habil

See also: Habil, hàbil, and hábil

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /habil/ [ha.β̞il]
IPA^(key): (Southern) /abil/ [a.β̞il]
Rhymes: -abil, -il
Hyphenation: ha‧bil

Verb

habil

familiar second-person singular, imperative of ibili (“to walk, to move”)
familiar second-person singular, present indicative of ibili (“to walk, to move”)

Danish

Etymology

From French habile, from Latin habilis.

Adjective

habil (neuter habilt, plural and definite singular attributive habile)

capable, competent, able, proficient
Synonyms: duelig, udmærket

Antonym: inhabil

Inflection

Inflection of *habil*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	habil	mere habil	mest habil²
indefinite neuter singular	habilt	mere habil	mest habil²
plural	habile	mere habil	mest habil²
definite attributive¹	habile	mere habil	mest habile

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

habilitet

References

“habil” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French habile, from Latin habilis.

Adjective

habil (comparative habilare, superlative habilast)

able; capable
good but not great

Declension

Inflection of **habil**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	habil	habilare	habilast
neuter singular	habilt	habilare	habilast
plural	habila	habilare	habilast
masculine plural²	habile	habilare	habilast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	habile	habilare	habilaste
all	habila	habilare	habilaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

“habil”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“habil”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“habil”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)