جيل

See also: جیل, خيل, چیل, and حيل

Arabic

Compare Hebrew גִּיל (gīl, “age”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from the aforementioned word.

جِيل • (jīl) m (plural أَجْيَال (ʔajyāl))

generation (entity of the same time period, or the time period itself)
جِيلُ التِّسْعِينَات ― jīlu t-tisʕīnāt ― The nineties generation
(Palestine) age
Synonyms: عُمُر (ʕumur), عُمْر (ʕumr)

Declension of noun جِيل (jīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِيل jīl	الْجِيل al-jīl	جِيل jīl
Nominative	جِيلٌ jīlun	الْجِيلُ al-jīlu	جِيلُ jīlu
Accusative	جِيلًا jīlan	الْجِيلَ al-jīla	جِيلَ jīla
Genitive	جِيلٍ jīlin	الْجِيلِ al-jīli	جِيلِ jīli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِيلَيْن jīlayn	الْجِيلَيْن al-jīlayn	جِيلَيْ jīlay
Nominative	جِيلَانِ jīlāni	الْجِيلَانِ al-jīlāni	جِيلَا jīlā
Accusative	جِيلَيْنِ jīlayni	الْجِيلَيْنِ al-jīlayni	جِيلَيْ jīlay
Genitive	جِيلَيْنِ jīlayni	الْجِيلَيْنِ al-jīlayni	جِيلَيْ jīlay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْيَال ʔajyāl	الْأَجْيَال al-ʔajyāl	أَجْيَال ʔajyāl
Nominative	أَجْيَالٌ ʔajyālun	الْأَجْيَالُ al-ʔajyālu	أَجْيَالُ ʔajyālu
Accusative	أَجْيَالًا ʔajyālan	الْأَجْيَالَ al-ʔajyāla	أَجْيَالَ ʔajyāla
Genitive	أَجْيَالٍ ʔajyālin	الْأَجْيَالِ al-ʔajyāli	أَجْيَالِ ʔajyāli

From Arabic جِيل (jīl).

جيل • (jīl) m (plural أجيال (ʔajyāl))

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