shul

English

Etymology

From Yiddish שול‎ (shul, “school, synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of school.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃuːl/, /ʃʊl/

Noun

shul (plural shuls)

  1. The synagogue.
    • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 146:
      That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *kśul(V)n-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “timber, beam”)[1]. Other possible cognates are Thracian sula (“grove”), Ancient Greek (Attic) ὕλη (húlē, “forest, grove”), or Germanic *sūlō, *sūliz pillar (cf. Old Norse súl, Old Saxon sūl).

Noun

shul m (indefinite plural shule, definite singular shuli, definite plural shulet)

  1. wooden pole
  2. gate bar, door bolt
  3. gun bolt
  4. roller bar (of loom)
  5. (nautical) boatmast
  6. (architecture) tie beam
Declension
declension of shul
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 shul shule shuli shulet
accusative
(kallëzore)		 shul shule shulin shulet
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 shuli shuleve shulit shuleve
dative
(dhanore)		 shuli shuleve shulit shuleve
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 shuli shulesh shulit shuleve

Etymology 2

From sh- +‎ ul.

Adverb

shul

  1. one-sided, crooked

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.361

Spanish

Etymology

From Yiddish שול‎ (shul).

Noun

shul m (plural shules)

  1. (Judaism) shul, synagogue
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