-ul

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ul"

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uɫ]

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	a / i	e / ə / i̇	o / u	ö / ü
postconsonantal except after L	-ıl	-il	-ul	-ül
after L	-ın	-in	-un	-ün
postvocalic	-n

-ul

1. Form of -il after the vowels O / U and a consonant other than L.

   ‎yormaq (“to tire out”) + ‎-ul → ‎yorulmaq (“to get tired”)

   ‎tutmaq (“to catch”) + ‎-ul → ‎tutulmaq (“to get caught”)

Derived terms

See -il.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ul]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ul

2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a word to form an intransitive verb with a middle-voice meaning.

   ‎csoportos (“collective”) + ‎-ul → ‎csoportosul (“to form a group”)

   ‎azonos (“identical”) + ‎-ul → ‎azonosul (“to identify; to associate oneself with some group”)

   ‎von (“to pull”) + ‎-ul → ‎vonul (“to go along, to stalk, to march”, literally “to pull oneself”)

   ‎alak (“shape”) + ‎-ul → ‎alakul (“to take shape”)

Usage notes

• (verb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ul is added to back-vowel words. The final vowel is dropped.

  ‎lassú (“slow”) + ‎-ul → ‎lassul (“to slow down”)

  -ül is added to front-vowel words. The final vowel is dropped.

  ‎béke (“peace”) + ‎-ul → ‎békül (“to make peace”)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ul

alakul

alapul

avul

azonosul

ámul

bambul

bámul

bizonyul

boldogul

bolondul

borul

bódul

butul

csábul

csillapul

csoportosul

drágul

fajul

fakul

gurul

gyorsul

gyógyul

halványul

hígul

irányul

izgul

javul

járul

jogosul

károsul

lassul

lazul

lágyul

nyilvánul

okul

pirul

pusztul

sárgul

simul

szabadul

szilárdul

szorul

tanul

tágul

társul

tárul

tolul

torzul

újul

vadul

vakul

valósul

virul

viszonyul

vonul

zárul

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ul/-ül (essive-modal case suffix)

2. (essive sense) as, with the intention of

   Synonyms: -ként, -képp/-képpen, (stating the capacity) mint

   ‎ajándék (“gift, present”) + ‎-ul → ‎ajándékul (“as a gift”)

   ‎példa (“example”) + ‎-ul → ‎például (“for example; as an example”)

4. (modal sense, adverb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form an adverb.

   ‎rossz (“bad”) + ‎-ul → ‎rosszul (“badly”)

   ‎angol (“English”) + ‎-ul → ‎angolul (“in English”)

Usage notes

• (essive-modal case suffix) Variants:

  -ul is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.

  -ül is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.

Hungarian case suffixes

case	back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	front vowel
		unrounded e, é, i, í	rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative	—
accusative	-t
	-ot / -at	-et	-öt
dative	-nak	-nek
instrumental	-val	-vel
causal-final	-ért
translative	-vá	-vé
terminative	-ig
essive-formal	-ként1
essive-modal	-ul	-ül
inessive	-ban	-ben
superessive	-n
	-on	-en	-ön
adessive	-nál	-nél
illative	-ba	-be
sublative	-ra	-re
allative	-hoz	-hez	-höz
elative	-ból	-ből
delative	-ról	-ről
ablative	-tól	-től

¹ Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -ul

akadálytalanul

angolul

aránytalanul

álmatlanul

barátságtalanul

bizonytalanul

boldogtalanul

céltalanul

elfogulatlanul

franciául

gátlástalanul

gondatlanul

gondtalanul

grúzul

gusztustalanul

hajthatatlanul

haladéktalanul

hangtalanul

hálátlanul

hibátlanul

igazságtalanul

jogtalanul

logikátlanul

magyarul

makacsul

makulátlanul

maradéktalanul

megállíthatatlanul

mozdulatlanul

óhatatlanul

pártatlanul

például

rosszul

szabálytalanul

szakadatlanul

szilárdul

szokatlanul

tagadhatatlanul

ukránul

vadul

változatlanul

váratlanul

visszafordíthatatlanul

visszavonhatatlanul

zavartalanul

See also

• Category:Hungarian terms taking -ul/-ül
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Middle English

Suffix

-ul

1. Alternative form of -el (“agentive suffix”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul/

Suffix

-ul

1. Alternative form of -el
2. Alternative form of -ol

Romanian

Alternative forms

• -l — for masculine and neuter nouns ending in a vowel other than -e or -i
• -le — for masculine and neuter nouns ending in -e

Etymology

Identical to -l (a contracted form of an older -lu, from a clipping of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin ille), compare Aromanian -lu.

Due to the misunderstanding of modern speakers, *-ul* is assumed to be a separate suffix. In older Romanian (still dialectially attested and present in place names) masculine nouns end in -u for example: focu (now foc). A tendency to drop the pronunciation of final -u sounds lead to the modern pronunciation. Accordingly the old definite form for focu is foculu. Thus when subjected to final u dropping it results in the modern form focul. It is not that -ul is a suffix, but that the indefinite form is contracted, such that its not immediately obvious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul/
• (informal) IPA^(key): /u/

Suffix

-ul m or n

1. variant of -l

   the (definite article)

Usage notes

This form of the definite article is used for both masculine and neuter singular nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which do not end in a vowel, except for -i (which is somewhat uncommon in Romanian):

• bărbatul (“the man”), from bărbat m
• visul (“the dream”), from vis n
• copilul (“the child”), from copil m
• arcul (“the bow”), from arc n
• războiul (“the war”), from război n
• tramvaiul (“the tram”), from tramvai n
• cotoiul (“the tomcat”), from cotoi m

The suffix is also used with masculine and neuter singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies:

• deșteptul om, from omul deștept (both meaning "the smart man")
• viteazul soldat, from soldatul viteaz (both meaning "the brave soldier")

In informal speech, the final -l is often not pronounced.

Related terms

• -i
• -l
• -le
• -ului

See also

• -a
• -ua

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uɫ]

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	a / i	e / i̇	o / u	ö / ü
postconsonantal except after L	-ıl	-il	-ul	-ül
after L	-ın	-in	-un	-ün
postvocalic	-n

-ul

1. Form of -il after the vowels O / U and a consonant other than L.

   ‎yormak (“to tire out”) + ‎-ul → ‎yorulmak (“to get tired”)

   ‎tutmak (“to hold”) + ‎-ul → ‎tutulmak (“to be held”)

Derived terms

See -il.