seil

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See also: Seil, Séil, Séïl, and -seil

Ingrian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

seil

  1. adessive plural of setä

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *segil, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun[edit]

seil n

  1. sail

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: zeil
  • Limburgish: zèèl

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse segl.

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Noun[edit]

seil n (definite singular seilet, indefinite plural seil, definite plural seila or seilene)

  1. a sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat's mast)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

seil

  1. imperative of seile

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Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sele (happiness, good fortune, bliss), from Old English sæl (happiness, prosperity), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

seil (plural seils)

  1. Happiness, bliss, prosperity, good fortune

Adjective[edit]

seil (comparative mair seil, superlative maist seil)

  1. Blessed, happy, holy, innocent

Volapük[edit]

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seil (uncountable seils)

  1. silence

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