šula

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Karelian

Regional variants of šula
North Karelian
(Viena)
šula
South Karelian
(Tver)
šula

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sula. Cognates include Finnish sula and Estonian sula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃulɑ/
  • Hyphenation: šu‧la

Noun

šula (genitive šulan, partitive šulua)

  1. (South Karelian) melt

Adjective

šula (genitive šulan, partitive šulua)

  1. molten
  2. nice, kind
  3. (North Karelian) wrought

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šula (type 5/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šula šulat
genitive šulan šulien
partitive šulua šulie
illative šulah šulih
inessive šulašša šulissa
elative šulašta šulista
adessive šulalla šulilla
ablative šulalta šulilta
translative šulakši šuliksi
essive šulana šulina
comitative šulineh
abessive šulatta šulitta
Tver Karelian declension of šula (type 5/koira no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šula šulat
genitive šulan šulin
partitive šulua šulie
illative šulah šulih
inessive šulašša šulissa
elative šulašta šulista
adessive šulalla šulilla
ablative šulalda šulilda
translative šulakši šuliksi
essive šulana šulina
comitative šulanke šulinke
abessive šulatta šulitta
Possessive forms of šula
1st person šulani
2nd person šulaš
3rd person šulah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “šula”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “sula”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schule, from Old High German scuola, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

šula f

  1. school

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “šula”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “šula”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag