peil

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch peil (level).

Noun

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peil

  1. (Japan, hydrology, in compounds) water level
    Tokyo Peil (TP); Yedogawa Peil (YP); Osaka Peil (OP)

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch peyl, a Hollandic variant of peghel, from Old Dutch pegil, from Proto-West Germanic *pagil. Doublet of pegel (icicle).

Noun

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peil n (plural peilen, diminutive peiltje n)

  1. (literal or figurative) level
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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peil

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

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German

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peil

  1. singular imperative of peilen

Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *pel, from Latin pila.

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Noun

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peil f (genitive singular peile, nominative plural peileanna)

  1. football (game, physical ball)
  2. Gaelic football

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
peil pheil bpeil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.