"gil" meaning in Faroese

See gil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃiːl/
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją. Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|gil}} Old Norse gil, {{inh|fo|gem-pro|*gilją}} Proto-Germanic *gilją Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|gils|||||plural|gil|||||cat2=|cat3=|g=n|head=}} gil n (genitive singular gils, plural gil), {{fo-noun|n|gils|gil}} gil n (genitive singular gils, plural gil) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-n22|gil}} Forms: gils [genitive, singular], gil [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gil [indefinite, nominative, singular], gilið [definite, nominative, singular], gil [indefinite, nominative, plural], gilini [definite, nominative, plural], gil [accusative, indefinite, singular], gilið [accusative, definite, singular], gil [accusative, indefinite, plural], gilini [accusative, definite, plural], gili [dative, indefinite, singular], gilinum [dative, definite, singular], giljum [dative, indefinite, plural], gilum [dative, indefinite, plural], giljunum [dative, definite, plural], gilunum [dative, definite, plural], gils [genitive, indefinite, singular], gilsins [definite, genitive, singular], gilja [genitive, indefinite, plural], giljanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. gully Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gil-fo-noun-gaIS4XXY Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 92 8
  2. (dialectal) brook Tags: dialectal, neuter
    Sense id: en-gil-fo-noun-t5YkKEZF
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      "form": "gilið",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "6": "",
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  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "gully"
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          "gully",
          "gully#English"
        ]
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        "(dialectal) brook"
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃiːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    },
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      "form": "gilið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gil",
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      "form": "gilið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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      ]
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    },
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      "form": "gili",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ],
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃiːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for gil meaning in Faroese (3.4kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
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  "title": "gil",
  "trace": ""
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