kull

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See also: Kull and küll

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kulli. Cognate to Votic kulli (hawk, male animal), Livvi kuľľi (curlew), and Finnish kulli (penis).

Noun

kull (genitive kulli, partitive kulli)

  1. hawk, falcon

Declension

Declension of kull (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kull kullid
accusative nom.
gen. kulli
genitive kullide
partitive kulli kulle
kullisid
illative kulli
kullisse
kullidesse
kullesse
inessive kullis kullides
kulles
elative kullist kullidest
kullest
allative kullile kullidele
kullele
adessive kullil kullidel
kullel
ablative kullilt kullidelt
kullelt
translative kulliks kullideks
kulleks
terminative kullini kullideni
essive kullina kullidena
abessive kullita kullideta
comitative kulliga kullidega

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic کُلّ

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

Determiner

kull

  1. all
    Synonym: kullı

Derived terms

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

Determiner

kull

  1. every; each
    • 2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:
      kull skuża
      f’soċjetà kkankrata
      li ma tridx taf b’mara
      sakemm m’hemmx kwota
      li ma tridx taf b’mara
      sakemm ma tridx tivvota
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
      Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
      li dejjem ta’ kull sena
      titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
      u kull April tinbena,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • Unlike the Arabic etymon, generally not used in Maltese for “all” and “whole”, for which the derivatives kollu, kollha (as postpositioned pronouns).

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (to burn, shine).

Alternative forms

  • kol (Nynorsk also)

Pronunciation

Noun

kull n (definite singular kullet)

  1. coal
  2. charcoal
    en tegning i kull - a drawing in charcoal, a charcoal drawing
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

Noun

kull n (definite singular kullet, indefinite plural kull, definite plural kulla or kullene)

  1. a litter (number of young animals born of the same mother at the same time)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kull n (definite singular kullet, indefinite plural kull, definite plural kulla)

  1. a litter (number of young animals born of the same mother at the same time)

References

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulþa, *kulþō, variants of *kelþaz (fetus).

Pronunciation

Noun

kull c

  1. litter

Declension

Declension of kull
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kull kulls
definite kullen kullens
plural indefinite kullar kullars
definite kullarna kullarnas

Derived terms

References