rula

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rula"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrula]

Noun

rula f

1. gneiss

Declension

Declension of rula (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	rula	ruly
genitive	ruly	rul
dative	rule	rulám
accusative	rulu	ruly
vocative	rulo	ruly
locative	rule	rulách
instrumental	rulou	rulami

Further reading

• “rula”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rula”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rula”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Estonian

Etymology

Created as an artificial stem in the 1970s, originally as a compound word of rull +‎ laud. The name was originally meant to be a product name, but became a generalised trademark.

Noun

rula (genitive rula, partitive rulad)

1. skateboard

Declension

Declension of rula (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		rula	rulad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	rula
genitive			rulade
partitive		rula	rulasid
illative		rulla rulasse	ruladesse
inessive		rulas	rulades
elative		rulast	ruladest
allative		rulale	ruladele
adessive		rulal	ruladel
ablative		rulalt	ruladelt
translative		rulaks	ruladeks
terminative		rulani	ruladeni
essive		rulana	ruladena
abessive		rulata	ruladeta
comitative		rulaga	ruladega

Derived terms

• rulatama

Galician

Rula

Alternative forms

• rola

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese rola and Spanish arrullar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrulɐ]

Noun

rula f (plural rulas)

1. dove

   turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)

   collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

2. darling

   Ámote, miña rula ― I love you, my darling

Derived terms

• ruliña

Related terms

• arrolar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rula”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rula”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rula”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hausa

Etymology

From English ruler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rúː.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rúː.làː]

Noun

r̃ūlā̀ f (plural r̃ūlōlī, possessed form r̃ūlàr̃)

1. ruler (measuring device)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rouler.

Verb

a rula (third-person singular present rulează, past participle rulat) 1st conjugation

1. to roll
2. to roll up
3. to circulate

Conjugation

    conjugation of rula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a rula
gerund			rulând
past participle			rulat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	rulez	rulezi	rulează	rulăm	rulați	rulează
	imperfect	rulam	rulai	rula	rulam	rulați	rulau
	simple perfect	rulai	rulași	rulă	rularăm	rularăți	rulară
	pluperfect	rulasem	rulaseși	rulase	rulaserăm	rulaserăți	rulaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să rulez	să rulezi	să ruleze	să rulăm	să rulați	să ruleze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		rulează			rulați
	negative		nu rula			nu rulați

See also

• roti
• rostogoli

Spanish

Verb

rula

1. inflection of rular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English ruler.

Noun

rula class IX (plural rula class X)

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ruler.

Noun

rula

1. ruler (tool)