cil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cil"

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• sil

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃil/

Noun

cil m

1. sky
2. heaven

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cil, from Latin cilium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sil/

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• Homophones: sil, scille, cils
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

cil m (plural cils)

1. eyelash

Related terms

• sourcil
• déciller, dessiller

References

• Le Grand Dictionnaire Larousse, français-anglais Paris, 1995

Further reading

• “cil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Northern Kurdish

Noun

cil m

1. dress, garment, clothes (apparel)

Derived terms

• cildank
• cil li xwe kirin

Old French

Adjective

cil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cile)

1. Alternative form of cel

Declension

Declension of cil

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	cils	cile	cil
	Oblique	cil			cile	cil
Plural	Subject	cil	ciles		cil
	Oblique	cils			ciles	cil

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caelum.

Pronunciation

• (Southeastern Romagnol):

Noun

cil m (plural) (San Marino)

1. sky

Romanian

Etymology

From French cil.

Noun

cil m (plural cili)

1. cilium

Declension

Declension of cil

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cil	cilul	(niște) cili	cilii
genitive/dative	(unui) cil	cilului	(unor) cili	cililor
vocative	cilule		cililor

Tatar

Noun

cil

1. wind

Volapük

Etymology

From English child.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃil]

Noun

cil (nominative plural cils)

1. (male or female) child

Declension

declension of cil

	singular	plural
nominative	cil	cils
genitive	cila	cilas
dative	cile	ciles
accusative	cili	cilis
vocative 1	o cil!	o cils!
predicative 2	cilu	cilus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• hicil
• jicil

Derived terms

• cilik
• ciliko
• cilo

Related terms

• daleposcil
• hidaleposcil
• hileposcil
• hipludaleposcil
• hiposcil
• jidaleposcil
• jileposcil
• jipludaleposcil
• jiposcil
• leposcil
• pludaleposcil
• poscil

 

See also

• dalefat
• dalemot
• dalepal
• daleposdaut
• daleposson
• daut
• fat
• hidalepal
• hilepal
• hipal
• hipludalepal
• jidalepal
• jilepal
• jipal
• jipludalepal
• lefat
• lemot
• lepal
• leposdaut
• leposson
• mot
• pal
• pludalefat
• pludalemot
• pludalepal
• pludaleposdaut
• pludaleposson
• posdaut
• posson
• pul
• son

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophone: cul (South Wales)

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh cylion, from Proto-Brythonic *kil, from Proto-Celtic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-lo-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

Cognate with Cornish kil, Breton kil, Old Irish cúl, and Latin cūlus.

Noun

cil m (plural ciliau or cilion)

1. corner (of eye, mouth, chimney)
   1. recess, nook

      Synonyms: cilfach, encil

   2. (in transferred sense) part of the harp which supports the treble-strings
   3. back of an edged tool
   4. wane (of the moon)

      Synonym: gwendid

Derived terms

• cilan, cilio, encil

Compounds

• cilbost
• cilbren
• cildrem (“leer”)
• cildroi
• cildwrn
• cilddant
• ciledrych
• cilfach
• cilgant
• cilwen
• cilwg
• gwegil

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English keel.

Noun

cil m

1. (nautical) keel

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter CIL, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cil	gil	nghil	chil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.