gile

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See also: Gile, gilè, gilė, and gi-lê

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈle/, [ɡɪˈlɛ]
  • Hyphenation: gi‧le

Noun[edit]

gilé f 

  1. knife

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (white, bright).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gile f (genitive singular gile)

  1. whiteness, brightness
  2. fairness; purity
    Synonym: glaine
  3. gladness, fondness
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

gile

  1. inflection of geal (white, bright):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gile ghile ngile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • Entries containing “gile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “gile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gel +‎ -e.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gile f

  1. whiteness, brightness

Inflection[edit]

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gileL giliL gili
Vocative gileL giliL gili
Accusative giliN giliL gili
Genitive gile gileL gileN
Dative giliL gilib gilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Adjective[edit]

gile

  1. genitive singular feminine of gel

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gile gile
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡi.lɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ilɛ
  • Syllabification: gi‧le

Noun[edit]

gile m animal or m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gil

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (white, bright).

Noun[edit]

gile f

  1. whiteness
  2. fairness
  3. clearness

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

gile

  1. comparative degree of geal (white; fine)

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gile ghile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “gile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language