cild

== Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Arabic جِلْد (jild). === Pronunciation === === Noun === cild (definite accusative cildi, plural cildlər) binding (spine of a book) book volume, book copy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== çoxcildli (“multivolume”) === Further reading === “cild” in Obastan.com. == Middle English == === Noun === cild (Early Middle English) alternative form of child == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃild/, [t͡ʃiɫd] Rhymes: -ild === Noun === ċild n child late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop" late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy c. 992, Ælfric, “The Deposition of St. Cuthbert, Bishop” baby c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 2:12 ==== Usage notes ==== Ċild and bearn both translate "child," but they bear somewhat different shades of meaning. Bearn refers to a child of someone, and is most often found in possessive phrases such as "his child" and "her child"—like Modern English "son" and "daughter," but gender-neutral. Ċild only occasionally appears in those contexts but is the default word in all others—a gender-neutral term for "boy" or "girl." This difference can be seen in derived compounds such as ċildhād (“childhood”) and bearnlīest (“childlessness”). Another Old English word for a child is reconstructed as *gyrele. ==== Declension ==== Strong z-stem: Also often appears as an a-stem: Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== bearn lȳtling ==== Hyponyms ==== cniht (“boy”) mæġden (“girl”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: child English: child Scots: child