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iel

iel

See also: -iel

Crimean Gothic

Noun

iel

  1. life, health
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Iel. Vita sive sanitas.

Derived terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /il/

Etymology

Contracted from late Middle Dutch idel, which survives uncontracted as ijdel. An alternative contracted form led to ijl.

Adjective

iel (comparative ieler, superlative ielst)

  1. thin, slender

Inflection

Inflection of iel
uninflected iel
inflected iele
comparative ieler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial iel ieler het ielst
het ielste
indefinite m./f. sing. iele ielere ielste
n. sing. iel ieler ielste
plural iele ielere ielste
definite iele ielere ielste
partitive iels ielers

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Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -el (correlative suffix of manner or degree).

Pronunciation

Adverb

iel

  1. somehow, in some way

Derived terms


West Frisian

Noun

iel c (plural ielen)

  1. eel