syl

See also: syl-

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰəl/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

syl (Bengali script সেঃল)

1. iron

Etymology 2

Adjective

syl- (Bengali script সেঃল, type 1)

1. beautiful; pretty

References

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

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːl/, [syːˀl]

Noun

syl c (singular definite sylen, plural indefinite syle)

1. awl

Inflection

Declension of syl

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	syl	sylen	syle	sylene
genitive	syls	sylens	syles	sylenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb sy.

Noun

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

1. an awl

Derived terms

• syltynn

References

• “syl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. an awl

Derived terms

• syltynn

References

• “syl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

Noun

sȳl f

1. pillar, column; support

   Synonyms: stapol, staþol, sweor

Declension

Declension of sȳl (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sȳl	sȳle, sȳla
accusative	sȳl, sȳle	sȳle, sȳla
genitive	sȳle	sȳla
dative	sȳle	sȳlum

Descendants

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

See also

• syll

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

• Audio:

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Noun

syl c

1. an awl

Declension

Declension of syl

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	syl	syls
	definite	sylen	sylens
plural	indefinite	sylar	sylars
	definite	sylarna	sylarnas

Derived terms

• få en syl i vädret

References

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

Anagrams

• lys, sly, yls