Old English · adjective
cylu
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈky.lu/
- Syllables
- ˈky · lu (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- spottedspeckled
Meaning
-
spotted; speckled
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | cylucylo | cylucylo | cylucylo |
| Accusative | cylone | cylwe | cylucylo |
| Genitive | cylwes | cylore | cylwes |
| Dative | cylwum | cylore | cylwum |
| Instrumental | cylwe | cylore | cylwe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | cylwe | cylwacylwe | cylucylo |
| Accusative | cylwe | cylwacylwe | cylucylo |
| Genitive | cylora | cylora | cylora |
| Dative | cylwum | cylwum | cylwum |
| Instrumental | cylwum | cylwum | cylwum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | cylwa | cylwe | cylwe |
| Accusative | cylwan | cylwan | cylwe |
| Genitive | cylwan | cylwan | cylwan |
| Dative | cylwan | cylwan | cylwan |
| Instrumental | cylwan | cylwan | cylwan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | cylwan | cylwan | cylwan |
| Accusative | cylwan | cylwan | cylwan |
| Genitive | cyloracylwena | cyloracylwena | cyloracylwena |
| Dative | cylwum | cylwum | cylwum |
| Instrumental | cylwum | cylwum | cylwum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps related to col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Proto-West Germanic *kalwī (“baldness, unfledgedness, callowness”), due to the fact that the young of many animals are often spotted or speckled.
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