hul
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
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singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
root: húl
húl
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | húl | |
Objective | hú'li | |
Genitive | ||
Objective Genitive |
From Old Norse hol (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą, cf. English hole and German Höhle. The noun is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”) (see below). Related to hule (“cave”).
hul n (singular definite hullet, plural indefinite huller)
neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hul | hullet | huller | hullerne |
genitive | huls | hullets | hullers | hullernes |
From Old Norse holr (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).
hul (neuter hult, plural and definite singular attributive hule)
positive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | hul | hulere | hulest2 |
indefinite neuter singular | hult | hulere | hulest2 |
plural | hule | hulere | hulest2 |
definite attributive1 | hule | hulere | huleste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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hul m inan (diminutive hulk)
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Borrowed from Spanish hule, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl ōlli.
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