sil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sil"

English

Noun

sil (uncountable)

1. A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
   • 2017, Pier Luigi Tucci, The Temple of Peace in Rome, page 278:

     Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil.

Anagrams

• ILS, ILs, ISL, LIS, LSI, SLI, isl., lis

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪl]

Noun

sil

1. genitive plural of síla

Etymology 1

Noun

sil

1. genitive plural of silo

Etymology 2

Participle

sil

1. masculine singular past active participle of sít

   Synonym: sel

Etymology 3

Verb

sil

1. second-person singular imperative of sílit

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

1. (biology) milt, roe (of male fish)

Declension

Declension of sil
n22	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sil	silið	sil	silini
accusative	sil	silið	sil	silini
dative	sili	silinum	siljum, silum	siljunum, silunum
genitive	sils	silsins	silja	siljanna

Synonyms

• mjálki

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

1. (botany) sap

Declension

Declension of sil
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sil	silið	sil	silini
accusative	sil	silið	sil	silini
dative	sili	silinum	silum	silunum
genitive	sils	silsins	sila	silanna

Synonyms

• sevja

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -il

Noun

sil m (plural sils)

1. sil

Further reading

• “sil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʃɪlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃɨ̞lʲ/

Verb

sil (present analytic sileann, future analytic silfidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)

1. (intransitive) to drop (fall in drops or droplets), drip (fall one drop at a time)
2. (transitive) to shed (allow to flow or fall), drip (let fall in drops), weep
3. (transitive, intransitive) to trickle, distil (trickle down in small drops)
4. (transitive) to drain (flow gradually), flow, run
5. (intransitive) to hang down, droop

   Synonym: croch síos

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	silim	sileann tú; silir†	sileann sé, sí	silimid	sileann sibh	sileann siad; silid†	a shileann; a shileas / a sileann*; a sileas*	siltear
	past	shil mé; shileas	shil tú; shilis	shil sé, sí	shileamar; shil muid	shil sibh; shileabhair	shil siad; shileadar	a shil / ar shil*	sileadh
	past habitual	shilinn / silinn‡‡	shilteá / silteᇇ	shileadh sé, sí / sileadh sé, s퇇	shilimis; shileadh muid / silimis‡‡; sileadh muid‡‡	shileadh sibh / sileadh sibh‡‡	shilidís; shileadh siad / silidís‡‡; sileadh siad‡‡	a shileadh / a sileadh*	shiltí / silt퇇
	future	silfidh mé; silfead	silfidh tú; silfir†	silfidh sé, sí	silfimid; silfidh muid	silfidh sibh	silfidh siad; silfid†	a shilfidh; a shilfeas / a silfidh*; a silfeas*	silfear
conditional		shilfinn / silfinn‡‡	shilfeá / silfeᇇ	shilfeadh sé, sí / silfeadh sé, s퇇	shilfimis; shilfeadh muid / silfimis‡‡; silfeadh muid‡‡	shilfeadh sibh / silfeadh sibh‡‡	shilfidís; shilfeadh siad / silfidís‡‡; silfeadh siad‡‡	a shilfeadh / a silfeadh*	shilfí / silf퇇
subjunctive	present	go sile mé; go silead†	go sile tú; go silir†	go sile sé, sí	go silimid; go sile muid	go sile sibh	go sile siad; go silid†	—	go siltear
	past	dá silinn	dá silteá	dá sileadh sé, sí	dá silimis; dá sileadh muid	dá sileadh sibh	dá silidís; dá sileadh siad	—	dá siltí
imperative		silim	sil	sileadh sé, sí	silimis	siligí; silidh†	silidís	—	siltear
verbal noun		sileadh
past participle		silte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, nominative plural sileanna)

1. a drip

   Synonym: braon

2. a trickle

Declension

Declension of sil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sil sileanna Vocative a shil a shileanna Genitive sile sileanna Dative sil sileanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsil na sileanna Genitive na sile na sileanna Dative leis an tsil don tsil leis na sileanna

Derived terms

• sileán
• sileog
• silíg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sil	shil after an, tsil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin caelum. Compare Dalmatian cil.

Noun

sil m

1. sky

Malay

Etymology

From English seal, from Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) or from Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sel], [sɪl]
• Rhymes: -sel, -el

Noun

sil (Jawi spelling سيل‎, plural sil-sil, informal 1st possessive silku, 2nd possessive silmu, 3rd possessive silnya)

1. seal (pinniped)

Synonyms

• anjing laut / انجيڠ لاءوت‎

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: sil

Verb

sil

1. second-person singular imperative of silić

Rohingya

Noun

sil

1. eagle

Romanian

Noun

sil.

1. Abbreviation of silabație: syllabication

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃil/

Verb

sil (past shil, future silidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)

1. rain, drip, shower
2. flow, shed, ooze, dribble

Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, plural silean)

1. (dated) rain, trickle, shower

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sil	shil after "an", t-sil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English sill.

Noun

sil m (Cyrillic spelling сил)

1. sill (layer of igneous rock)

Squamish

Noun

sil

1. cloth

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sil c

1. a strainer
2. (colloquial) a dose of an injected recreational drug

Declension

Declension of sil
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sil	silen	silar	silarna
Genitive	sils	silens	silars	silarnas

References

• sil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ils

Tarao

Alternative forms

• shil

Noun

sil

1. cow (animal)

Derived terms

• silcu (shilchuh) "milk"
• silkor "beef"

Related terms

• silloy (shiloi)

References

• Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sil]

Noun

sil (nominative plural sils)

1. sky

Declension

declension of sil

	singular	plural
nominative	sil	sils
genitive	sila	silas
dative	sile	siles
accusative	sili	silis
vocative 1	o sil!	o sils!
predicative 2	silu	silus

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

Derived terms

• silik
• silikratabumot

Related terms

• sül (“heaven”)

Welsh

Etymology

Considered by de Vries to derive from Old Norse síl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sil m or f (plural silod or silion, not mutable)

1. fry (of fish, especially salmon, trout or minnow); spawn (of fish, frogs, etc.); small fish
2. hull, husk (of grain)

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• scil (archaic)

Verb

sil

1. shall, will (first person singular of sille)