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語源 1

Inherited from 中期英語 eilen, from 古期英語 eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).

動詞

ail (third-person singular simple present ails, present participle ailing, simple past and past participle ailed)

1. (transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

   Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:17:

     What aileth thee, Hagar?

   • 2011, “Connubial bliss in America”, in The Economist:

     Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?

2. (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
   • 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded:

     When he ails ever so little […] he is so peevish.

引用

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派生語

名詞

ail (plural ails)

1. (obsolete) An ailment; trouble; illness.

語源 2

Inherited from 中期英語 eyle, eile, from 古期英語 eġle (“hideous, loathsome, hateful, horrid, troublesome, grievous, painful”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃 (aglus, “hard, difficult”).

形容詞

ail (comparative ailer or more ail, superlative ailest or most ail)

1. (obsolete) Painful; troublesome.

語源 3

Inherited from 中期英語 eile, eyle, eiȝle, from 古期英語 eġl (“an ail; awn; beard of barley; mote”), from Proto-Germanic *agilō (“awn”), related to *ahaz (“ear (of grain)”). Cognate with German Achel, Egel, Ägel.

別の表記

• ile

名詞

ail (plural ails)

1. (West Country) The awn of barley or other types of corn.

参照

アナグラム

• -ial, Ali, IAL, LIA, Lai, ali-, lai

名詞

ail

1. alternative form of ale (“beer”)

語源 2

名詞

ail

1. alternative form of hayle (“hail”)