suile

See also: súile

Latin

Etymology

From sus +‎ -īle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈiː.le/, [s̠uˈiːɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈi.le/, [suˈiːle]

Noun

suīle n (genitive suīlis); third declension

1. a pigsty

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	suīle	suīlia
Genitive	suīlis	suīlium
Dative	suīlī	suīlibus
Accusative	suīle	suīlia
Ablative	suīlī	suīlibus
Vocative	suīle	suīlia

Descendants

• Sardinian:
  • Logudorese: suile
    • →? Sassarese: (dialectal) suili (if not borrowed directly from Latin)
  • Nuorese: subile

See also

• ovīle

Further reading

• “suile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Sardinian

Etymology

Derived from Classical Latin suīle (“pigsty”), derived from sūs (“pig”) +‎ -īle (suffix denoting enclosures for animals). Compare Nuorese subile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈile/

Noun

suile m (plural suiles) (Logudorese)

1. pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)

   Synonyms: àrula, chèrria, masonzile, porchile

Descendants

• >? Sassarese: (dialectal) suili

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “suíle”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg