nolla

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish noll (zero), German null (zero), Russian ноль (nolʹ, zero), all ultimately derived from Latin nullus (none).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnolːɑ/, [ˈno̞lːɑ]
  • Hyphenation: nol‧la

Numeral

nolla

  1. zero

Declension

Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative nolla nollat
genitive nollan nollien
partitive nollaa nollia
illative nollaan nolliin
singular plural
nominative nolla nollat
accusative nom. nolla nollat
gen. nollan
genitive nollan nollien
nollainrare
partitive nollaa nollia
inessive nollassa nollissa
elative nollasta nollista
illative nollaan nolliin
adessive nollalla nollilla
ablative nollalta nollilta
allative nollalle nollille
essive nollana nollina
translative nollaksi nolliksi
instructive nollin
abessive nollatta nollitta
comitative nolline

Derived terms

Noun

nolla

  1. digit zero
  2. good-for-nothing (person of little worth or usefulness)
  3. (electricity) neutral (electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground)

Declension

Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative nolla nollat
genitive nollan nollien
partitive nollaa nollia
illative nollaan nolliin
singular plural
nominative nolla nollat
accusative nom. nolla nollat
gen. nollan
genitive nollan nollien
nollainrare
partitive nollaa nollia
inessive nollassa nollissa
elative nollasta nollista
illative nollaan nolliin
adessive nollalla nollilla
ablative nollalta nollilta
allative nollalle nollille
essive nollana nollina
translative nollaksi nolliksi
instructive nollin
abessive nollatta nollitta
comitative nollineen

Derived terms


Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnolːla/

Numeral

nolˈla

  1. zero

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading


Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nullus.

Numeral

nolla

  1. (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) zero

Swedish

Etymology

From the digit noll (zero)

Noun

nolla c

  1. a zero; the symbol, or digit, "0".
  2. a zero (of a scale)
  3. a loser, nobody
  4. a person who recently started university or gymnasium, and has not yet been "introduced" to the school by the older students; person taking part, as a new student, in an orientation week

Declension

Declension of nolla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nolla nollan nollor nollorna
Genitive nollas nollans nollors nollornas

Verb

nolla (present nollar, preterite nollade, supine nollat, imperative nolla)

  1. to reset, to calibrate to zero
  2. to haze (initiate a new student, called nolla, noun)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (reset): nollställa
  • (haze): inkila
  • (haze): insparka
  • (haze): inviga

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.