syl

• IPA^(key): /sʰəl/

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjaːl ~ sjiːr (“iron”).

syl (Bengali script সেঃল)

1. iron

syl- (Bengali script সেঃল, type 1)

1. beautiful; pretty

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

From Norwegian syl.

• IPA^(key): /syːl/, [syːˀl]

syl c (singular definite sylen, plural indefinite syle)

1. awl

• “syl” in Den Danske Ordbog

Related to the verb sy.

syl m (definite singular sylen, indefinite plural syler, definite plural sylene)

1. an awl

• syltynn

• “syl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Related to the verb sy. Compare Czech šídlo (“awl”) and Latin sūbula (“awl”).

• IPA^(key): [syʷːl]
• (West Telemark and North Gudbrand Valley) IPA^(key): [syᵝːl]

syl m (definite singular sylen, indefinite plural sylar, definite plural sylane)

1. an awl

• syltynn

• “syl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”). Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”), German Säule.

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

sȳl f

1. pillar, column; support
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Sē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm garseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm garseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.

     The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.

   Synonyms: stapol, staþol, sweor

Strong i-stem:

• Middle English: syle
  • English: sile
  • Scots: sile, syle, cyle

• syll

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

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syl c

1. an awl

• få en syl i vädret

• syl in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• syl in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• syl in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• lys, sly, yls