oile
Irish
Noun
oile
- genitive singular of oil (“disgrace”)
Verb
oile
- present subjunctive analytic of oil (“nourish, train; suit, fit”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oile | n-oile | hoile | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Middle English
Noun
oile
- Alternative form of oyle
Old French
Alternative forms
- huile, huille, olie, oyle, uelie, ulie
Etymology
From Latin olea, nominative plural of oleum.
Noun
oile f (oblique plural oiles, nominative singular oile, nominative plural oiles)
- oil (lipid in liquid form)
Descendants
- → Middle English: oyle, oil, oylle, olie, oli, eoli, eoyle, olige, oyll, uile, oile, oyl
- English: oil
- Scots: ile, uilie, ulie
- Middle French: huyle
- French: huile