ull

See also: úll, u'll, -ull, and 'ull

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Ullatan.

Symbol

ull

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ullatan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ullatan terms

English

Contraction

ull

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of you'll.

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

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈuʎ]
• Rhymes: -uʎ

Noun

ull m (plural ulls)

1. (anatomy) eye

Derived terms

• a ulls veients
• amb cara i ulls
• cop d'ull
• saltaülls
• ull compos
• ull d'àngel
• ull de bou
• ull de perdiu
• ull de vellut
• ull morat

Further reading

• “ull”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ull”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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

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): [ˈʏtl̥]
• Rhymes: -ʏtl̥

Noun

ull f (genitive singular ullar, no plural)

1. wool

Declension

Declension of ull (sg-only feminine)

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

Derived terms

• glerull
• stálull
• steinull

Etymology 2

Deverbal from ulla (“stick one's tongue out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʏl(ː)]

  Rhymes: -ʏlː

Noun

ull n (genitive singular ulls, no plural)

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

Declension

Declension of ull (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ull	ullið
accusative	ull	ullið
dative	ulli	ullinu
genitive	ulls	ullsins

See also

• ulla

Livonian

Etymology 1

Adjective

ull

1. Salaca form of ul (“crazy, mad; wild”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ull

1. obsolete spelling of uļļi (“outside”)

Etymology 3

Verb

ull

1. Salaca form of u’llõ (“to howl”)

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

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 vi̇̀lna, 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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɵlː/
• Rhymes: -ɵlː

• Audio:

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Noun

ull c

1. wool; hair of sheep

Declension

Declension of ull

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ull	ulls
	definite	ullen	ullens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• ylle

Further reading

• “ull”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)