igle

See also: igłę

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ígull (“sea urchin”), from Proto-Germanic *igilaz (“hedgehog”), cognate with Swedish igle (“leech”), German Igel (“hedgehog”), Dutch egel (“hedgehog”). The sense is influenced by Middle Low German egel, ile (“leech”), which derives a related noun, *egalaz, which is also the source of German Egel, Blutegel (“leech”), Dutch echel (“leech”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈiːlə]
  • Homophone: ile

Noun

igle c (singular definite iglen, plural indefinite igler)

  1. (zoology) leech (an blood-sucking animal of the class Hirudinea)

Declension
Declension of igle
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative igle iglen igler iglerne
genitive igles iglens iglers iglernes

References

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡ.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -iɡlɛ
  • Syllabification: ig‧le

Noun

igle f

  1. dative/locative singular of igła

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

igle (Cyrillic spelling игле)

  1. inflection of igla:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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