ull

See also: úll, -ull, and 'ull

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (eye; to see). Compare Occitan uèlh, French œil, Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Italian occhio. Doublet of òcul, a borrowing from Latin.

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
    (seyða) ull er Føroya gull
    the wool (of the sheep) is the gold of the Faroes

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

See also

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

See also

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *hullu.

Adjective

ull

  1. wild
  2. mad

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *ulko-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ulka-.

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) uļļi

Adverb

ull

  1. outside

Etymology 3

From Proto-Finnic *ulvodak. Cognate with Finnish ulvoa.

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) u'llõ

Verb

ull

  1. howl

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Noun

ull f or m (definite singular ulla or ullen, uncountable)

  1. wool

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Sau med ull

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ f. Cognates include Danish uld, English wool, German Wolle, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Irish olann, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Polish wełna, Russian волна (volna), Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā).

Noun

ull f (definite singular ulla, uncountable)

  1. wool

Derived terms

  • alpakkaull
  • angoraull
  • av same ulla
  • bomull
  • halvull
  • heilull
  • kamelull
  • kamull
  • kapokull
  • kasjmirull
  • lammeull
  • merinoull
  • mineralull
  • mykje skrik og lite ull
  • myrull
  • rayonull
  • saueull
  • steinull
  • stålull
  • treull
  • ull-longs
  • ull-lus
  • ullan
  • ullape
  • ullbukse
  • ulldott
  • ullfeitt
  • ullgarn
  • ullgenser
  • ullgrå
  • ullhespe
  • ullhespel
  • ullhose
  • ullhund
  • ullhår
  • ulljakke
  • ulljumper
  • ullkarde
  • ullkjole
  • ullklede
  • ullklut
  • ullkorg
  • ullkrepp
  • ullkvit
  • ullmus
  • ullplagg
  • ullrotte
  • ullrøyve
  • ullsekk
  • ullsjal
  • ullskaut
  • ullskjorte
  • ullsky
  • ullsokk
  • ullspinneri
  • ullstakk
  • ullstoff
  • ullstrikk
  • ullstrømpe
  • ullteppe
  • ulltrøye
  • ulltråd
  • ulltøy
  • ullundertøy
  • ullurt
  • ullvante
  • ullvare
  • ullvoks
  • ullvoren
  • ullvott
  • vinterull
  • vårull

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

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

Further reading

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