[mɛˈtiɫ]
OriginFrom Proto-Slavic *motyľь (“insect, parasite”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian мѐтӣљ (“fluke”), Slovene metìlj, metùlj (“butterfly”), dialectal Russian меты́ль (metýlʹ, “moth, mayfly”).
- parasite affecting the guts
- specificallytrematode (class of flatworms)
- methyl
Formsмети́л(canonical, masculine) · metíl(romanization) · мети́л(indefinite, singular) · мети́лът(definite, singular, subjective) · мети́ла(definite, objective, singular) · мети́ль(alternative, dialectal) · мити́л(alternative, dialectal) · мити́ль(alternative, dialectal)