sul

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sul"

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sulu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sublum, from *sūbulum, from Late Latin insūbulum, from Latin insuō + -bulum, or related to sūbula.

Noun

sul n

1. roller, roll
2. warp beam of a weaving loom

Related terms

• sulã

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʏl

Noun

sul m (plural sullen, diminutive sulleke n)

1. (derogatory) naive, gullible person who is easily deceived

Derived terms

• sullig

Irish

Conjunction

sul

1. Alternative form of sula

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin sōl. Compare Dalmatian saul, Venetan sołe, Italian sole.

Noun

sul m

1. sun

Italian

Contraction

sul

1. Contraction of su il: on the

Anagrams

• USL

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sufl.

Noun

sul n (definite singular sulet, uncountable)

1. fat or hearty food eaten with soup, porridge, bread
2. milk porridge; milk with (grøt) or bread

References

• “sul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lus, slu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• suvl
• sovl, sugl, søvl

Etymology

From Old Norse sufl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʉːl/, /sʉːɽ/

Noun

sul n (definite singular sulet, uncountable)

1. fat or hearty food eaten with soup, porridge, bread
2. milk porridge; milk with (graut) or bread

References

• “sul” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lus, slu

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs (“plough”), from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to drag, to furrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːl/

Noun

sūl m or f

1. plough
2. furrow, gully
3. a measure of land

Declension

(when masculine) Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sūl	sūlas
accusative	sūl	sūlas
genitive	sūles	sūla
dative	sūle	sūlum

(when feminine) Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sūl	sūla, sūle
accusative	sūle	sūla, sūle
genitive	sūle	sūla
dative	sūle	sūlum

Synonyms

• sulh

Descendants

• Middle English: sul, sule, sull, soule
  • English: sowl

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sur, from French sud, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuw/ [ˈsuʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsul/ [ˈsuɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsul/ [ˈsuɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw

• Audio (Brazil):

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Noun

sul m (plural suis)

1. south (cardinal point)

   Synonym: meio-dia

2. south (region or regions that lie in the south)

   Synonym: meridião

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) ponto cardeal;

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

Derived terms

• sulista

Further reading

• “sul”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴏𐴟𐴓𐴢 (sul) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Noun

sul (Hanifi spelling 𐴏𐴟𐴓𐴢)

1. hair

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sublum, from *sūbulum, from Late Latin insūbulum, from Latin insuō + -bulum, or related to sūbula. Compare Italian subbio.

Noun

sul n (plural suluri)

1. roll, roller
2. warp beam of a weaving loom

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sul	sulul		suluri	sulurile
genitive-dative	sul	sulului		suluri	sulurilor
vocative	sulule			sulurilor

See also

• sulă

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin solus.

Adjective

sul m (feminine singular sula, masculine plural suls, feminine plural sulas)

1. (Sutsilvan) single

Synonyms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) sulet
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) unic

Yangum Dey

Noun

sul

1. water

References

• ASJP