| Översättning | |
|---|---|
| Substantiv | |
| 1. | bıldırcın |
Definitioner
Verb
- (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, wither.
- To curdle; to coagulate, as milk does.
- (transitive, now rare) To frighten, daunt (someone).
- (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted, fearful.
- (intransitive) To slacken, give way (of courage, faith etc.).
Substantiv
- 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.
- (obsolete) A prostitute; so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Exempel
- 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.
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | quailed | Perfektparticip | quayd |
| Imperfekt | quailed | Presensparticip | quailing |
| Plural | quail | Plural | quails |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | quails | Tredje person singular indicativ presens | quaileth |