hyle

See also: hýle

English

Alternative forms

• hile, hyla (obsolete)
• ylem

Etymology

One of several English variants (in casu Modern English, in the 17th and 18th century) for the Medieval Latin hyle, a transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) or πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “fundamental, undifferentiated matter”)

Noun

hyle (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, philosophy) matter
2. The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle.

Derived terms

• hyletics

References

• OED: The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, Oxford University Press, 1989

Anagrams

• Heyl

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hǖlen, from Old Saxon *hūwilon, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hyːlə/, [ˈhyːlə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

hyle (past tense hylede or (unofficial) høl, past participle hylet)

1. to yell
2. to howl
3. to wail
4. to yowl
5. to whine
6. to hoot

Conjugation

Conjugation of hyle

active passive present hyler hyles past hylede or (unofficial) høl hyledes infinitive hyle hyles imperative hyl — participle present hylende past hylet (auxiliary verb have) gerund hylen

Related terms

terms related to hyle (verb)

• hyl
• hylekor
• hylen
• hylende
• hyler
• hyleri
• hyletone

References

• “hyle” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hyle” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hülgeh. Cognates include Finnish hylje and Estonian hüljes.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhyle/, [ˈhylʲe̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhyle/, [ˈhyle̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -yle
• Hyphenation: hy‧le

Noun

hyle

1. seal
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 54:

     Hyle ono merizveeri (kuva 46).

     The seal is a marine mammal (image 46).

2. abscess or tumor on the finger

Declension

Declension of hyle (type 6/lähe, k- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	hyle	hylkeet
genitive	hylkeen	hylkein
partitive	hylettä	hylkeitä
illative	hylkeesse	hylkeisse
inessive	hylkees	hylkeis
elative	hylkeest	hylkeist
allative	hylkeelle	hylkeille
adessive	hylkeel	hylkeil
ablative	hylkeelt	hylkeilt
translative	hylkeeks	hylkeiks
essive	hylkeennä, hylkeen	hylkeinnä, hylkein
exessive1)	hylkeent	hylkeint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Soikkola declension of hyle (type 6/lähe, k- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	hyle	hylkehet, hylkeet
genitive	hylkehen	hylkehiin
partitive	hylettä, hyleht	hylkehiä
illative	hylkehesse	hylkehisse
inessive	hylkehees	hylkehiis
elative	hylkehest	hylkehist
allative	hylkehelle	hylkehille
adessive	hylkeheel	hylkehiil
ablative	hylkehelt	hylkehilt
translative	hylkeheks	hylkehiks
essive	hylkehennä, hylkeheen	hylkehinnä, hylkehiin
exessive1)	hylkehent	hylkehint
1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

• imikkohyle

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 75

Latin

Etymology

Transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) or πρώτη ὕλη (“fundamental, undifferentiated matter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhyː.ɫeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.le]

Noun

hȳlē f (genitive hȳlēs); first declension

1. matter, the fundamental matter of all things, as opposing the form of all things (Aristotle’s doctrine of matter and form or hylomorphism); in Mediaeval Latin respectively materia prima and forma substantialis
2. the matter of the body, as opposing the soul or mind (Aristotle’s doctrine of the soul)
3. the first matter of the cosmos, an inaccurate interpretation of Aristotle's ἡ πρώτη ὕλη or materia prima

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

	singular	plural
nominative	hȳlē	hȳlae
genitive	hȳlēs	hȳlārum
dative	hȳlae	hȳlīs
accusative	hȳlēn	hȳlās
ablative	hȳlē	hȳlīs
vocative	hȳlē	hȳlae

Descendants

• → English: hyle

References

• “hyle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "hyle", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “hyle”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hyle”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hyle”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “hyle”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• L&S: Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1969
• See further references under ὕλη (húlē).