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bili-
bili-
English
Prefix
bili-
- (used especially in the names of bile-pigments) bile
Derived terms
- bilicyanin
- bilification
- bilify
- bilifying
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Related terms
Translations
prefix meaning “bile”
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References
- “Bili-” in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (first edition), volume I (A–B, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1888), § ii (B), page 859/2
Irish
Alternative forms
- bilea- (broad form)
Etymology
Prefix
bili-
Derived terms
- biliveirdin f (“biliverdin”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bili- | bhili- | mbili- |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bili-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bili- (“gentle, kind, fitting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhil- (“decent, good, harmonious, friendly”). Cognate with Old English bile- (“appropriate”), Old High German bili- (“suitable, proper, fit”), Ancient Greek φίλο- (phílo-, “friendly, kind, love of”). More at philosophy.
Prefix
bili-
- Prefix denoting uniformity or appropriateness