agility

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile +‎ -ity.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/, /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/, [əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

agility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)

1. (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.

2. (countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.

From English agility.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡility/, [ˈɑ̝ɡiˌlit̪y]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡiliti/, [ˈɑ̝ɡiˌlit̪i]
• Rhymes: -ity
• Syllabification^(key): a‧gi‧li‧ty

agility

1. (sports) agility, dog agility

• “agility”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[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

From English agility.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɡiliti]
• Hyphenation: agi‧li‧ty
• Rhymes: -ti

agility (usually uncountable, plural agilityk)

1. (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)

Inflection of agility
	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
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)

Unadapted borrowing from English agility since at least 1990. Ultimately from Latin agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”).^[1]

agility c

1. (sports) agility, dog-like agility