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.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ull” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ull” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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)
Declension
Declension of ull | ||||
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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
Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʏtl/
- Rhymes: -ʏtl
Declension
Derived terms
- glerull
- stálull
- steinull
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)
- (informal) The act of sticking one's tongue out.
Declension
See also
Livonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *hullu.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *ulko-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ulka-.
Alternative forms
- (Courland) uļļi
Etymology 3
From Proto-Finnic *ulvodak. Cognate with Finnish ulvoa.
Alternative forms
- (Courland) u'llõ
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.
Derived terms
- stålull m or f
References
- “ull” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk

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).
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
- “ull” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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).
Declension
Descendants
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/
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Declension
Declension of ull | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | ull | ullen | — | — |
Genitive | ulls | ullens | — | — |
Derived terms
Further reading
- ull in Svensk ordbok.