hyle

See also: hýle

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

One of several English variants (in casu Modern English, in the 17th and 18th century) for the Medieval Latin hyle, a transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, wood(s), material(s), matter, subject) or πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, fundamental, undifferentiated matter)

Noun

hyle (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, philosophy) matter
  2. The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle.

References

  • OED: The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, Oxford University Press, 1989

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hǖlen, from Old Saxon *hūwilon, from Proto-West Germanic *hūwilōn, cognate with English howl, German heulen, Dutch huilen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hyːlə/, [ˈhyːlə]
  • (file)

Verb

hyle (past tense hylede or (unofficial) høl, past participle hylet)

  1. to yell
  2. to howl
  3. to wail
  4. to yowl
  5. to whine
  6. to hoot

Conjugation

References

Ingrian

Hyle (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hülgeh. Cognates include Finnish hylje and Estonian hüljes.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhyle/, [ˈhylʲe̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhyle/, [ˈhyle̞]
  • Rhymes: -yle
  • Hyphenation: hy‧le

Noun

hyle

  1. seal
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 54:
      Hyle ono merizveeri (kuva 46).
      The seal is a marine mammal (image 46).
  2. abscess or tumor on the finger

Declension

Declension of hyle (type 6/lähe, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative hyle hylkeet
genitive hylkeen hylkein
partitive hylettä hylkeitä
illative hylkeesse hylkeisse
inessive hylkees hylkeis
elative hylkeest hylkeist
allative hylkeelle hylkeille
adessive hylkeel hylkeil
ablative hylkeelt hylkeilt
translative hylkeeks hylkeiks
essive hylkeennä, hylkeen hylkeinnä, hylkein
exessive1) hylkeent hylkeint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
Soikkola declension of hyle (type 6/lähe, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative hyle hylkehet,
hylkeet
genitive hylkehen hylkehiin
partitive hylettä,
hyleht
hylkehiä
illative hylkehesse hylkehisse
inessive hylkehees hylkehiis
elative hylkehest hylkehist
allative hylkehelle hylkehille
adessive hylkeheel hylkehiil
ablative hylkehelt hylkehilt
translative hylkeheks hylkehiks
essive hylkehennä,
hylkeheen
hylkehinnä,
hylkehiin
exessive1) hylkehent hylkehint
1) Obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 75

Latin

Etymology

Transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, wood(s), material(s), matter, subject) or πρώτη ὕλη (“fundamental, undifferentiated matter”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hȳlē f (genitive hȳlēs); first declension

  1. matter, the fundamental matter of all things, as opposing the form of all things (Aristotle’s doctrine of matter and form or hylomorphism); in Mediaeval Latin respectively materia prima and forma substantialis
  2. the matter of the body, as opposing the soul or mind (Aristotle’s doctrine of the soul)
  3. the first matter of the cosmos, an inaccurate interpretation of Aristotle's ἡ πρώτη ὕλη or materia prima

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hȳlē hȳlae
Genitive hȳlēs hȳlārum
Dative hȳlae hȳlīs
Accusative hȳlēn hȳlās
Ablative hȳlē hȳlīs
Vocative hȳlē hȳlae

Descendants

  • English: hyle

References

  • hyle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hyle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • hyle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hyle”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hyle”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • hyle”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • L&S: Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1969
  • See further references under ὕλη (húlē).

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English helden, from Old English hieldan, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan.

Pronunciation

Verb

hyle

  1. to pour, as liquor or rain.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47
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