igle

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See also: igłę

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ígull (“sea 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

igle c (singular definite iglen, plural indefinite igler)

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

Declension[edit]

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

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

igle f

  1. dative/locative singular of igła

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

igle (Cyrillic spelling игле)

  1. inflection of igla:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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