dile

See also: díle and dìle

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dile. By surface analysis, dil +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲilʲə/

Noun

dile f (genitive singular dile)

1. affection

Declension

Declension of dile (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative dile vocative a dhile genitive dile dative dile forms with the definite article singular nominative an dile genitive na dile dative leis an dile don dile

Adjective

dile

1. inflection of dil:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of dile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dile	dhile	ndile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

dilè

1. (anatomy) tongue

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dyle, dille, dylle

Etymology

Inherited from Old English dile, from Proto-Germanic *deliz (“sow thistle”), an indigenous herb of uncertain origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“sprout, bloom”) (Albanian dal, Middle Irish duille) or from a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdil(ə)/

Noun

dile (plural diles)

1. Dill (Anethum graveolens) or its seed.

Descendants

• English: dill

References

• “dile, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 July 2018.
• Kluge, Friedrich, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24 durchgesehene, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 2002.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *deliz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.le/

Noun

dile f

1. dill (Anethum graveolens)

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dile	—
accusative	dile	—
genitive	diles	—
dative	dile	—

Descendants

• Middle English: dile, dyle, dille, dylle
  • English: dill

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdile/ [ˈd̪i.le]
• Rhymes: -ile
• Syllabification: di‧le

Verb

dile

1. second-person singular imperative of decir combined with le

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈle/
• Hyphenation: di‧le

Noun

dile

1. definite dative singular of dil

Verb

dile

1. second-person singular imperative of dilemek

Volapük

Noun

dile

1. dative singular of dil