sil

See also: SIL, Sil, sił, síl, sìl, şil, s'il, šil, śil, and шил

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, lis

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪl]

Noun

1. genitive plural of síla

Noun

1. genitive plural of silo

Verb

sil

1. masculine singular past participle of sít

   Synonym: sel

Verb

1. second-person singular imperative of sílit

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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

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin caelum. Compare Dalmatian cil.

Noun

sil m

1. sky

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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 (later ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sil (Jawi spelling سيل)

1. seal (pinniped)

Synonyms

• anjing laut / انجيڠ لاءوت

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Romanian

Noun

sil.

1. Abbreviation of silabație: syllabication

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English sill.

Noun

sil m (Cyrillic spelling сил)

1. sill (layer of igneous rock)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

sil c

1. strainer

Declension

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

Anagrams

• ils

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Tarao

Alternative forms

• shil

Noun

sil

1. cow (animal)

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• silloy (shiloi)

References

• 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar

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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”)

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Welsh

Etymology

Considered by de Vries to derive from Old Norse síl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːl/

Noun

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

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West Frisian

Alternative forms

• scil (archaic)

Verb

sil

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