igle

See also: igłę

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ígull (sea urchin), from Proto-Germanic *igilaz (hedgehog), cognate with Swedish igle (leech), German Igel (hedgehog), Dutch egel (hedgehog). The sense is influenced by Middle Low German egel, ile (leech), which derives a related noun, *egalaz, which is also the source of German Egel, Blutegel (leech), Dutch echel (leech).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiːlə]
  • Homophone: ile

Noun

igle c (singular definite iglen, plural indefinite igler)

  1. (zoology) leech (an blood-sucking animal of the class Hirudinea)

Declension

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡ.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -iɡlɛ
  • Syllabification: ig‧le

Noun

igle f

  1. dative/locative singular of igła

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

igle (Cyrillic spelling игле)

  1. inflection of igla:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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