il

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See also IL, il-, -il-, .il, and îl

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Number

il

  1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing forty-nine (49).

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[edit] Azeri

[edit] Noun

il

  1. year



[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

il c.

  1. (rare) haste, speed

[edit] Verb

il

  1. Imperative of ile.

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin illī, which is related to Classical Latin ille.[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

il (third person singular, plural ils, object lui, emphatic lui)

  1. He, it.
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[edit] References

  • Notes:
  1. ^ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964). “il”, Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French). Paris: Librairie Larousse.

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Noun

il

  1. sole (of the foot)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Italian lo, via an intermediate form l. The initial i is a svarabhakti vowel added to the form l in order to make the pronunciation easier.[1]

[edit] Article

il m. sg. (pl.: i)

  1. the.
masculine feminine
singular il, lo la, l'
plural i, gli le

[edit] References

  • Notes:
  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002). Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), p. 123, 124, Bologna: il Mulino. ISBN 88-15-08638-2.

[edit] Middle French

[edit] Pronoun

il m.

  1. he
  2. it (impersonal, or refering to an unknown person)

[edit] Old Irish

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-; cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu), much), Greek πολύς (polus), much), Sanskrit पुरु (puru), much).

[edit] Adjective

il

  1. much, many (usually as the first member of a compound, usually governs a plural noun)
    cosin taidbse il – "with much ostentation"
    Is amlid do·rigéni Dia corp duini ó il-ballaib. – "Thus God has made man's body of many members."
    Is ferr precept oldaas labrad il-béelre. – "Preaching is better than speaking many languages."
    trissam mrechtrad inna n-il-briathar – "through the variation of the many words"

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for il Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form il ilen ilar ilarna
Possessive form ils ilens ilars ilarnas

il

  1. (archaic) gust; a strong, abrupt rush of wind
  2. (archaic) hurry

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

il

  1. province

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