eil

See also: Eil, eil-, eil., -eil, Éil, and éilʼ

Breton

Adjective

eil

1. second

   An eil den ― the second man

   An eil gwech ― the second time

Pronoun

eil

1. second

   An eil ― the second

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlʲ/

Noun

eil

1. The name of the Latin script letter l/L.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėl, from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ei̯l/

Adjective

eil

1. (ordinal number) second
   • 14th century, anonymous author, edited by R. L. Thomson, Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet (Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series; vol. I), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1980, page 20, line 550:

     A’r eil ulwydyn y magwyt y mab, a chyn ureisket oed a mab chweblwyd.

     And the boy was nursed the second year, and then he was as large as a child six years old.

     (translation by Charlotte Guest)

Descendants

• Welsh: ail

Pronoun

eil

1. another
   • 14th century, anonymous author, edited by R. L. Thomson, Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet (Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series; vol. I), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1980, page 3, line 63:

     A chyt archo ef yti rodi yr eil, na dyro, yr a ymbilio a thi.

     And if he ask thee to give him another, give it not, how much soever he may entreat thee.

     (translation by Charlotte Guest)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eil

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eil	unchanged	unchanged	heil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German öle, from Old High German ole, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”). Cognate with German Öl.

Noun

eil n

1. oil (liquid fat)

References

• “eil” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Contraction of bheil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el/, [el̥]
• Hyphenation: eil

Verb

eil

1. dependent present of bi

Usage notes

• Eil is used after the particles chan and nach:

  Nach eil thu fuar? ― Aren't you cold?

  Chan eil ìm air an aran. ― There isn't any butter on the bread.

• After the particles a and gu, the form bheil is used.

Further reading

• Mark, Colin (2003), “bi”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75

Tzeltal

Noun

eil

1. mouth

References

• Diccionario multilingüe: SVUNAL BATS'I K'OPETIK. México: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 2005. →ISBN