ful
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ful
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Adjective edit
ful (invariable)
- (relational) of Fula
Noun edit
ful m (uncountable)
Related terms edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, cognate with Swedish ful, English foul, German faul, Dutch vuil.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ful (neuter fult, plural and definite singular attributive fule)
Maltese edit
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Noun edit
ful m (collective, singulative fula, paucal fuliet)
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Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
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Adverb edit
ful
- very; much; to a great extent
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
- And I seide, "Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. […]
- And I said, "Sir, in his time master John Wycliffe was held by very many men the greatest clerk that they knew living upon earth. And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living. […]
- full
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
- and failing he was dead in a good old [age], and of great age, and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “ful, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ful
- Alternative form of fulle
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ful (masculine and feminine ful, neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulere, indefinite superlative fulest, definite superlative fuleste)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Adjective edit
ful (neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulare, indefinite superlative fulast, definite superlative fulaste)
References edit
- “ful” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *full.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ful
- Alternative form of full
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *fūl.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fūl
- foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)
Declension edit
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fūl | fūl | fūl |
| Accusative | fūlne | fūle | fūl |
| Genitive | fūles | fūlre | fūles |
| Dative | fūlum | fūlre | fūlum |
| Instrumental | fūle | fūlre | fūle |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | fūle | fūla, fūle | fūl |
| Accusative | fūle | fūla, fūle | fūl |
| Genitive | fūlra | fūlra | fūlra |
| Dative | fūlum | fūlum | fūlum |
| Instrumental | fūlum | fūlum | fūlum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *full.
Adjective edit
ful
Descendants edit
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·ful
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Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ·ful | ·ḟul | ·ful pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Adjective edit
ful
Declension edit
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | ful | fulle | ful | fullu | ful | fulle |
| accusative | fullana | fulle | ful | fullu | fulla | fulle |
| genitive | fulles | fullarō | fulles | fullarō | fullaro | fullarō |
| dative | fullumu | fullum | fullumu | fullum | fullaro | fullum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | fullo | fullu | fulla | fullu | fulla | fullu |
| accusative | fullun | fullun | fulla | fullun | fullun | fullun |
| genitive | fullun | fullonō | fullun | fullonō | fullun | fullonō |
| dative | fullun | fullum | fullun | fullum | fullun | fullum |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Low German: vull
Plautdietsch edit
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ful
Polish edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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ful (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Noun edit
ful m inan
- (poker) full house
- (colloquial) stout, porter (beer with mid-high hop and alcohol levels)
- (colloquial) full house (situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity)
- Synonym: komplet
Declension edit
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ful
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic فُول (fūl).
Noun edit
ful m inan
- type of heavily spiced Egyptian fava bean paste (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
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Noun edit
ful n (plural fuluri)
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Saterland Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Frisian full, from Proto-West Germanic *full. Cognates include West Frisian fol and German voll.
Adjective edit
ful (masculine fullen, feminine, plural or definite fulle, comparative fuller, superlative fulst)
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “full”): loos
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun edit
ful
- Unstressed form of fúul
References edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ful (invariable)
Further reading edit
- “ful”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz. Compare English foul, Dutch vuil, German faul.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ful (comparative fulare, superlative fulast)
- ugly; of displeasing appearance
- Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.
- That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen.
- dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules
- Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.
- Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle.
- prefix indicating a state of low or poor quality: an ironic opposite of fin (“fine, elegant”).
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
- Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.
- Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
Declension edit
| Inflection of ful | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | ful | fulare | fulast |
| Neuter singular | fult | fulare | fulast |
| Plural | fula | fulare | fulast |
| Masculine plural3 | fule | fulare | fulast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fule | fulare | fulaste |
| All | fula | fulare | fulaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- ful in Svensk ordbok.
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ful
Volapük edit
Noun edit
ful (nominative plural fuls)