"ceel" meaning in Somali

See ceel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʕɛ̂ːl/, [ˈʡ͜ʢɛ́ɛ̀l] Forms: cèel [canonical, masculine], ceelal [masculine, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cèel [absolutive, singular], ceel [nominative, singular], céel [genitive, singular], ceelyahow [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Cognate with Maay eel, Garre eel, Jiiddu iil, Arbore eel, Daasanach eel, El Molo eel (“grave”), Oromo eela, Afar qeela, Yaaku e̱e̱l, Tsamai ʕelko. Compare also Proto-South Cushitic *hhaala (“well, waterhole”), whence Iraqw hhalaangw, Alagwa hhaala. Etymology templates: {{cog|ymm|eel}} Maay eel, {{cog|gex|eel}} Garre eel, {{cog|jii|iil}} Jiiddu iil, {{cog|arv|eel}} Arbore eel, {{cog|dsh|eel}} Daasanach eel, {{cog|elo|eel|t=grave}} El Molo eel (“grave”), {{cog|om|eela}} Oromo eela, {{cog|aa|qeela}} Afar qeela, {{cog|muu|e̱e̱l}} Yaaku e̱e̱l, {{cog|tsb|ʕelko}} Tsamai ʕelko, {{cog|cus-sou-pro|*hhaala|t=well, waterhole}} Proto-South Cushitic *hhaala (“well, waterhole”), {{cog|irk|hhalaangw}} Iraqw hhalaangw, {{cog|wbj|hhaala}} Alagwa hhaala Head templates: {{head|so|noun|plural|ceelal|or||f1accel-form=p|f1g=m|f2accel-form=p|g=m|head=cèel|sort=}} cèel m (plural ceelal m), {{so-noun|g=m|gpl=m|head=cèel|pl=ceelal}} cèel m (plural ceelal m) Inflection templates: {{so-decl|singular|cèel|ceel|céel|ceelyahow}}
  1. well (of water) Derived forms: Ceelberde, Ceelbuur, Ceeldheere, Ceelwaaq
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gex",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Garre eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "iil"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu iil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arv",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Arbore eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dsh",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Daasanach eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elo",
        "2": "eel",
        "t": "grave"
      },
      "expansion": "El Molo eel (“grave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "eela"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo eela",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "qeela"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar qeela",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "muu",
        "2": "e̱e̱l"
      },
      "expansion": "Yaaku e̱e̱l",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsb",
        "2": "ʕelko"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsamai ʕelko",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cus-sou-pro",
        "2": "*hhaala",
        "t": "well, waterhole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-South Cushitic *hhaala (“well, waterhole”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "hhalaangw"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw hhalaangw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wbj",
        "2": "hhaala"
      },
      "expansion": "Alagwa hhaala",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Maay eel, Garre eel, Jiiddu iil, Arbore eel, Daasanach eel, El Molo eel (“grave”), Oromo eela, Afar qeela, Yaaku e̱e̱l, Tsamai ʕelko. Compare also Proto-South Cushitic *hhaala (“well, waterhole”), whence Iraqw hhalaangw, Alagwa hhaala.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cèel",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceelal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cèel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceelyahow",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ceelal",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "cèel",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cèel m (plural ceelal m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "cèel",
        "pl": "ceelal"
      },
      "expansion": "cèel m (plural ceelal m)",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ceel"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "singular",
        "2": "cèel",
        "3": "ceel",
        "4": "céel",
        "5": "ceelyahow"
      },
      "name": "so-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tsamai terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yaaku terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Ceelberde"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ceelbuur"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ceeldheere"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ceelwaaq"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well (of water)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceel-so-noun-a7LFqzOW",
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕɛ̂ːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢɛ́ɛ̀l]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceel"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ceelberde"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ceelbuur"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ceeldheere"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ceelwaaq"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gex",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Garre eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "iil"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu iil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arv",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Arbore eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dsh",
        "2": "eel"
      },
      "expansion": "Daasanach eel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elo",
        "2": "eel",
        "t": "grave"
      },
      "expansion": "El Molo eel (“grave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "eela"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo eela",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "qeela"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar qeela",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "muu",
        "2": "e̱e̱l"
      },
      "expansion": "Yaaku e̱e̱l",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsb",
        "2": "ʕelko"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsamai ʕelko",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cus-sou-pro",
        "2": "*hhaala",
        "t": "well, waterhole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-South Cushitic *hhaala (“well, waterhole”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "hhalaangw"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw hhalaangw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wbj",
        "2": "hhaala"
      },
      "expansion": "Alagwa hhaala",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Maay eel, Garre eel, Jiiddu iil, Arbore eel, Daasanach eel, El Molo eel (“grave”), Oromo eela, Afar qeela, Yaaku e̱e̱l, Tsamai ʕelko. Compare also Proto-South Cushitic *hhaala (“well, waterhole”), whence Iraqw hhalaangw, Alagwa hhaala.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cèel",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceelal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cèel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceelyahow",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ceelal",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "cèel",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cèel m (plural ceelal m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "cèel",
        "pl": "ceelal"
      },
      "expansion": "cèel m (plural ceelal m)",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ceel"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "singular",
        "2": "cèel",
        "3": "ceel",
        "4": "céel",
        "5": "ceelyahow"
      },
      "name": "so-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
        "Somali lemmas",
        "Somali masculine nouns",
        "Somali nouns",
        "Tsamai terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Yaaku terms in nonstandard scripts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well (of water)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕɛ̂ːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢɛ́ɛ̀l]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceel"
}

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