syl

See also: syl-

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Sylheti.

Symbol

syl

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sylheti.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sylheti terms

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

Etymology

From Norwegian, from Old Norse súl, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“post, beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːl/, [syːˀl]

Noun

syl c (singular definite sylen, plural indefinite syle)

1. awl

Declension

Declension of syl

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	syl	sylen	syle	sylene
genitive	syls	sylens	syles	sylenes

Derived terms

• sylespids
• syleskarp
• sylblad

References

• “syl” in Den Danske Ordbog

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
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Sē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm garseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm garseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.

     The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.

   Synonyms: stapol, staþol, sweor

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	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

Etymology

From Norwegian syl, from Old Norse súl, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“post, beam”).

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 [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “syl”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “syl”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• lys, sly, yls