-ull

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See also: ull, úll, and 'ull

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *-ula, from Proto-Indo-European *-ulós.[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ull m

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Suffix

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-ull m

  1. Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth.
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Suffix

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-ull

  1. Alternative form of -ill

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *-ulaz.

Suffix

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-ull

  1. forms adjectives from verbs with the meaning ‘inclined to’
    þegja (to be silent, to shut up) + ‎-ull → ‎þǫgull (taciturn)
Derived terms
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