# gil
## Translingual
### Symbol

gil
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gilbertese.

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Persian گل (“clay”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gil (definite accusative gili, plural gillər)
* clay

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gil” in Obastan.com.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɪl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gil
* Rhymes: -ɪl

### Etymology 1

From gillen.

#### Noun

gil m (plural gillen, diminutive gilletje n)
* scream

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

gil
* inflection of gillen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* lig

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃiːl/
* Rhymes: -iːl

### Noun

gil n (genitive singular gils, plural gil)
* gully
* (dialectal) brook

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cɪːl/
* Rhymes: -ɪːl

### Noun

gil n (genitive singular gils, nominative plural gil)
* gully, ravine

#### Declension
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟɪlʲ/

### Noun

gil
* vocative/genitive singular of geal

### Adjective

gil
* inflection of geal:
** vocative/genitive singular masculine
** (archaic) dative singular feminine

### Mutation

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

gil n (definite singular gilet, indefinite plural gil, definite plural gili)
* (pre-1917) alternative form of gjel

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʲilʲ/

### Adjective

gil
* inflection of gel:
** vocative/genitive singular masculine
** dative/accusative singular feminine
** genitive singular neuter
** nominative plural masculine

### Mutation

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

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gilją.

### Noun

gil n (genitive gils, plural gil)
* ravine, gully

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: gil
* Faroese: gil
* Norwegian Bokmål: gjel
* Norwegian Nynorsk: gjel
* Middle English: gille
** English: gil

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gil”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Etymology

From northern Proto-Slavic *gylь. Cognate with Czech hýl and Belarusian гіль (hilʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡil/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: gil

### Noun

gil m animal
* bullfinch (any bird of the genus Pyrrhula)

#### Declension
### Noun

gil m inan or gil m animal
* (colloquial) snot (nasal mucus)
    Synonyms: babol, glut, koza, smark, śpik

#### Declension
### Further reading

* gil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of gilí.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxil/ [ˈxil]
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: gil

### Adjective

gil (feminine gila, masculine plural giles, feminine plural gilas) or gil m or f (masculine and feminine plural giles)
* (Rioplatense, Chile, Bolivia) naive, innocent, dumb, dummy

### Noun

gil m (plural giles, feminine gila, feminine plural gilas)
* (Chile, Bolivia) person
* (Peru) romantic partner

### Further reading

* “gil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گل (gel).

### Noun

gil (plural gillar)
* clay

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡil/

### Noun

gil (nominative plural gils)
* (obsolete) eagle

#### Usage notes

This older term has been replaced by the word kvil "eagle".

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* gilalog ( > kvilalog)
* gilasmabed ( > kvilanäst)
* gilil ( > kvilül)

## Welsh
### Noun

gil m
* Soft mutation of cil.

### Mutation

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

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡil˧/

### Noun

gil
* belly

#### Synonyms

* oi

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40