foldil

Volapük

Etymology

From fol (“four”) +‎ dil (“part”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /folˈdil/

Noun

foldil (nominative plural foldils)

1. quarter (one of four equal parts)
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Tü d. 16id gustula lätik foldil tumyela epasetikon, das pädan romakatulik: ‚Johann Martin Schleyer’: datikan Volapüka edeadom.

     On the 16th of August of this year, a quarter of a century has passed since the Roman-Catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer, the inventor of Volapük, has died.

2. quarter (of an hour)
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Vipob binön tö stajon tü foldil düpa bü deveg trena.

     I wish to be at the station a quarter of an hour before the train starts.

Declension

declension of foldil

	singular	plural
nominative	foldil	foldils
genitive	foldila	foldilas
dative	foldile	foldiles
accusative	foldili	foldilis
vocative 1	o foldil!	o foldils!
predicative 2	foldilu	foldilus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only