"-il" meaning in Spanish

See -il in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈil/, [ˈil] Forms: -iles [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -il Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlislbor. Spanish -il Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:lbor|la:-īlis<id:adjective-forming suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlislbor. Spanish -il [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective-forming suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective-forming suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-elis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īlis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-il", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="-il"> Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis., {{ety|es|:lbor|la:-īlis<id:adjective-forming suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlislbor. Spanish -il Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis. Head templates: {{es-adj}} -il m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -iles)
  1. -ile (indicating relation or pertaining to) Tags: feminine, masculine, morpheme Related terms: -al, -ero
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    ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈil/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈil]"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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        "Spanish 1-syllable words",
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        "Spanish lemmas",
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        "Spanish suffixes with multiple genders",
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        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: adjective-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-il"
  ],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-il",
  "trace": ""
}

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