите (filovite)
definite proximal филов (filov) филовиве (filovive)
definite distal филон (filon) филовине (filovine)
vocative филу (filu) филови (filovi)
count form фила (fila)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فیل (fil, elephant), from Arabic فِيل (fīl). . Replaced слон (slon).

Pronunciation

Noun

фил (film anim (genitive фи́ла, nominative plural фи́лы, genitive plural фи́лов)

  1. (obsolete) elephant
    Synonym: слон (slon)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فیل (fil) (modern Turkish fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Middle Persian pyl (pīl), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru). Akin to фѝлдиш.

Pronunciation

Noun

фи̏л m (Latin spelling fȉl) or фи̑л m (Latin spelling fȋl)

  1. (regional) elephant

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • фил”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 283
  • фил”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 668

Tajik

фили Африқоӣthe African elephant

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian فِیل (fīl), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

Noun

фил (fil) (Persian spelling فیل)

  1. elephant

Inflection

Inflection of фил
singular plural
bare фил (fil) филон (filon)1
definite
object
филро (filro) филонро (filonro)1 ро (ro) ро (ro)
izofa фили (fil-i) филони (filon-i)1 и (i) и (i)
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare филе (file)
object филеро (filero)

1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (филҳо (filho)), is also acceptable.

Possessive forms of фил
singular plural
bare 1st singular филам (filam) филонам (filonam)1 ам (am) ам (am)
2nd singular филат (filat) филонат (filonat)1 ат (at) ат (at)
3rd singular филаш (filaš) филонаш (filonaš)1 аш () аш ()
1st plural филамон (filamon) филонамон (filonamon)1 амон (amon) амон (amon)
2nd plural филатон (filaton) филонатон (filonaton)1 атон (aton) атон (aton)
3rd plural филашон (filašon) филонашон (filonašon)1 ашон (ašon) ашон (ašon)
singular plural
definite
object
1st singular филамро (filamro) филонамро (filonamro)1 амро (amro) амро (amro)
2nd singular филатро (filatro) филонатро (filonatro)1 атро (atro) атро (atro)
3rd singular филашро (filašro) филонашро (filonašro)1 ашро (ašro) ашро (ašro)
1st plural филамонро (filamonro) филонамонро (filonamonro)1 амонро (amonro) амонро (amonro)
2nd plural филатонро (filatonro) филонатонро (filonatonro)1 атонро (atonro) атонро (atonro)
3rd plural филашонро (filašonro) филонашонро (filonašonro)1 ашонро (ašonro) ашонро (ašonro)

1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (филҳо (filho)), is also acceptable.

Tatar

Etymology

From Persian فیل (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant

Udi

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani fil or directly from Borrowed from Persian فیل (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant

Yagnobi

Etymology

From Tajik фил (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant