igle

See also: igłę

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ígull (“see-urchin”), from Proto-Germanic *igilaz (“hedgehog”), cognate with Swedish igle (“leech”), German Igel (“hedgehog”), Dutch egel (“hedgehog”). The sense is influenced by Middle Low German egel, ile (“leech”), which derives a related noun, *egalaz, which is also the source of German Egel, Blutegel (“leech”), Dutch echel (“leech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiːlə]
• Homophone: ile

Noun

igle c (singular definite iglen, plural indefinite igler)

1. (zoology) leech (an blood-sucking animal of the class Hirudinea)

Inflection

Declension of igle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	igle	iglen	igler	iglerne
genitive	igles	iglens	iglers	iglernes

References

• “igle” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡ.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -iɡlɛ
• Syllabification: ig‧le

Noun

igle f

1. inflection of igła:
   1. dative singular
   2. locative singular