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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gilbertese.

Symbol

gil

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gilbertese.

See also

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian گل (clay).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gil (definite accusative gili, plural gillər)

  1. clay

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information nominative, singular ...

References

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From gillen.

Noun

gil m (plural gillen, diminutive gilletje n)

  1. scream

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gil

  1. inflection of gillen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

gil n (genitive singular gils, plural gil)

  1. gully
  2. (dialectal) brook

Declension

More information n22, singular ...
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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.

Pronunciation

Noun

gil n (genitive singular gils, nominative plural gil)

  1. gully, ravine

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

gil

  1. vocative/genitive singular of geal

Adjective

gil

  1. inflection of geal:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gil n (definite singular gilet, indefinite plural gil, definite plural gili)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of gjel

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

gil

  1. inflection of gel:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. dative/accusative singular feminine
    3. genitive singular neuter
    4. nominative plural masculine

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

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

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gilją.

Noun

gil n (genitive gils, plural gil)

  1. ravine, gully

Declension

More information neuter, singular ...

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gil
  • Faroese: gil
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjel
  • Middle English: gille

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gil”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

 gil on Polish Wikipedia

Etymology

From northern Proto-Slavic *gylь. Cognate with Czech hýl and Belarusian гіль (hilʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

gil m animal

  1. bullfinch (any bird of the genus Pyrrhula)

Declension

Noun

gil m inan or gil m animal

  1. (colloquial) snot (nasal mucus)
    Synonyms: babol, glut, koza, smark, śpik

Declension

Further reading

  • gil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gil in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of gilí.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxil/ [ˈxil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: gil

Adjective

gil (feminine gila, masculine plural giles, feminine plural gilas) or gil m or f (masculine and feminine plural giles)

  1. (Rioplatense, Chile, Bolivia) naive, innocent, dumb, dummy

Noun

gil m (plural giles, feminine gila, feminine plural gilas)

  1. (Chile, Bolivia) person
  2. (Peru) romantic partner

Further reading

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Uzbek

More information Arabic (Yangi Imlo), Cyrillic ...

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گل (gel).

Noun

gil (plural gillar)

  1. clay

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

gil (nominative plural gils)

  1. (obsolete) eagle

Usage notes

This older term has been replaced by the word kvil "eagle".

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

  • gilalog ( > kvilalog)
  • gilasmabed ( > kvilanäst)
  • gilil ( > kvilül)

Welsh

Noun

gil m

  1. soft mutation of cil

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

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

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

gil

  1. belly

Synonyms

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

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