hyll

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

hyj

Etymology edit

Variant of yll (“star”). Related to hyj (“god”). Disputed etymology:

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁us-los (compare Old English ysle (“hot ashes”)), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”) (compare Latin ūrere, Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō, “to singe”)).^[1]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-los (compare Sanskrit उस्र (usrá, “reddish, ruddy; bright; matutinal”)), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).^[2]

Noun edit

hyll m (plural hyje, definite hylli, definite plural hyjet)

(archaic) star

Declension edit

Declension of hyll

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	hyll	hyje	hylli	hyjet
accusative	hyll	hyje	hyllin	hyjet
dative	hylli	hyjeve	hyllit	hyjevet
ablative	hylli	hyjesh	hyllit	hyjevet

References edit

^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 206
^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 220

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

hyll

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology edit

From a Germanic root *holana-, related to Middle Low German holder, holdern, and German Holunder.

Noun edit

hyll m (definite singular hyllen, indefinite plural hyller, definite plural hyllene)

an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

Derived terms edit

hyllebær

References edit

“hyll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“hyll” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

hyll

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology edit

From a Germanic root *holana-, related to Middle Low German holder, holdern, and German Holunder.

Noun edit

hyll m (definite singular hyllen, indefinite plural hyllar, definite plural hyllane)

an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

Derived terms edit

hyllebær

References edit

“hyll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hulliz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xyll/, [hyɫ]

Noun edit

hyll f

hill

Declension edit

Declension of hyll (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hyll	hylla, hylle
accusative	hylle	hylla, hylle
genitive	hylle	hylla
dative	hylle	hyllum

This word is also sometimes masculine:

Declension of hyll (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hyll	hyllas
accusative	hyll	hyllas
genitive	hylles	hylla
dative	hylle	hyllum

Descendants edit

Middle English: hil, hyl, hille, hylle, hul, hulle, helle
- English: hill
- Scots: hill, hull
- Yola: hele, hile, hill

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨ̞ɬ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /hɪɬ/

Adjective edit

hyll (feminine singular hell, plural hyllion, equative hylled or cyn hyll, comparative hyllach or mwy hyll, superlative hyllaf or mwyaf hyll, not mutable)

ugly

Synonyms edit

Antonyms edit

[1] Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 206

[2] Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 220

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