seil

See also: Seil, Séil, Séïl, and -seil

Ingrian

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈse.ilːæ/, [ˈs̠e̞.ilʲː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈse.il/, [ˈʃe̞.ilʲ]
  • Rhymes: -e.ilː, -e.il
  • Hyphenation: seil
  • Homophone: seille

Noun

seil

  1. adessive plural of setä

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *segil, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

seil n

  1. sail

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Dutch: zeil
  • Limburgish: zèèl

Further reading
  • “seil”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “seil (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse segl.

Alternative forms

Noun

seil n (definite singular seilet, indefinite plural seil, definite plural seila or seilene)

  1. a sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat's mast)
Derived terms

Verb

seil

  1. imperative of seile

References

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English sele (“happiness, good fortune, bliss”), from Old English sæl (“happiness, prosperity”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sil/

Noun

seil (plural seils)

  1. Happiness, bliss, prosperity, good fortune

Adjective

seil (comparative mair seil, superlative maist seil)

  1. Blessed, happy, holy, innocent

Volapük

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seˈil/

Noun

seil (uncountable seils)

  1. silence

Declension
declension of seil
singular
nominative seil
genitive seila
dative seile
accusative seili
vocative 1 o seil!
predicative 2 seilu
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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