agility
English
editEtymology
editFrom late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/, /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/, [əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Noun
editagility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
- Synonym: nimbleness
- His superior agility countered his lack of strength.
- (countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editquality of being agile
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Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɑɡility/, [ˈɑ̝ɡiˌlit̪y]
- IPA(key): /ˈɑɡiliti/, [ˈɑ̝ɡiˌlit̪i]
- Rhymes: -ity
- Syllabification(key): a‧gi‧li‧ty
Noun
editagility
Declension
editInflection of agility (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | agility | agilityt | |
genitive | agilityn | agilityjen | |
partitive | agilityä | agilityjä | |
illative | agilityyn | agilityihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | agility | agilityt | |
accusative | nom. | agility | agilityt |
gen. | agilityn | ||
genitive | agilityn | agilityjen | |
partitive | agilityä | agilityjä | |
inessive | agilityssä | agilityissä | |
elative | agilitystä | agilityistä | |
illative | agilityyn | agilityihin | |
adessive | agilityllä | agilityillä | |
ablative | agilityltä | agilityiltä | |
allative | agilitylle | agilityille | |
essive | agilitynä | agilityinä | |
translative | agilityksi | agilityiksi | |
abessive | agilityttä | agilityittä | |
instructive | — | agilityin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “agility”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editagility (usually uncountable, plural agilityk)
- (sports) agility, dog agility (a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy)
Declension
editInflection of agility | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | agility | agilityk |
accusative | agilityt | agilityket |
dative | agilitynek | agilityknek |
instrumental | agilityvel | agilitykkel |
causal-final | agilityért | agilitykért |
translative | agilityvé | agilitykké |
terminative | agilityig | agilitykig |
essive-formal | agilityként | agilitykként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | agilityben | agilitykben |
superessive | agilityn | agilityken |
adessive | agilitynél | agilityknél |
illative | agilitybe | agilitykbe |
sublative | agilityre | agilitykre |
allative | agilityhez | agilitykhez |
elative | agilityből | agilitykből |
delative | agilityről | agilitykről |
ablative | agilitytől | agilityktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
agilityé | agilityké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
agilityéi | agilitykéi |
Possessive forms of agility | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | agilitym | agilityjeim (or agilityim) |
2nd person sing. | agilityd | agilityjeid (or agilityid) |
3rd person sing. | agilityje | agilityjei (or agilityi) |
1st person plural | agilitynk | agilityjeink (or agilityink) |
2nd person plural | agilitytek | agilityjeitek (or agilityitek) |
3rd person plural | agilityjük | agilityjeik (or agilityik) |
Swedish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English agility since at least 1990. Ultimately from Latin agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”).[1]
Noun
editagility c
Declension
editDeclension of agility | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | agility | agilityn | — | — |
Genitive | agilitys | agilityns | — | — |
References
edit- ^ "agility" in Nationalencyklopedins Svensk Ordbok Online.
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