"bil" meaning in Faroese

See bil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /piːl/
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”). Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|bil}} Old Norse bil, {{der|fo|gem-pro|*bilą}} Proto-Germanic *bilą Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|bils|||||plural|bil|||||cat2=|cat3=|g=n|head=}} bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil), {{fo-noun|n|bils|bil}} bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-n3|bil}} Forms: bils [genitive, singular], bil [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bil [indefinite, nominative, singular], bilið [definite, nominative, singular], bil [indefinite, nominative, plural], bilini [definite, nominative, plural], bil [accusative, indefinite, singular], bilið [accusative, definite, singular], bil [accusative, indefinite, plural], bilini [accusative, definite, plural], bili [dative, indefinite, singular], bilinum [dative, definite, singular], bilum [dative, indefinite, plural], bilunum [dative, definite, plural], bils [genitive, indefinite, singular], bilsins [definite, genitive, singular], bila [genitive, indefinite, plural], bilanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. A space Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-bil-fo-noun-ywjpn-9e
  2. A while, time, period Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-bil-fo-noun-knkkzI9P

Noun

IPA: /piːl/
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”). Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|bil}} Old Norse bil, {{der|fo|gem-pro|*bilą}} Proto-Germanic *bilą Head templates: {{head|fo|noun form}} bil
  1. accusative singular of bilur Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: bilur
    Sense id: en-bil-fo-noun-v41m2y~1 Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 51
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    [
      "bil",
      "bil#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*bilą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilą"
    ],
    [
      "*biliþi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biliþi"
    ],
    [
      "*bilōn-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilōn-"
    ],
    [
      "*bibāną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bibāną"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "3": "bil"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-n3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bili",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bils",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bila",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fo",
        "10": "bil",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bils",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "g": "n",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "bils",
        "3": "bil"
      },
      "expansion": "bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil)",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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        "1": "bil"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-n3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A space"
      ],
      "id": "en-bil-fo-noun-ywjpn-9e",
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A while, time, period"
      ],
      "id": "en-bil-fo-noun-knkkzI9P",
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "byl"
    }
  ],
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}

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    [
      "bil",
      "bil#Old_Norse"
    ],
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      "*bilą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilą"
    ],
    [
      "*biliþi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biliþi"
    ],
    [
      "*bilōn-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilōn-"
    ],
    [
      "*bibāną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bibāną"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bil"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bilą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "bil",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bilur"
        }
      ],
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        "accusative singular of bilur"
      ],
      "id": "en-bil-fo-noun-v41m2y~1",
      "links": [
        [
          "bilur",
          "bilur#Faroese"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/piːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "byl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bil"
}
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    "Faroese neuter nouns",
    "Faroese non-lemma forms",
    "Faroese noun forms",
    "Faroese nouns",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 29 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Faroese/iːl"
  ],
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    [
      "bil",
      "bil#Old_Norse"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilą"
    ],
    [
      "*biliþi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biliþi"
    ],
    [
      "*bilōn-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilōn-"
    ],
    [
      "*bibāną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bibāną"
    ]
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).",
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      "form": "bils",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-n3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilunum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bila",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bils",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
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    }
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        "1": "bil"
      },
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  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A space"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A while, time, period"
      ],
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        ],
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          "time"
        ],
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          "period"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/piːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "byl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bil"
}

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    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilą"
    ],
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      "*biliþi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biliþi"
    ],
    [
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilōn-"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bibāną"
    ]
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).",
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        "accusative singular of bilur"
      ],
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        [
          "bilur",
          "bilur#Faroese"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "byl"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "path": [
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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'n3'",
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