# sil
## English
### Noun

sil (uncountable)
* A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
** 2017, Pier Luigi Tucci, The Temple of Peace in Rome, page 278:Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil.

### Anagrams

* ILS, ILs, ISL, LIS, LSI, SLI, isl., lis

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɪl]

### Noun

sil
* genitive plural of síla

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

sil
* genitive plural of silo

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

sil
* masculine singular past active participle of sít
    Synonym: sel

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

sil
* second-person singular imperative of sílit

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siːl/
* Rhymes: -iːl

### Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)
* (biology) milt, roe (of male fish)

#### Synonyms

* mjálki

### Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)
* (botany) sap

#### Synonyms

* sevja

## French
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -il

### Noun

sil m (plural sils)
* sil

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English seal.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsil/ [ˈsɪl]
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: sil

### Noun

sil (first-person possessive silku, second-person possessive silmu, third-person possessive silnya)
* (automotive) seal (something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint)

## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”). Doublet of siúil.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ʃɪlʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ʃɨ̞lʲ/

### Verb

sil (present analytic sileann, future analytic silfidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)
* (intransitive) to drop (fall in drops or droplets), drip (fall one drop at a time)
* (transitive) to shed (allow to flow or fall), drip (let fall in drops), weep
* (transitive, intransitive) to trickle, distil (trickle down in small drops)
* (transitive) to drain (flow gradually), flow, run
* (intransitive) to hang down, droop
    Synonym: croch síos

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | silim | sileann tú; silir$^†$ | sileann sé, sí | silimid | sileann sibh | sileann siad; silid$^†$ | a shileann; a shileas / a sileann* | siltear |
| indicative | past | shil mé; shileas | shil tú; shilis | shil sé, sí | shileamar; shil muid | shil sibh; shileabhair | shil siad; shileadar | a shil / ar shil* | sileadh |
| indicative | past habitual | shilinn / silinn‡‡ | shilteá / silteá‡‡ | shileadh sé, sí / sileadh sé, sí‡‡ | shilimis; shileadh muid / silimis‡‡; sileadh muid‡‡ | shileadh sibh / sileadh sibh‡‡ | shilidís; shileadh siad / silidís‡‡; sileadh siad‡‡ | a shileadh / a sileadh* | shiltí / siltí‡‡ |
| future | future | silfidh mé; silfead | silfidh tú; silfir$^†$ | silfidh sé, sí | silfimid; silfidh muid | silfidh sibh | silfidh siad; silfid$^†$ | a shilfidh; a shilfeas / a silfidh* | silfear |
| conditional | conditional | shilfinn / silfinn‡‡ | shilfeá / silfeá‡‡ | shilfeadh sé, sí / silfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | shilfimis; shilfeadh muid / silfimis‡‡; silfeadh muid‡‡ | shilfeadh sibh / silfeadh sibh‡‡ | shilfidís; shilfeadh siad / silfidís‡‡; silfeadh siad‡‡ | a shilfeadh / a silfeadh* | shilfí / silfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go sile mé; go silead$^†$ | go sile tú; go silir$^†$ | go sile sé, sí | go silimid; go sile muid | go sile sibh | go sile siad; go silid$^†$ | — | go siltear |
| subjunctive | past | dá silinn | dá silteá | dá sileadh sé, sí | dá silimis; dá sileadh muid | dá sileadh sibh | dá silidís; dá sileadh siad | — | dá siltí |
| imperative | imperative | silim | sil | sileadh sé, sí | silimis | siligí; silidh$^†$ | silidís | — | siltear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | sileadh | sileadh | sileadh | sileadh | sileadh | sileadh | sileadh | sileadh |
| past participle | past participle | silte | silte | silte | silte | silte | silte | silte | silte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, nominative plural sileanna)
* a drip
    Synonym: braon
* a trickle

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
sil
sileanna
vocative
a shil
a shileanna
genitive
sile
sileanna
dative
sil
sileanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an tsil
na sileanna
genitive
na sile
na sileanna
dative
leis an tsil don tsil
leis na sileanna :

#### Derived terms

* sileán
* sileog
* silíg

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Latin caelum. Compare Dalmatian cil.

### Noun

sil m
* sky

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English seal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sel], [sɪl]
* Rhymes: -sel, -el

### Noun

sil (Jawi spelling سيل, plural sil-sil, informal 1st possessive silku, 2nd possessive silmu, 3rd possessive silnya)
* seal (pinniped)
    Synonym: anjing laut

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕil/
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: sil

### Verb

sil
* second-person singular imperative of silić

## Rohingya
### Noun

sil
* eagle

## Romanian
### Noun

sil.
* Abbreviation of silabație: syllabication

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃil/

### Verb

sil (past shil, future silidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)
* rain, drip, shower
* flow, shed, ooze, dribble

### Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, plural silean)
* (dated) rain, trickle, shower

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sill.

### Noun

sil m (Cyrillic spelling сил)
* sill (layer of igneous rock)

## Squamish
### Noun

sil
* cloth

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sil c
* a strainer
* (colloquial) a dose of an injected recreational drug, a shot

#### See also

* såll

### References

* sil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ils

## Tarao
### Alternative forms

* shil

### Noun

sil
* cow (animal)

#### Derived terms

* silcu (shilchuh) "milk"
* silkor "beef"

#### Related terms

* silloy (shiloi)

### References

* Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sil]

### Noun

sil (nominative plural sils)
* sky
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:Logolsöd lü böds sila.Look at the birds in the sky.

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* silik
* silikratabumot

#### Related terms

* sül (“heaven”)

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish síl (“seed; semen; offspring”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siːl/
* Rhymes: -iːl

### Noun

sil m (plural silod, not mutable)
* fry (of fish, especially salmon, trout or minnow)
* spawn (of fish, frogs, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* silio, silyn

## West Frisian
### Alternative forms

* scil (archaic)

### Verb

sil
* shall, will (first person singular of sille)