ijl

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l
  • IPA(key): /ɛil/

Etymology 1

Contracted from late Middle Dutch idel, which survives uncontracted as ijdel. An alternative contracted form led to iel.

Adjective

ijl (comparative ijler, superlative ijlst)

  1. rarefied (of a gas etc.), not dense
  2. (chiefly obsolete) skinny, lacking fat
  3. (obsolete) empty
Inflection
Inflection of ijl
uninflected ijl
inflected ijle
comparative ijler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ijlijlerhet ijlst
het ijlste
indefinite m./f. sing. ijleijlereijlste
n. sing. ijlijlerijlste
plural ijleijlereijlste
definite ijleijlereijlste
partitive ijlsijlers—
Derived terms
  • ijlheid

Verb

ijl

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ijlen (“speak deliriously”)
  2. imperative of ijlen (“speak deliriously”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch *ile, from Old Dutch *īla, from Proto-Germanic *īlō.

Noun

ijl f (uncountable)

  1. rush, haste
Derived terms

Verb

ijl

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ijlen (“rush, haste”)
  2. imperative of ijlen (“rush, haste”)

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