egle

See also: Egle, eglė, Eglė, and eglē

Latgalian

Noun

egle f

  1. spruce

Latvian

Pronunciation

(file)

Noun

egle f (5th declension)

  1. spruce
  2. fir

Declension

Derived terms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agluz (“cumbersome, tedious, tiresome”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰlo-, *h₂egʰ- (“repulsive, offensive, hateful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈejle/

Adjective

eġle

  1. Hideous; loathsome; hateful; horrid; troublesome; grievous; painful.

Declension

Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative eġla eġle eġle eġlan nom. eġle eġle eġlu eġle eġlu, -e eġla, -e
accusative eġlan eġle eġlan acc. eġlne eġle eġle eġle eġlu, -e eġla, -e
genitive eġlan eġlra, eġlena gen. eġles eġles eġlre eġlra
dative eġlan eġlum dat. eġlum eġlum eġlre eġlum
instrumental eġle

Descendants

  • Middle English: eile, eyle

Old French

Etymology

Latin aquila, with a change of gender from feminine to masculine

Noun

egle m (oblique plural egles, nominative singular egles, nominative plural egle)

  1. eagle (bird)

Descendants

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