hyll

Albanian

Alternative forms

hyj

Etymology

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

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

(archaic) star

Declension

Declension of hyll

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

References

^ 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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

hyll

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

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

Noun

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

an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

Derived terms

hyllebær

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

hyll

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

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

Noun

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

an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

Derived terms

hyllebær

References

“hyll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hulliz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xyll/, [hyɫ]

Noun

hyll f

hill

Declension

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

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

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Antonyms

[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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