klil

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Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English clear (clear (klir) > klil, -r > -l; in Johann Martin Schleyer's Volapük rigik (original Volapük or Old Volapük) most rs were changed to ls (for the ease of Chinese speakers), in Arie de Jong's Volapük perevidöl (revised Volapük) or Volapük nulik [1] (New Volapük)) many of these words (but not all) with ls in them were changed back to rs, e.g., glün > grün, dlim > drim, klig > krig).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

klil (nominative plural klils)

  1. lightness, clearness (referring to color)

Declension[edit]

declension of klil
singular plural
nominative klil klils
genitive klila klilas
dative klile kliles
accusative klili klilis
vocative 1 o klil! o klils!
predicative 2 klilu klilus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

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