šula

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sula"

Karelian

Regional variants of šula

North Karelian (Viena)	šula
South Karelian (Tver)	šula

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sula. Cognates include Finnish sula and Estonian sula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃulɑ/
• Hyphenation: šu‧la

Noun

šula (genitive šulan, partitive šulua)

1. (South Karelian) melt

Adjective

šula (genitive šulan, partitive šulua)

1. molten
2. nice, kind
3. (North Karelian) wrought

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šula (type 5/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šula	šulat
genitive	šulan	šulien
partitive	šulua	šulie
illative	šulah	šulih
inessive	šulašša	šulissa
elative	šulašta	šulista
adessive	šulalla	šulilla
ablative	šulalta	šulilta
translative	šulakši	šuliksi
essive	šulana	šulina
comitative	—	šulineh
abessive	šulatta	šulitta
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	šulin

Tver Karelian declension of šula (type 5/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šula	šulat
genitive	šulan	šulin
partitive	šulua	šulie
illative	šulah	šulih
inessive	šulašša	šulissa
elative	šulašta	šulista
adessive	šulalla	šulilla
ablative	šulalda	šulilda
translative	šulakši	šuliksi
essive	šulana	šulina
comitative	šulanke	šulinke
abessive	šulatta	šulitta
prolative	šulačči	šuličči
instructive	—	šulin

Possessive forms of šula
1st person	šulani
2nd person	šulaš
3rd person	šulah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

• šulakuu

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “šula”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “sula”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schule, from Old High German scuola, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃula/

Noun

šula f

1. school

Declension

declension of šula

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	šula	šuli	šule
Genitive	šule	šulowu	šulow
Dative	šuli	šuloma	šulam
Accusative	šulu	šuli	šule
Instrumental	šulu	šuloma	šulami
Locative	šuli	šuloma	šulach

Derived terms

• šulaŕ
• šulowaś
• šulski
• šulstwo

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “šula”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “šula”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag