ijl

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l
  • IPA(key): /ɛil/

Etymology 1

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Contracted from late Middle Dutch idel, which survives uncontracted as ijdel. An alternative contracted form led to iel.

Adjective

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ijl (comparative ijler, superlative ijlst)

  1. rarefied (of a gas etc.), not dense
  2. (chiefly obsolete) skinny, lacking fat
  3. (obsolete) empty
Declension
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Declension of ijl
uninflected ijl
inflected ijle
comparative ijler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ijl ijler het ijlst
het ijlste
indefinite m./f. sing. ijle ijlere ijlste
n. sing. ijl ijler ijlste
plural ijle ijlere ijlste
definite ijle ijlere ijlste
partitive ijls ijlers
Derived terms
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Verb

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ijl

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

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch *ile, from Old Dutch *īla, from Proto-Germanic *īlō.

Noun

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ijl f (uncountable)

  1. rush, haste
Derived terms
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Verb

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ijl

  1. inflection of ijlen (rush, haste):
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: yl

Anagrams

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