geel
See also: Geel
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χɪə̯l/, [χeə̯l ~ χiə̯l]
Audio: (file)
Adjective
geel (attributive geel, comparative geler, superlative geelste)
Inflection
| predicative | attributive | independent | partitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| positive | geel | gele | geles | geels | |
| comparative | geler | gelere | geleres | gelers | |
| superlative | geelste | geelstes | — | ||
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gelu, from Old Dutch *gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣeːl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: geel
- Rhymes: -eːl
Adjective
geel (comparative geler, superlative geelst)
- yellow
- De zonsondergang kleurde de lucht in prachtige gele tinten. ― The sunset colored the sky in beautiful yellow shades.
- Ze droeg een elegant jurkje met een gele bloemenprint. ― She wore an elegant dress with a yellow floral pattern.
- De gele zonnebloemen stonden in volle bloei. ― The yellow sunflowers were in full bloom.
Declension
| Declension of geel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | geel | |||
| inflected | gele | |||
| comparative | geler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | geel | geler | het geelst het geelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gele | gelere | geelste |
| n. sing. | geel | geler | geelste | |
| plural | gele | gelere | geelste | |
| definite | gele | gelere | geelste | |
| partitive | geels | gelers | — | |
Derived terms
- barnsteengeel
- bladgeel
- blauwgeel
- bleekgeel
- botergeel
- cadmiumgeel
- chromaatgeel
- citroengeel
- donkergeel
- eigeel
- geel walstro
- geelachtig
- geelbandhoningeter
- geelbruin
- geelgors
- geelhalsbosmuis
- geelhout
- geelkoper
- geelkoperen
- geelkuifkaketoe
- geelnekara
- geeloograafkaketoe
- geelpootmeeuw
- geelsnavelduiker
- geeltje
- geelvink
- geelvleugelara
- geelwortel
- geelzucht
- gele bond
- gele dovenetel
- gele fosfor
- gele ganzenbloem
- gele haarkwal
- gele koorts
- gele kwikstaart
- gele lis
- Gele Rivier
- gele vakbond
- gelig
- goudgeel
- grijsgeel
- groengeel
- honinggeel
- kanariegeel
- knalgeel
- koningsgeel
- lichtgeel
- maisgeel
- mosterdgeel
- okergeel
- oranjegeel
- roodgeel
- saffraangeel
- strogeel
- vergelen
- zandgeel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: geel
- Berbice Creole Dutch: geli
- Jersey Dutch: xêl
- Negerhollands: geel
- Skepi Creole Dutch: gael
- → Papiamentu: hel, geel, heel
- → Sranan Tongo: geri
Noun
geel n (uncountable)
- the colour yellow
See also
| wit | grijs | zwart |
| rood; karmijnrood | oranje; bruin | geel; roomwit |
| groengeel/limoengroen | groen | |
| blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw | azuurblauw | blauw |
| violet; indigo | magenta; paars | roze |
Anagrams
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German gēl, from Old Saxon gelo. Compare German gel (dated variant of gelb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeːl/
Adjective
geel
- (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) yellow
Jumjum
Noun
geel (plural girkä)
References
- Fadul Yousif Aljuzuli Terafi Mohadin Chol, Muusa Nuer Teebu, Bal Douwash Yousif, Abrahama Kidir Blang, Abdalmajid Juma Anur, Tim Stirtz, David Graves. 2020. "Jumjum - English Dictionary." Webonary.org. SIL International. from https://www.webonary.org/jumjum
Somali
Etymology
The original form was likely gàal, which is preserved in some compounds. An old borrowing into East Cushitic (compare Afar gáala), from an undetermined Semitic language.
Noun
gèel m
- (collective) camels
See also
Wiradjuri
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Gamilaraay giili and Ngiyambaa kiil.
Noun
geel
- urine
- 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:
- Urine .... .... .... kil.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)