gile

See also: Gile, gilè, gilė, and gi-lê

Afar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈle/, [ɡɪˈlɛ]
  • Hyphenation: gi‧le

Noun

gilé f 

  1. knife

Derived terms

References
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (“white, bright”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɟɪlʲə/

Noun

gile f (genitive singular gile)

  1. whiteness, brightness
  2. fairness; purity
    Synonym: glaine
  3. gladness, fondness
Declension
Declension of gile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gile
Vocative a ghile
Genitive gile
Dative gile

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghile
Genitive na gile
Dative leis an ngile

don ghile

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gile

  1. inflection of geal (“white, bright”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gile ghile ngile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Entries containing “gile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “gile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

Lithuanian

Noun

gilè

  1. instrumental singular of gìlė (“acorn”)

Noun

gìle

  1. vocative singular of gìlė (“acorn”)

Old Irish

Etymology

From gel +‎ -e.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲilʲe/

Noun

gile f

  1. whiteness, brightness

Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gileL giliL gili
Vocative gileL giliL gili
Accusative giliN giliL gili
Genitive gile gileL gileN
Dative giliL gilib gilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Adjective

gile

  1. genitive singular feminine of gel

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gile gile
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡi.lɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ilɛ
  • Syllabification: gi‧le

Noun

gile m animal or m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gil

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʲilə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (“white, bright”).

Noun

gile f

  1. whiteness
  2. fairness
  3. clearness

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gile

  1. comparative degree of geal (“white; fine”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gileghile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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