ull

See also: úll

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

ull m (plural ulls)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Derived terms

Further reading


Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wool).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊtl/

Noun

ull f (genitive singular ullar, plural ullir)

  1. wool

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

  • angoraull
  • seyðaull
  • (seyða) ull er Føroya gull - the wool (of the sheep) is the gold of the Faroes

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wool).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʏtl/
  • Rhymes: -ʏtl

Noun

ull f (genitive singular ullar, no plural)

  1. wool
Declension
Derived terms

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)

  1. (informal) The act of sticking one's tongue out.
Declension

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Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *hullu.

Adjective

ull

  1. wild
  2. mad

Etymology 2

Related to Finnish ulos.

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) uļļi

Adverb

ull

  1. outside

Etymology 3

Related to Finnish ulvoa.

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) u'llõ

Verb

ull

  1. howl

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ull

Noun

ull m or f (definite singular ulla or ullen)

  1. wool

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ull

Noun

ull f (definite singular ulla)

  1. wool

Derived terms

References


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).

Noun

ull f (genitive ullar)

  1. wool

Declension

Descendants

  • Danish: uld c
  • Faroese: ull f
  • Icelandic: ull f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ull m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ull f
  • Swedish: ull c

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/
  • (file)

Noun

ull c

  1. wool; hair of sheep

Declension

Declension of ull 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ull ullen
Genitive ulls ullens

Derived terms

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