igle

From Old Norse ígull (“sea urchin”), from Proto-Germanic *igilaz (“hedgehog”), cognate with Swedish igle (“leech”), German Igel (“hedgehog”), Dutch egel (“hedgehog”). The sense is influenced by Middle Low German egel, ile (“leech”), which derives a related noun, *egalaz, which is also the source of German Egel, Blutegel (“leech”), Dutch echel (“leech”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈiːlə]
• Homophone: ile

igle c (singular definite iglen, plural indefinite igler)

1. (zoology) leech (a blood-sucking animal of the subclass Hirudinea)

• “igle” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡlɛ/
• Rhymes: -iɡlɛ
• Syllabification: i‧gle

igle f

1. dative/locative singular of igła

igle (Cyrillic spelling игле)

1. inflection of igla:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural