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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenUS
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˈkweɪl/
Käännös
Substantiivit
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Verbit
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Määritelmät

Verbit

  1. (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, wither.
  2. To curdle; to coagulate, as milk does.
  3. (transitive, now rare) To frighten, daunt (someone).
  4. (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted, fearful.
  5. (intransitive) To slacken, give way (of courage, faith etc.).

Substantiivit

  1. Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
  2. (obsolete) A prostitute; so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

Esimerkit

  • To tell the truth the prospect rather quailed him – wandering about in the gloomy corridors of a nunnery.
  • Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.
  • Mr. Utterson had already quailed at the name of Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no longer; broken and battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he had himself presented many years before to Henry Jekyll.
  • His heart quailed before the enormous pyramidal shape.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektiquailedPartisiipin perfektiquayd (vanhentunut)
ImperfektiquailedPartisiipin preesensquailing
MonikkoquailMonikkoquails
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensquailsYksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensquaileth (vanhahtava)