kull

See also: Kull and küll

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kulli. Cognate to Votic kulli (“hawk, male animal”), Livvi kuľľi (“curlew”), and Finnish kulli (“penis”).

Noun

kull (genitive kulli, partitive kulli)

1. hawk, falcon

Declension

Declension of kull (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kull	kullid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kulli
genitive			kullide
partitive		kulli	kulle kullisid
illative		kulli kullisse	kullidesse kullesse
inessive		kullis	kullides kulles
elative		kullist	kullidest kullest
allative		kullile	kullidele kullele
adessive		kullil	kullidel kullel
ablative		kullilt	kullidelt kullelt
translative		kulliks	kullideks kulleks
terminative		kullini	kullideni
essive		kullina	kullidena
abessive		kullita	kullideta
comitative		kulliga	kullidega

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		کُلّ

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [kʊl(l)]

Determiner

kull

1. all

   Synonym: kullı

Derived terms

• kull vaqt (“always”)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kull/

Determiner

kull

1. every; each
   • 2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:

     kull skuża
     f’soċjetà kkankrata
     li ma tridx taf b’mara
     sakemm m’hemmx kwota
     li ma tridx taf b’mara
     sakemm ma tridx tivvota

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
     li dejjem ta’ kull sena
     titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
     u kull April tinbena,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Unlike the Arabic etymon, generally not used in Maltese for “all” and “whole”, for which the derivatives kollu, kollha (as postpositioned pronouns).

Derived terms

• għalkollox
• ilħinkollu
• kollma
• kollox
• kollu
• kulfejn
• kulħadd
• kuljum
• kullimkien
• kulma
• kulmin
• kultant
• lkoll
• madankollu
• ukoll

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Alternative forms

• kol (Nynorsk also)

Pronunciation

• (Fredrikstad) IPA^(key): [kʰøːɽ]

Noun

kull n (definite singular kullet)

1. coal
2. charcoal

   en tegning i kull - a drawing in charcoal, a charcoal drawing

Synonyms

• trekull (charcoal)

Derived terms

• brunkull
• kullfyrt
• kullgruve
• kullos
• kullsvart
• kulltegning

 

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Fredrikstad) IPA^(key): [kʰʉl̺ː]

Noun

kull n (definite singular kullet, indefinite plural kull, definite plural kulla or kullene)

1. a litter (number of young animals born of the same mother at the same time)

References

• “kull” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kull n (definite singular kullet, indefinite plural kull, definite plural kulla)

1. a litter (number of young animals born of the same mother at the same time)

References

• “kull” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulþa, *kulþō, variants of *kelþaz (“fetus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɵl/

Noun

kull c

1. litter

Declension

Declension of kull
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kull	kullen	kullar	kullarna
Genitive	kulls	kullens	kullars	kullarnas

Derived terms

• årskull

References

• kull in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kull in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)