ꠉꠣꠁꠟ

Sylheti

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गालि (gāli). Doublet of ꠉꠣꠟꠤ (gali).

Noun

ꠉꠣꠁꠟ • (gail)

1. abuse, swearword, obscenity

   ꠄꠇ ꠖꠦꠡꠞ ꠉꠣꠁꠟ ꠀꠞꠇ ꠖꠦꠡꠞ ꠝꠣꠔ ― ex deśor gail arox deśor mat ― One land's obscenity is another land's language.

Declension

Inflection of ꠉꠣꠁꠟ (gail)
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠉꠣꠁꠟ (gail)
objective	ꠉꠣꠁꠟ / ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠞꠦ (gail (semantically general or indefinite) / gailre (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠞ (gailor)
locative	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠧ (gailo)
ergative	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠦ (gaile)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥ (gailogu)	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ (gailoguin)
objective	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥ / ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠞꠦ (gailogu / gailogure)	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (gailoguin / gailoguinre)
genitive	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠞ (gailogur)	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (gailoguinor)
locative	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠔ (gailogut)	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (gailoguino)
ergative	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠄ (gailogue)	ꠉꠣꠁꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (gailoguine)

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “gail”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 144.