iel
See also: -iel
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hailiją, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz; compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails).
Dutch
Etymology
Contracted from late Middle Dutch idel, which survives uncontracted as ijdel. An alternative contracted form led to ijl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /il/
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Inflection
Inflection of iel | ||||
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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 | — |
Esperanto
Etymology
From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -el (correlative suffix of manner or degree).
Pronunciation
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛl/
Audio (file)
Pronoun
iel
- (neologism, nonstandard) they (singular); s/he. A proposed gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.
- 2014, Carina Rozenfeld, La Symphonie des abysses, Robert Laffont, book 1:
- […] ; les jours où iels n’avaient pas l’occasion de parler un peu, juste tous les deux, iel se sentait vide.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2017, Cindy Van Wilder, chapter 19, in Les Outrepasseurs, volume 4 Férénusia, Gulf stream éditeur:
- Pour les Ferreux.
Pour Ferenusia, découvert en même temps qu’Antoinette, quand iel avait débarqué à Paris un an auparavant.
Pour iel-mêmes, aussi.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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West Frisian
Noun
iel c (plural ielen, diminutive ieltsje)
- (countable or uncountable) eel
- Myn hovercraft sit fol mei iel.
- My hovercraft is full of eels.
Further reading
- “iel (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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