sulla

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See also: Sulla and Sul·la

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੁੱਲ (sulla), a mispronunciation of Punjabi ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā, mullah, Islamic religious leader), derived from Classical Persian ملا (mullā), from Arabic مُلَّا (mullā).

Noun

sulla (plural sullas)

  1. (South Asia, religious slur, ethnic slur, offensive) A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan.

Usage notes

  • The term is generally used by Hindutva supremacists.

Synonyms

See also

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Contracted from the standard form sinulla.

Pronoun

sulla

  1. (colloquial) adessive singular of

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sulla (to swill), perhaps from Old Norse sollr, *sullr (swill, slop for pigs), from Proto-Germanic *swulaz (swill), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow). Cognate with English swill. Compare also Old Norse svalla (to drink heavily, swill).

Pronunciation

Verb

sulla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sullaði, supine sullað)

  1. to splash around, to splash about
    Ég vil sulla í pollinum!
    I wanna go splashing about in the puddle!
    Þetta er mynd af Önnu að sulla.
    This is a picture of Anna splashing.
  2. to spill
    Ég sullaði mjólkinni.
    I spilled the milk.

Usage notes

  • The verb sulla and sulla saman (to mix together) denote a hint of apathy, carelessness or casualness of the doer's actions.
  • This verb may be found childish.
  • In the sense of "spilling" the preposition á (on) may be added to give information as to where one spilled something:
    Ég sullaði mjólk á gólfið.
    I spilled milk on the floor.

Conjugation

sulla – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur sulla
supine sagnbót sullað
present participle
sullandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég sulla sullaði sulli sullaði
þú sullar sullaðir sullir sullaðir
hann, hún, það sullar sullaði sulli sullaði
plural við sullum sulluðum sullum sulluðum
þið sullið sulluðuð sullið sulluðuð
þeir, þær, þau sulla sulluðu sulli sulluðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú sulla (þú), sullaðu
plural þið sullið (þið), sulliði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sullast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur sullast
supine sagnbót sullast
present participle
sullandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég sullast sullaðist sullist sullaðist
þú sullast sullaðist sullist sullaðist
hann, hún, það sullast sullaðist sullist sullaðist
plural við sullumst sulluðumst sullumst sulluðumst
þið sullist sulluðust sullist sulluðust
þeir, þær, þau sullast sulluðust sullist sulluðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú sullast (þú), sullastu
plural þið sullist (þið), sullisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sullaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sullaður sulluð sullað sullaðir sullaðar sulluð
accusative
(þolfall)
sullaðan sullaða sullað sullaða sullaðar sulluð
dative
(þágufall)
sulluðum sullaðri sulluðu sulluðum sulluðum sulluðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
sullaðs sullaðrar sullaðs sullaðra sullaðra sullaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sullaði sullaða sullaða sulluðu sulluðu sulluðu
accusative
(þolfall)
sullaða sulluðu sullaða sulluðu sulluðu sulluðu
dative
(þágufall)
sullaða sulluðu sullaða sulluðu sulluðu sulluðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
sullaða sulluðu sullaða sulluðu sulluðu sulluðu

Derived terms

Italian

Contraction

sulla

  1. contraction of su la; on the

Maltese

Pronunciation

Noun

sulla f (plural silel)

  1. Alternative form of silla: French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sulë.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsulla/

Noun

sulla

  1. approximation, resemblance (of something)
  2. estimate

Inflection

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative sulla
Genitive sula
Singular Plural
Nominative sulla sulat
Accusative sula sulaid
Genitive sula sulaid
Illative sullii sulaide
Locative sulas sulain
Comitative sulain sulaiguin
Essive sullan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sullan sullame sullamet
2nd person sullat sullade sulladet
3rd person sullas sullaska sullaset

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suladak.

Pronunciation

Verb

sulla

  1. (intransitive) to melt, thaw
  2. (intransitive) to dissolve

Inflection

Conjugation of sulla (type III-4/ellä, no gradation, gemination)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular sulan en sula 1st singular õõn sulannu en õõ sulannu
2nd singular sulad ed sula 2nd singular õõd sulannu ed õõ sulannu
3rd singular sulab eb sula 3rd singular on sulannu eb õõ sulannu
1st plural sulammõ emmä sula 1st plural õõmmõ sulannu emmä õõ sulannu
2nd plural sulattõ että sula 2nd plural õõttõ sulannu että õõ sulannu
3rd plural sulõta eväd sula 3rd plural õlla sulõttu eväd õõ sulõttu
impersonal sulõta eväd sula impersonal õlla sulõttu eväd õõ sulõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular sulin en sulannu 1st singular õlin sulannu
2nd singular sulid ed sulannu 2nd singular õlid sulannu
3rd singular suli eb sulannu 3rd singular õli sulannu
1st plural sulimmõ emmä sulannu 1st plural õlimmõ sulannu
2nd plural sulittõ että sulannu 2nd plural õlittõ sulannu
3rd plural sulõtti eväd sulõttu 3rd plural õlti sulõttu
impersonal sulõtti eväd sulõttu impersonal õlti sulõttu
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular sulaizin en sulaizʹ 1st singular õllõizin sulannu en õllõizʹ sulannu
2nd singular sulaizid ed sulaizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid sulannu ed õllõizʹ sulannu
3rd singular sulaizʹ eb sulaizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ sulannu eb õllõizʹ sulannu
1st plural sulaizimmõ emmä sulaizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ sulannu emmä õllõizʹ sulannu
2nd plural sulaizittõ että sulaizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ sulannu että õllõizʹ sulannu
3rd plural sulõttaizʹ eväd sulõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ sulõttu eväd õltaizʹ sulõttu
impersonal sulõttaizʹ eväd sulõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ sulõttu eväd õltaizʹ sulõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular
2nd singular sula elä sula
3rd singular sulago1) elko sulago1)
1st plural
2nd plural sulaga elka sulaga
3rd plural sulagod1)
impersonal
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st sulla present sulajõ2)
2nd illative sulama past sulannu sulõttu
inessive sulamõz 1) using la is more common
2) also used as the agent noun
elative sulamõssõ
abessive sulamõttõ

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sulaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn