cil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cil"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪl]

Verb

cil

1. second-person singular imperative of cílit

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• sil

Etymology

From Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-. Compare Istriot sil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃil/

Noun

cil m

1. sky
2. heaven

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cil, from Latin cilium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sil/

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• Homophones: sil, scille, cils
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

cil m (plural cils)

1. eyelash

Related terms

• sourcil
• déciller, dessiller

References

• Le Grand Dictionnaire Larousse, français-anglais Paris, 1995

Further reading

• “cil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Northern Kurdish

Noun

cil m

1. dress, garment, clothes (apparel)

Derived terms

• cildank
• cil li xwe kirin

Old French

Adjective

cil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cile)

1. alternative form of cel

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	cils	cile	cil
	oblique	cil			cile	cil
plural	subject	cil	ciles		cil
	oblique	cils			ciles	cil

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caelum.

Pronunciation

• (Southeastern Romagnol)

• • (Borderline Romagnol)
    • (San Marino) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiːl]

Noun

cil m (uncountable) (San Marino)

1. sky

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cil.

Noun

cil m (plural cili)

1. cilium

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cil	cilul		cili	cilii
genitive-dative	cil	cilului		cili	cililor
vocative	cilule			cililor

Tatar

Noun

cil

1. wind

Volapük

Etymology

From English child.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃil]

Noun

cil (genitive cila, plural cils)

1. (male or female) child
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 15:

     Ob it egivob ciles et magodis ot.

     I have given those children the same pictures myself.

   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:

     Beatiks püdikodans binons, ibä ponemons cils Goda.

     Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognised as children of God.

Declension

Declension of cil

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cil	cils
Genitive	cila	cilas
Dative	cile	ciles
Accusative	cili	cilis
Predicative1	cilu	cilus
Vocative	o cil	o cils

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hyponyms

• hicil
• jicil

Derived terms

• cilik
• ciliko
• cilo

Related terms

• daleposcil
• hidaleposcil
• hileposcil
• hipludaleposcil
• hiposcil
• jidaleposcil
• jileposcil
• jipludaleposcil
• jiposcil
• leposcil
• pludaleposcil
• poscil

See also

• dalefat
• dalemot
• dalepal
• daleposdaut
• daleposson
• daut
• fat
• hidalepal
• hilepal
• hipal
• hipludalepal
• jidalepal
• jilepal
• jipal
• jipludalepal
• lefat
• lemot
• lepal
• leposdaut
• leposson
• mot
• pal
• pludalefat
• pludalemot
• pludalepal
• pludaleposdaut
• pludaleposson
• posdaut
• posson
• pul
• son

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophone: cul (“narrow”) (South Wales)

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh cylion, from Proto-Brythonic *kil, from Proto-Celtic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-lo-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

Cognate with Cornish kil, Breton kil, Old Irish cúl, and Latin cūlus.

Noun

cil m (plural ciliau or cilion)

1. corner (of eye, mouth, chimney)
   1. recess, nook

      Synonyms: cilfach, encil

   2. (in transferred sense) part of the harp which supports the treble-strings
   3. back of an edged tool
   4. wane (of the moon)

      Synonym: gwendid

Derived terms

• cilan, cilio, encil

Compounds

• cilbost
• cildrem (“leer”)
• cildroi
• cildwrn
• cilddant
• ciledrych
• cilfach
• cilffordd (“by-way”)
• cilgant
• cilwen
• cilwg
• gwegil

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English keel.

Noun

cil m

1. (nautical) keel

   Synonyms: cilbren, cêl, celbren, trumben, gwaelod llong

Derived terms

• cilbren (“keel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cil

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cil	gil	nghil	chil

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cil”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies