ull

See also: úll, -ull, and 'ull

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Occitan uèlh, French œil, Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Italian occhio. Doublet of òcul, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈuʎ/
• Rhymes: -uʎ

Noun

ull m (plural ulls)

1. (anatomy) eye

Derived terms

• a ulls veients
• amb cara i ulls
• cop d'ull
• ull compos
• ull de bou

 

Further reading

• “ull” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ull” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊtl/

Noun

ull f (genitive singular ullar, plural ullir)

1. wool

   (seyða) ull er Føroya gull

   the wool (of the sheep) is the gold of the Faroes

Declension

Declension of ull
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ull	ullin	ullir	ullirnar
accusative	ull	ullina	ullir	ullirnar
dative	ull	ullini	ullum	ullunum
genitive	ullar	ullarinnar	ulla	ullanna

Derived terms

• angoraull
• seyðaull

See also

• hár
• mjúkur

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏtl/
• Rhymes: -ʏtl

Noun

ull f (genitive singular ullar, no plural)

1. wool

Declension

declension of ull

f-s2	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ull	ullin
accusative	ull	ullina
dative	ull	ullinni
genitive	ullar	ullarinnar

Derived terms

• glerull
• stálull
• steinull

Etymology 2

From the verb ulla (“stick one's tongue out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏlː/

  Rhymes: -ʏlː

Noun

ull n (genitive singular ulls, nominative plural ull)

1. (informal) The act of sticking one's tongue out.

Declension

declension of ull

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ull	ullið	ull	ullin
accusative	ull	ullið	ull	ullin
dative	ulli	ullinu	ullum	ullunum
genitive	ulls	ullsins	ulla	ullanna

See also

• ulla

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *hullu.

Adjective

ull

1. wild
2. mad

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *ulko-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ulka-.

Alternative forms

• (Courland) uļļi

Adverb

ull

1. outside

Etymology 3

From Proto-Finnic *ulvodak. Cognate with Finnish ulvoa.

Alternative forms

• (Courland) u'llõ

Verb

ull

1. howl

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Noun

ull f or m (definite singular ulla or ullen, uncountable)

1. wool

Derived terms

• stålull m or f

References

• “ull” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Sau med ull

Alternative forms

• oill (dialectal, Trøndelag)

Etymology

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ f. Cognates include Danish uld, English wool, German Wolle, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Irish olann, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Polish wełna, Russian волна (volna), Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā).

Noun

ull f (definite singular ulla, uncountable)

1. wool

Derived terms

• alpakkaull
• angoraull
• av same ulla
• bomull
• halvull
• heilull
• kamelull
• kamull
• kapokull
• kasjmirull
• lammeull
• merinoull
• mineralull
• mykje skrik og lite ull
• myrull
• rayonull
• saueull
• steinull
• stålull
• treull
• ull-longs
• ull-lus
• ullan
• ullape
• ullbukse
• ulldott
• ullfeitt
• ullgarn
• ullgenser
• ullgrå
• ullhespe
• ullhespel
• ullhose
• ullhund
• ullhår
• ulljakke
• ulljumper
• ullkarde
• ullkjole
• ullklede
• ullklut
• ullkorg
• ullkrepp
• ullkvit
• ullmus
• ullplagg
• ullrotte
• ullrøyve
• ullsekk
• ullsjal
• ullskaut
• ullskjorte
• ullsky
• ullsokk
• ullspinneri
• ullstakk
• ullstoff
• ullstrikk
• ullstrømpe
• ullteppe
• ulltrøye
• ulltråd
• ulltøy
• ullundertøy
• ullurt
• ullvante
• ullvare
• ullvoks
• ullvoren
• ullvott
• vinterull
• vårull

 

Related terms

• ulle f
• ullen

References

• “ull” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wullō, whence also Old English wull (English wool), Old Frisian wolle, Old High German wolla (German Wolle), Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla).

Noun

ull f (genitive ullar)

1. wool

Declension

  Declension of ull (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ull	ullin	ullar	ullarnar
accusative	ull	ullina	ullar	ullarnar
dative	ull, ullu	ullinni, ullunni	ullum	ullunum
genitive	ullar	ullarinnar	ulla	ullanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: ull f
• Faroese: ull f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ull f
• Norwegian Bokmål: ull m or f
• Swedish: ull c
• Danish: uld c

References

• “ull”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɵlː/

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Noun

ull c

1. wool; hair of sheep

Declension

Declension of ull
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ull	ullen	—	—
Genitive	ulls	ullens	—	—

Derived terms

• ylle

Further reading

• ull in Svensk ordbok.