See syl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "syle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: syle",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: syle"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sile"
},
"expansion": "English: sile",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: sile"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "sile",
"3": "syle",
"4": "cyle"
},
"expansion": "Scots: sile, syle, cyle",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: sile, syle, cyle"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*sūli"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sūli",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sūliz",
"t": "pillar"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃",
"t": "pillar"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Säule"
},
"expansion": "German Säule",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”). Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”), German Säule.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sȳl",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-i-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳlum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "sȳl",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "sȳl f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"head": "sȳl"
},
"expansion": "sȳl f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sȳl"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-i-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sȳl",
"2": "sȳle,sȳla",
"3": "sȳl,sȳle",
"4": "sȳle,sȳla",
"5": "sȳle",
"6": "sȳla",
"7": "sȳle",
"8": "sȳlum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong i-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 6 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nSē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm garseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm garseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pillar, column; support"
],
"id": "en-syl-ang-noun-qK~yIZGH",
"links": [
[
"pillar",
"pillar"
],
[
"column",
"column"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "syll"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "stapol"
},
{
"word": "staþol"
},
{
"word": "sweor"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/syːl/"
}
],
"word": "syl"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "syle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: syle",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: syle"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sile"
},
"expansion": "English: sile",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: sile"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "sile",
"3": "syle",
"4": "cyle"
},
"expansion": "Scots: sile, syle, cyle",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: sile, syle, cyle"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*sūli"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sūli",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sūliz",
"t": "pillar"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃",
"t": "pillar"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Säule"
},
"expansion": "German Säule",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”). Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”), German Säule.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sȳl",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-i-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sȳlum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "sȳl",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "sȳl f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"head": "sȳl"
},
"expansion": "sȳl f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sȳl"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-i-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sȳl",
"2": "sȳle,sȳla",
"3": "sȳl,sȳle",
"4": "sȳle,sȳla",
"5": "sȳle",
"6": "sȳla",
"7": "sȳle",
"8": "sȳlum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong i-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "syll"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English feminine nouns",
"Old English i-stem nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nSē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm garseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm garseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pillar, column; support"
],
"links": [
[
"pillar",
"pillar"
],
[
"column",
"column"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "stapol"
},
{
"word": "staþol"
},
{
"word": "sweor"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/syːl/"
}
],
"word": "syl"
}
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