tul

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tul"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tulla- (“piece of meat”), from older *túli̯a-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *tuu̯úli̯a- < *tuu̯əl̥i̯-á- < *tuHəli̯-á-, from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂ló- (“swollen”) or *tuh₂li̯-ó- (“having swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Cognate to:

• Ancient Greek τύλος (túlos, “torus, wale”),
• Latin tullius (“swell, flood, gush, jet”),
• Middle High German dolle, dulle (“foliage”),
• Swedish tull (“pine cone”).

Ultimately a doublet of tytë and tëtanë (possibly).

Noun

tul f (plural tule, definite tulja, definite plural tulet)

1. flesh
2. pulp
3. bread core
4. crumb

Derived terms

• tulak
• tulës
• tulicë
• tultak
• tultë
• tultulth

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtul]

Verb

tul

1. second-person singular imperative of tulit

Maltese

Root
t-w-l
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طُول (ṭūl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːl/

Noun

tul m (plural tulijiet)

1. length (in space or time), duration
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:

     Wara l-bibien,
     fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
     batejt
     il-għeja
     il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
     batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
     iżda ġarrabt ukoll
     il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
     li kull tallab iħoss
     x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
     bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• matul

Preposition

tul

1. throughout, for the length of, for many

   tul is-snin ― for many years

   tul il-lejl ― all night

Polish

Chemical element
Tm
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tul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtul/

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• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: tul

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin thūlium.

Noun

tul m inan (related adjective tulowy)

1. thulium (metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre)

Declension

Declension of tul

	singular
nominative	tul
genitive	tulu
dative	tulowi
accusative	tul
instrumental	tulem
locative	tulu
vocative	tulu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tul

1. second-person singular imperative of tulić

Further reading

• tul in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tul in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tulle.

Noun

tul n (plural tuluri)

1. tulle

Declension

Declension of tul

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tul	tulul		tuluri	tulurile
genitive-dative	tul	tulului		tuluri	tulurilor
vocative	tulule			tulurilor

Spanish

Noun

tul m (plural tules)

1. tulle (material)
2. (Honduras) bulrush

Derived terms

• tular

Further reading

• “tul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (tuli).

Noun

tul

1. worm

References

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind