Noun: vīle
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | vīle |
| Accusative | vīli |
| Genitive | vīles |
| Dative | vīlei |
| Instrumental | vīli |
| Locative | vīlē |
| Vocative | vīle |
Plural
| Nominative | vīles |
| Accusative | vīles |
| Genitive | vīļu |
| Dative | vīlēm |
| Instrumental | vīlēm |
| Locative | vīlēs |
| Vocative | vīles |
Sample Sentences
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plakana, apaļa vīle (flat, round file)
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rombveida vīle (diamond file)
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rupja vīle, rupjvīle (coarse file)
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smalka vīle, smalkvīle (smooth, fine file)
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skrāpju vīle, skrāpjvīle, skrāpvīle (rasp, grater file)
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nagu vīle (nail file)
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vīles spals (file handle)
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iecirst vīlei jaunus zobus (to cut new teeth on a file)
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vīle jātur ar abām rokām (a file must be held with both hands)
Nouns inflected like vīle
mēslvabole,
vēzele,
metropole,
viesmīle,
pasaule,
smalkvīle,
normāle,
centrāle,
dzeloņu stieple,
datorspēle,
dvēsele,
klausule,
strēmele,
akmeņogle,
skaistule,
ābele,
ēvele,
rupjvīle,
šķēle,
dzeloņstieple, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German vīle, or Middle Dutch vīle (“file”) (compare German Feile, English file). First mentioned in 17th-century sources. See: German Nouns '
Feile', English Nouns '
file'.
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