ull
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan olh, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of òcul.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ull” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊtl/
Declension
| Declension of ull | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ull | ullin | ullir | ullirnar |
| accusative | ull | ullina | ullir | ullirnar |
| dative | ull | ullini | ullum | ullunum |
| genitive | ullar | ullarinnar | ulla | ullanna |
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʏtl/
- Rhymes: -ʏtl
Declension
Derived terms
- glerull
- stálull
- steinull
Etymology 2
From the verb ulla (“stick one's tongue out”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʏlː/
- Rhymes: -ʏlː
Noun
ull n (genitive singular ulls, nominative plural ull)
- (informal) The act of sticking one's tongue out.
Declension
Livonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *hullu.
Etymology 2
Related to Finnish ulos.
Alternative forms
- (Courland) uļļi
Etymology 3
Related to Finnish ulvoa.
Alternative forms
- (Courland) u'llõ
Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wullō, whence also Old English wull (English wool), Old Frisian wolle, Old High German wolla (German Wolle), Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla).
Declension
Descendants
References
- ull in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɵlː/
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Declension
| Declension of ull | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | ull | ullen | — | — |
| Genitive | ulls | ullens | — | — |