hyle
English
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)
- (obsolete, philosophy) matter
- 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]
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Conjugation
References
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhyle/, [ˈhylʲe̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhyle/, [ˈhyle̞]
- Rhymes: -yle
- Hyphenation: hy‧le
Noun
hyle
- 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).
- abscess or tumor on the finger
Declension
Declension of hyle (type 6/lähe, k- gradation) | ||
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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) | ||
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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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhyː.leː/, [ˈhyːɫ̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.le/, [ˈiːle]
Noun
hȳlē f (genitive hȳlēs); first declension
- 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
- the matter of the body, as opposing the soul or mind (Aristotle’s doctrine of the soul)
- 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 |
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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.
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