ꠉꠣꠁꠟ

Sylheti

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गालि (gāli). Doublet of ꠉꠣꠟꠤ (gali).

Noun

ꠉꠣꠁꠟ • (gail)

  1. abuse, swearword, obscenity
    ꠄꠇ ꠖꠦꠡꠞ ꠉꠣꠁꠟ ꠀꠞꠇ ꠖꠦꠡꠞ ꠝꠣꠔ ― ex deśor gail arox deśor mat ― One land's obscenity is another land's language.

Declension

Inflection of ꠉꠣꠁꠟ (gail)
indefinite forms
nominative ꠉꠣꠁꠟ (gail)
objective ꠉꠣꠁꠟ / ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠞꠦ
(gail (semantically general or indefinite) / gailre (semantically definite))
genitive ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠞ (gailor)
locative ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠧ (gailo)
ergative ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠦ (gaile)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥ (gailogu) ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ (gailoguin)
objective ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥ / ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠞꠦ (gailogu / gailogure) ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (gailoguin / gailoguinre)
genitive ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠞ (gailogur) ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (gailoguinor)
locative ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠔ (gailogut) ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (gailoguino)
ergative ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠄ (gailogue) ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (gailoguine)

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “gail”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 144.
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