nolla
Finnish edit
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Cardinal: nolla Colloquial counting form: nol Ordinal: nollas Ordinal abbreviation: 0., 0:s Digit name: nolla | ||||
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish nolla (“(the digit) zero”), from Italian nulla (“nothing”), from Latin nūlla, feminine of Latin nūllus (“none”).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
nolla
Declension edit
Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nolla | nollat | |
genitive | nollan | nollien | |
partitive | nollaa | nollia | |
illative | nollaan | nolliin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nolla | nollat | |
accusative | nom. | nolla | nollat |
gen. | nollan | ||
genitive | nollan | nollien nollainrare | |
partitive | nollaa | nollia | |
inessive | nollassa | nollissa | |
elative | nollasta | nollista | |
illative | nollaan | nolliin | |
adessive | nollalla | nollilla | |
ablative | nollalta | nollilta | |
allative | nollalle | nollille | |
essive | nollana | nollina | |
translative | nollaksi | nolliksi | |
abessive | nollatta | nollitta | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | — | nolline |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Noun edit
nolla
- digit zero
- a person of little worth or usefulness, cipher, good-for-nothing
- (electricity) neutral (electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground)
Declension edit
Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nolla | nollat | ||
genitive | nollan | nollien | ||
partitive | nollaa | nollia | ||
illative | nollaan | nolliin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nolla | nollat | ||
accusative | nom. | nolla | nollat | |
gen. | nollan | |||
genitive | nollan | nollien nollainrare | ||
partitive | nollaa | nollia | ||
inessive | nollassa | nollissa | ||
elative | nollasta | nollista | ||
illative | nollaan | nolliin | ||
adessive | nollalla | nollilla | ||
ablative | nollalta | nollilta | ||
allative | nollalle | nollille | ||
essive | nollana | nollina | ||
translative | nollaksi | nolliksi | ||
abessive | nollatta | nollitta | ||
instructive | — | nollin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “nolla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
nolˈla
Inflection edit
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Numeral edit
nolla
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From the digit noll (“zero”).
Noun edit
nolla c
- a zero; the symbol, or digit, "0".
- a zero (of a scale)
- a loser, nobody
- Vilken nolla.
- What a loser.
- a person who recently started university or gymnasium, and has not yet been "introduced" to the school by the older students; person taking part, as a new student, in an orientation week
- En nolla gick vilse och var borta i över två timmar.
- A fresher went wrong and was lost for over two hours.
Declension edit
Declension of nolla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nolla | nollan | nollor | nollorna |
Genitive | nollas | nollans | nollors | nollornas |
Verb edit
nolla (present nollar, preterite nollade, supine nollat, imperative nolla)
- to reset, to calibrate to zero
- Nolla mätarna och börja om.
- Reset the meters and start again.
- to haze (initiate a new student, called nolla, noun)
- Vi ska nolla de nya studenterna.
- We're going to haze the new students.
- (sports) to shut out, to prevent (an opponent) from scoring
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of nolla (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | nolla | nollas | ||
Supine | nollat | nollats | ||
Imperative | nolla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | nollen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | nollar | nollade | nollas | nollades |
Ind. plural1 | nolla | nollade | nollas | nollades |
Subjunctive2 | nolle | nollade | nolles | nollades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | nollande | |||
Past participle | nollad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms edit
- (reset): nollställa
- (haze): inkila
- (haze): insparka
- (haze): inviga