-ile

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ile"

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis.

Suffix

-ile

(no longer productive) Tending to, or capable of.
(statistics) Any of the values in a sorted data set that splits it into a specified number of equally sized groups.
‎quint- + ‎-ile → ‎quintile
1. Any of the groups formed from the division.
  ‎quint- + ‎-ile → ‎quintile

Derived terms

Anagrams

EIL, lie, Eli, Lie, Lei, LIE, ELI, -lie, lei, Lei.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.le/
Rhymes: -ile
Hyphenation: -ì‧le

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -īle (forming names of enclosures for animals; more generally, forming names of places where certain goods are stored).

Suffix

-ile m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ili)

used to form nouns indicating locations that host animals or objects
‎campana (“bell”) + ‎-ile → ‎campanile (“bell tower”)

‎porco (“pig”) + ‎-ile → ‎porcile (“pigsty”)

‎fieno (“hay”) + ‎-ile → ‎fienile (“hayloft”)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin -īlem.

Suffix

-ile m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ili)

(no longer productive) -ile (tending to or capable of)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ile (adjectival)

giovanile

Anagrams

Lei, eli, lei

Latin

Etymology 1

Neuter of -īlis, originally specifying the purpose of a stabulum (“stall”).

Suffix

-īle n (genitive -īlis); third declension

Forming names of enclosures for animals; more generally, forming names of places where certain goods are stored.
‎sūs (“pig”) + ‎-ile → ‎suīle (“pigsty”)

‎fēnum (“hay”) + ‎-ile → ‎fēnīle (“hayloft”)

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ile

Descendants

Italian: -ile

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-īle

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -īlis

Shambala

Etymology

Cognate with Yao (Africa) -ile (“perfect suffix”), Zigula -ire (“negative past suffix”) and Herero -èrè (“recent definite and indefinite past suffix”).

Suffix

-ile

Suffix for creating the perfect forms of verbs

References

August Seidel (1895), Handbuch der Shambala-sprache in Usambara, Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mit Texten, einem Shambala-Deutschen und einem Deutsch-Shambala-Wörterbuch‎^[2], Dresden-Leipzig, pages 19, 28-29

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-i̧le.

Suffix

-ile

(obsolete) perfect aspect
Synonym: -me- (modern standard)
- 1728, Bwana Mwengo wa Athman, Utenzi wa Hirqal [Epic of Heraclius], transliteration and translation from Knappert (1967)^[1]:
  Athumani ondoshile / mali akiwanikia.
  Othman went / to hand over his property to them.
- 1894, “Utenzi wa kutawafu kwe Muhammadi”, in Carl Gotthilf Büttner, editor, Anthologie aus der Suaheli-litteratur (overall work in German), stanza 122:
  Bilali aondoshile / akaikimu sala.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

This suffix triggers spirantization of the preceding consonant. See the usage note at the noun-forming suffix -i for a table.

References

^ Knappert, Jan (1967), Traditional Swahili Poetry‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 159

Yao (Africa)

Etymology

Cognate with Shambala -ile (“perfect suffix”), Zigula -ire (“negative past suffix”) and Herero -èrè (“recent definite and indefinite past suffix”).

Suffix

-ile

Suffix for creating the perfect forms of verbs

Derived terms

Yao (Africa) terms suffixed with -ile

References

Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎^[3], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 53

[1] Knappert, Jan (1967), Traditional Swahili Poetry‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 159

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