syl

• IPA^(key): /sʰəl/

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjaːl ~ sjiːr (“iron”).

syl (Bengali script সেঃল)

1. iron

syl- (Bengali script সেঃল, type 1)

1. beautiful; pretty

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /syːl/, [syːˀl]

syl c (singular definite sylen, plural indefinite syle)

1. awl

 

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Related to the verb sy.

syl m (definite singular sylen, indefinite plural syler, definite plural sylene)

1. an awl

• syltynn

• “syl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Related to the verb sy. Compare Czech šídlo (“awl”) and Latin sūbula (“awl”).

• IPA^(key): [syʷːl]
• (West Telemark and North Gudbrand Valley) IPA^(key): [syᵝːl]

syl m (definite singular sylen, indefinite plural sylar, definite plural sylane)

1. an awl

• syltynn

• “syl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”). Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”), German Säule.

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

sȳl f

1. pillar, column; support

   Synonyms: stapol, staþol, sweor

• Middle English: syle
  • English: sile
  • Scots: sile, syle, cyle

• syll

• IPA^(key): /syːl/

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syl c

1. an awl

• få en syl i vädret

• syl in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• syl in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• syl in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• lys, sly, yls