hul

See also: hůl and hűl

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦœl/

Determiner

hul

1. Alternative form of hulle; their

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my
	2nd	jy	jou
	2nd, formal	u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul1
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

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Cahuilla

Noun

húl

1. bow (weapon)

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hol (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą, cf. English hole and German Höhle. The noun is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”) (see below).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hol/, [ˈhɔl]

Noun

hul n (singular definite hullet, plural indefinite huller)

1. hole
2. gap
3. blank
4. leak
5. cavity
6. (electronics) hole

Inflection

Declension of hul

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hul	hullet	huller	hullerne
genitive	huls	hullets	hullers	hullernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse holr (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːˀl/, [ˈhuˀl]

Adjective

hul (neuter hult, plural and definite singular attributive hule)

1. hollow
2. concave

Inflection

Inflection of hul
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	hul	hulere	hulest2
Neuter singular	hult	hulere	hulest2
Plural	hule	hulere	hulest2
Definite attributive1	hule	hulere	huleste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːˀl/, [ˈhuˀl]

Verb

hul

1. imperative of hule

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʏl

Verb

hul

1. first-person singular present indicative of hullen
2. imperative of hullen

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

hul m (diminutive hulk)

1. Obsolete spelling of wul

Declension

Declension of hul

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	hul	hula	hule
Genitive	hula	hulowu	hulow
Dative	huloju	huloma	hulam
Accusative	hul	hula	hule
Instrumental	hulom	huloma	hulami
Locative	hulu	huloma	hulach

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hol (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse holr

Adjective

hul (neuter singular hult, definite singular and plural hule)

1. hollow

Derived terms

• hulrom

References

• “hul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hole

Noun

hul

1. hole
2. (vulgar) vagina

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Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hule, from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl ōlli.

Noun

hul

1. rubber

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236