dile

See also: díle and dìle

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dile. By surface analysis, dil +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲilʲə/

Noun

dile f (genitive singular dile)

  1. affection

Declension

Declension of dile (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dile
vocative a dhile
genitive dile
dative dile
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dile
genitive na dile
dative leis an dile
don dile

Adjective

dile

  1. inflection of dil:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of dile
radical lenition eclipsis
dile dhile ndile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

dilè

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English dile, from Proto-Germanic *deliz (sow thistle), an indigenous herb of uncertain origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (sprout, bloom) (Albanian dal, Middle Irish duille) or from a substrate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdil(ə)/

Noun

dile (plural diles)

  1. Dill (Anethum graveolens) or its seed.

Descendants

  • English: dill

References

  • dile, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 July 2018.
  • Kluge, Friedrich, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24 durchgesehene, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 2002.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *deliz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.le/

Noun

dile f

  1. dill Anethum graveolens

Descendants

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdile/ [ˈd̪i.le]
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Syllabification: di‧le

Verb

dile

  1. second-person singular imperative of decir combined with le

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈle/
  • Hyphenation: di‧le

Noun

dile

  1. definite dative singular of dil

Verb

dile

  1. second-person singular imperative of dilemek

Volapük

Noun

dile

  1. dative singular of dil