Sail
See also: sail, sáil, sàil, and saïl
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German siule, plural and oblique singular of sūl, from Old High German sūl, from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz. Cognate with German Säule, Dutch zuil, English sile, Icelandic súla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zai̯l/, [zɑɪ̯l]
Noun
Sail f (plural Sailen)
- pillar, column
Saterland Frisian
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n Sail.
Etymology
From Old Frisian seil, from Proto-West Germanic *segl. Cognates include West Frisian seil and German Segel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːi̯l/
- Hyphenation: Sail
- Rhymes: -aːi̯l
Noun
Sail n (plural Saile)
- sail
Derived terms
- Sailboot
References
- Piet Kramer (1961), “Sail”, in Seelter Woudebouk (Paat Seeltersk-Düütsk), Leeuwarden
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Sail”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN