gil

See also: Gil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɪl/

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• Hyphenation: gil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From gillen.

Noun

gil m (plural gillen, diminutive gilletje n)

1. scream

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gil

1. first-person singular present indicative of gillen
2. imperative of gillen

Anagrams

• lig

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

gil n (genitive singular gils, plural gil)

1. gully
2. (dialectical) brook

Declension

Declension of gil
n22	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gil	gilið	gil	gilini
accusative	gil	gilið	gil	gilini
dative	gili	gilinum	giljum, gilum	giljunum, gilunum
genitive	gils	gilsins	gilja	giljanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɪːl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːl

Noun

gil n (genitive singular gils, nominative plural gil)

1. gully, ravine

Declension

declension of gil

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gil	gilið	gil	gilin
accusative	gil	gilið	gil	gilin
dative	gili	gilinu	gilum	gilunum
genitive	gils	gilsins	gila	gilanna

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɪlʲ/

Noun

gil

1. vocative/genitive singular of geal

Adjective

gil

1. inflection of geal:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gil	ghil	ngil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲilʲ/

Adjective

gil

1. inflection of gel:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. dative/accusative singular feminine
   3. genitive singular neuter
   4. nominative plural masculine

Mutation

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

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gilją.

Noun

gil n (genitive gils, plural gil)

1. ravine, gully

Declension

  Declension of gil (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gil	gilit	gil	gilin
accusative	gil	gilit	gil	gilin
dative	gili	gilinu	giljum	giljunum
genitive	gils	gilsins	gilja	giljanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gil
• Faroese: gil
• Middle English: gille
  • English: gil

References

• gil in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Polish

gil

Etymology

From northern Proto-Slavic *gylь. Cognate with Czech hýl and Belarusian гіль (hilʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲil/

Noun

gil m anim

1. bullfinch, bird of genus Pyrrhula

Declension

declension of gil

	singular	plural
nominative	gil	gile
genitive	gila	gili/gilów
dative	gilowi	gilom
accusative	gila	gile
instrumental	gilem	gilami
locative	gilu	gilach
vocative	gilu	gile

Noun

gil m inan or gil m anim

1. (colloquial) snot (nasal mucus)

   Synonyms: smark, śpik

Declension

declension of gil

	singular	plural
nominative	gil	gile
genitive	gila	gili/gilów
dative	gilowi	gilom
accusative	gil/gila	gile
instrumental	gilem	gilami
locative	gilu	gilach
vocative	gilu	gile

Further reading

• gil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of gilí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxil/

Adjective

gil (feminine singular gila, masculine plural giles, feminine plural gilas)

1. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) naive, innocent, dumb, dummy

Further reading

• “gil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	гил‍
Roman	gil‍
Perso-Arabic	‍‍

Noun

gil (plural gillar)

1. clay

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡil/

Noun

gil (nominative plural gils)

1. (obsolete) eagle

Usage notes

This older term has been replaced by the word kvil "eagle".

Declension

declension of gil

	singular	plural
nominative	gil	gils
genitive	gila	gilas
dative	gile	giles
accusative	gili	gilis
vocative 1	o gil!	o gils!
predicative 2	gilu	gilus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• gilalog ( > kvilalog)
• gilasmabed ( > kvilanäst)
• gilil ( > kvilül)

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Welsh

Noun

gil m

1. Soft mutation of cil.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cil	gil	nghil	chil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Zou

Noun

gil

1. belly

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf