Inherited fromLatinillum, accusative masculine singular ofille. Was originallyl in earlier Romanian, with an initial protheticî- added for ease of pronunciation.

• IPA^(key): /ɨl/

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• Rhymes:-ɨl

îl m (unstressed accusative form ofel)

1. (direct object)him

   Îl deranjează cândîl întreb cum îi place patul. ―It bothershim when you askhim how he likes the bed.

Before auxiliary verbs beginning with a vowel (all forms ofavea),îl must turn tol-. In colloquial language or poetry, this can happen before any verb beginning with a vowel.

• o(feminine equivalent)
• îi(plural)

• egl(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• îgl(Surmiran)
• ögl(Puter, Vallader)

FromVulgar Latinoclus, fromLatinoculus, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-(“eye; to see”).

îl m (pluralîls)

1. (anatomy, Sutsilvan)eye

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