suile

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See also: súile

Latin

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Etymology

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From sus +‎ -īle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suīle n (genitive suīlis); third declension

  1. a pigsty

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative suīle suīlia
Genitive suīlis suīlium
Dative suīlī suīlibus
Accusative suīle suīlia
Ablative suīlī suīlibus
Vocative suīle suīlia

Descendants

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  • Sardinian:
    • Logudorese: suile
      • ? Sassarese: (dialectal) suili (if not borrowed directly from Latin)
    • Nuorese: subile

See also

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Further reading

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  • suile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Sardinian

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Etymology

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Derived from Classical Latin suīle (pigsty), derived from sūs (pig) +‎ -īle (suffix denoting enclosures for animals). Compare Nuorese subile.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suile m (plural suiles) (Logudorese)

  1. pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)
    Synonyms: àrula, chèrria, masonzile, porchile

Descendants

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  • >? Sassarese: (dialectal) suili

References

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “suíle”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg