seil

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsetilːæ/, [ˈs̠e̞tʲilʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈse.il/, [ˈʃe̞.ilʲ]
• Rhymes: -etilː, -e.il
• Hyphenation: seil
• Homophone: seille

seil

1. adessive plural of setä

From Old Dutch *segil, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

seil n

1. sail

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• sêel
• sēgel

• seilen

• Dutch: zeil
• Limburgish: zèèl

• “seil”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “seil (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

 

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seil

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse segl.

• segl (Etymology 2)

seil n (definite singular seilet, indefinite plural seil, definite plural seila or seilene)

1. a sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat's mast)

seil

1. imperative of seile

• “seil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle English sele (“happiness, good fortune, bliss”), from Old English sæl (“happiness, prosperity”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

• IPA^(key): /sil/

seil (plural seils)

1. Happiness, bliss, prosperity, good fortune

seil (comparative mair seil, superlative maist seil)

1. Blessed, happy, holy, innocent

• IPA^(key): /seˈil/

seil (uncountable seils)

1. silence