See also: Egle, eglė, Eglė, and eglē

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *eklen. Cognates include Finnish eilen and Estonian eile.

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Adverb

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egle

  1. yesterday
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 29:
      Egle oli hyvä ilma.
      Yesterday the weather was good.

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 28
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[2], →ISBN, page 58

Latgalian

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Egle.

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis. Cognates include Latvian egle and Lithuanian eglė.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈæɡʲlʲæ]
  • Hyphenation: eg‧le

Noun

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egle f (diminutive egleite)

  1. spruce; fir

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References

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  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 23

Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis, considered by Pokorny to be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ- (sharp, pointy);[1] however, this is rejected by Genaust.[2] It could instead be a borrowing from a European substrate.[3] Cognate with Lithuanian ẽglė, Old Prussian addle, Proto-Slavic *edlь.

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Noun

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egle f (5th declension)

  1. spruce
  2. fir

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*edh-lo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 289
  2. ^ Genaust, Helmut (1996) “ébulus”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, pages 220b–221a
  3. ^ Oettinger, Norbert (2003) “Neuerungen in Lexikon und Wortbildung des Nordwest-Indogermanischen”, in Alfred Bammesberger & Theo Vennemann, editors, Languages in Prehistoric Europe, Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 189

Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native ern.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːɡəl/, /ˈɛːɡlə/

Noun

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egle (plural egles)

  1. eagle
    Synonym: ern

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  • English: eagle (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: aigle

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *agluz (cumbersome, tedious, tiresome), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰlo-, *h₂egʰ- (repulsive, offensive, hateful).

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eġle

  1. hideous; loathsome; hateful; horrid; troublesome; grievous; painful

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin aquila, with a change of gender from feminine to masculine.

Noun

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egle oblique singularm (oblique plural egles, nominative singular egles, nominative plural egle)

  1. Alternative form of aigle
  2. (Insular French) eagle (bird)

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *eklen.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈeɡleː/, [ˈeɡle]
  • Rhymes: -eɡleː
  • Hyphenation: eg‧le

Adverb

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egle

  1. yesterday