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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gil

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of gillen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of gillen

Anagrams

• lig

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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

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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

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
• 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

• Template:pl-IPA

Noun

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

1. (colloquial) snot (nasal mucus)

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
• Template:R:PWN

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Spanish

Adjective

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

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

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	гил‍
Latin	gil‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

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

Mutated forms of cil

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cil	gil	nghil	chil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Zou

Noun

gil

1. belly

References

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