nolla

Finnish
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    Cardinal: nolla
    Colloquial counting form: nol
    Ordinal: nollas
    Ordinal abbreviation: 0., 0:s
    Digit name: nolla
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Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish nolla (“(the digit) zero”), from Italian nulla (“nothing”), from Latin nūlla, feminine of Latin nūllus (“none”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnolːɑ/, [ˈno̞lːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -olːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): 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
abessive nollatta nollitta
instructive — —
comitative — nolline

Noun

nolla

  1. digit zero
  2. a person of little worth or usefulness, cipher, good-for-nothing
  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
abessive nollatta nollitta
instructive — nollin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nollani nollani
accusative nom. nollani nollani
gen. nollani
genitive nollani nollieni
nollainirare
partitive nollaani nolliani
inessive nollassani nollissani
elative nollastani nollistani
illative nollaani nolliini
adessive nollallani nollillani
ablative nollaltani nolliltani
allative nollalleni nollilleni
essive nollanani nollinani
translative nollakseni nollikseni
abessive nollattani nollittani
instructive — —
comitative — nollineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nollasi nollasi
accusative nom. nollasi nollasi
gen. nollasi
genitive nollasi nolliesi
nollaisirare
partitive nollaasi nolliasi
inessive nollassasi nollissasi
elative nollastasi nollistasi
illative nollaasi nolliisi
adessive nollallasi nollillasi
ablative nollaltasi nolliltasi
allative nollallesi nollillesi
essive nollanasi nollinasi
translative nollaksesi nolliksesi
abessive nollattasi nollittasi
instructive — —
comitative — nollinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nollamme nollamme
accusative nom. nollamme nollamme
gen. nollamme
genitive nollamme nolliemme
nollaimmerare
partitive nollaamme nolliamme
inessive nollassamme nollissamme
elative nollastamme nollistamme
illative nollaamme nolliimme
adessive nollallamme nollillamme
ablative nollaltamme nolliltamme
allative nollallemme nollillemme
essive nollanamme nollinamme
translative nollaksemme nolliksemme
abessive nollattamme nollittamme
instructive — —
comitative — nollinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nollanne nollanne
accusative nom. nollanne nollanne
gen. nollanne
genitive nollanne nollienne
nollainnerare
partitive nollaanne nollianne
inessive nollassanne nollissanne
elative nollastanne nollistanne
illative nollaanne nolliinne
adessive nollallanne nollillanne
ablative nollaltanne nolliltanne
allative nollallenne nollillenne
essive nollananne nollinanne
translative nollaksenne nolliksenne
abessive nollattanne nollittanne
instructive — —
comitative — nollinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative nollansa nollansa
accusative nom. nollansa nollansa
gen. nollansa
genitive nollansa nolliensa
nollainsarare
partitive nollaansa nolliaan
nolliansa
inessive nollassaan
nollassansa		 nollissaan
nollissansa
elative nollastaan
nollastansa		 nollistaan
nollistansa
illative nollaansa nolliinsa
adessive nollallaan
nollallansa		 nollillaan
nollillansa
ablative nollaltaan
nollaltansa		 nolliltaan
nolliltansa
allative nollalleen
nollallensa		 nollilleen
nollillensa
essive nollanaan
nollanansa		 nollinaan
nollinansa
translative nollakseen
nollaksensa		 nollikseen
nolliksensa
abessive nollattaan
nollattansa		 nollittaan
nollittansa
instructive — —
comitative — nollineen
nollinensa

Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Northern Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin nullus.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnolːla/

Numeral

nolˈla

  1. zero

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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
    Vilken nolla.
    What a loser.
  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
    En nolla gick vilse och var borta i över två timmar.
    A fresher went wrong and was lost for over two hours.

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
    Nolla mätarna och börja om.
    Reset the meters and start again.
  2. to haze (initiate a new student, called nolla, noun)
    Vi ska nolla de nya studenterna.
    We're going to haze the new students.
  3. (sports) to shut out, to prevent (an opponent) from scoring

Conjugation
Conjugation of nolla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive nolla nollas
Supine nollat nollats
Imperative nolla —
Imper. plural1 nollen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative nollar nollade nollas nollades
Ind. plural1 nolla nollade nollas nollades
Subjunctive2 nolle nollade nolles nollades
Participles
Present participle nollande
Past participle nollad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

See also

References
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