bulla

See also: Bulla, buļļa, bülla, and ɓulla

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bull.

Noun

bulla (plural bullae)

1. (biology, medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
   1. (biology, medicine) (usually and especially) Such a blister that is more than 5 mm in diameter.

      Coordinate terms: vesicle, vesicula

2. (archaeology) A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
3. (historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
4. Later, a handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
5. The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance)

Translations

blister, vesicle or lesion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大泡 (zh) (dàpào)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vesikello (fi), vesirakkula (fi)

See also

• bullous

Etymology 2

Noun

bulla (countable and uncountable, plural bullas)

1. A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg.

Further reading

• bulla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Darkinjung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊllɐ/, /pʊllɐ/

Numeral

bulla

1. two

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulːɑ/, [ˈbulːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulːɑ
• Syllabification: bul‧la

Noun

bulla

1. bull (papal bull)

Declension

Inflection of bulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		bulla	bullat
genitive		bullan	bullien
partitive		bullaa	bullia
illative		bullaan	bulliin
		singular	plural
nominative		bulla	bullat
accusative	nom.	bulla	bullat
	gen.	bullan
genitive		bullan	bullien bullainrare
partitive		bullaa	bullia
inessive		bullassa	bullissa
elative		bullasta	bullista
illative		bullaan	bulliin
adessive		bullalla	bullilla
ablative		bullalta	bullilta
allative		bullalle	bullille
essive		bullana	bullina
translative		bullaksi	bulliksi
instructive		—	bullin
abessive		bullatta	bullitta
comitative		—	bullineen

Possessive forms of bulla (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	bullani	bullamme
2nd person	bullasi	bullanne
3rd person	bullansa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.la/

Verb

bulla

1. third-person singular past historic of buller

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏtla/
• Rhymes: -ʏtla

Noun

bulla f (genitive singular bullu, nominative plural bullur)

1. a piston
2. a bully

Declension

declension of bulla

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bulla	bullan	bullur	bullurnar
accusative	bullu	bulluna	bullur	bullurnar
dative	bullu	bullunni	bullum	bullunum
genitive	bullu	bullunnar	bulla/bullna	bullanna/bullnanna

Synonyms

• (piston): stimpill
• (bully): svoli

Derived terms

• bulludæla (“piston pump”)
• bulluhaus (“piston head”)
• bulluhiti (“piston operating temperature”)
• bulluhreyfill (“piston engine”)
• bulluhringur (“piston ring”)
• bulluhöfuð (“piston crown”)
• bullukollur (“piston head”)
• bulluslag (“piston stroke”)
• bullustrokkur (“piston barrel”)
• bullustöng (“piston rod”)
• bullustýring (“piston guide”)
• bulluvölur (“piston pin”)
• bulluþjappa (“piston compressor”)
• bulluþétti (“piston gasket, piston packing, piston seal”)
• vélbulluvölur (“piston pin”)

 

Verb

bulla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bullaði, supine bullað)

1. (intransitive) to talk nonsense
2. (intransitive) to boil, to bubble up

Conjugation

bulla — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að bulla
supine (sagnbót)		bullað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		bullandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég bulla	við bullum	present (nútíð)	ég bulli	við bullum
	þú bullar	þið bullið		þú bullir	þið bullið
	hann, hún, það bullar	þeir, þær, þau bulla		hann, hún, það bulli	þeir, þær, þau bulli
past (þátíð)	ég bullaði	við bulluðum	past (þátíð)	ég bullaði	við bulluðum
	þú bullaðir	þið bulluðuð		þú bullaðir	þið bulluðuð
	hann, hún, það bullaði	þeir, þær, þau bulluðu		hann, hún, það bullaði	þeir, þær, þau bulluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	bulla (þú)	bullið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	bullaðu	bulliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bullast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að bullast
supine (sagnbót)		bullast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		bullandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég bullast	við bullumst	present (nútíð)	ég bullist	við bullumst
	þú bullast	þið bullist		þú bullist	þið bullist
	hann, hún, það bullast	þeir, þær, þau bullast		hann, hún, það bullist	þeir, þær, þau bullist
past (þátíð)	ég bullaðist	við bulluðumst	past (þátíð)	ég bullaðist	við bulluðumst
	þú bullaðist	þið bulluðust		þú bullaðist	þið bulluðust
	hann, hún, það bullaðist	þeir, þær, þau bulluðust		hann, hún, það bullaðist	þeir, þær, þau bulluðust
imperative (boðháttur)	bullast (þú)	bullist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	bullastu	bullisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bullaður — 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)	bullaður	bulluð	bullað		bullaðir	bullaðar	bulluð
accusative (þolfall)	bullaðan	bullaða	bullað		bullaða	bullaðar	bulluð
dative (þágufall)	bulluðum	bullaðri	bulluðu		bulluðum	bulluðum	bulluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	bullaðs	bullaðrar	bullaðs		bullaðra	bullaðra	bullaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bullaði	bullaða	bullaða		bulluðu	bulluðu	bulluðu
accusative (þolfall)	bullaða	bulluðu	bullaða		bulluðu	bulluðu	bulluðu
dative (þágufall)	bullaða	bulluðu	bullaða		bulluðu	bulluðu	bulluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	bullaða	bulluðu	bullaða		bulluðu	bulluðu	bulluðu

Synonyms

• (talk nonsense): rugla, þvæla, þvaðra
• (boil): sjóða

Derived terms

• bullandi

Related terms

• bull

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Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bulla m (genitive singular bulla, nominative plural bullaí)

1. (nautical) buoy
2. (medicine) bulla

Derived terms

• bulla cloig (“bell-buoy”)
• bulla eangaí (“float (of net)”)
• bulla feistithe (“mooring-buoy”)
• rópa bulla (“buoy-rope”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bulla, borrowed from Latin bulla.

Noun

bulla m (genitive singular bulla, nominative plural bullaí)

1. (Christianity) bull

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bulla m (genitive singular bulla, nominative plural bullaí)

1. (finance) bull

Etymology 4

Noun

bulla m (genitive singular bulla, nominative plural bullaí)

1. Alternative form of bolla (“bowl”)

Declension

Declension of bulla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bulla bullaí Vocative a bhulla a bhullaí Genitive bulla bullaí Dative bulla bullaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bulla na bullaí Genitive an bhulla na mbullaí Dative leis an mbulla don bhulla leis na bullaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bulla	bhulla	mbulla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "bulla" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bulla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “bulla” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bulla” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”), same source as Middle Dutch puyl (“bag”) and Lithuanian bule (“buttocks”), or from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.la/, [ˈbʊlːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.la/, [ˈbulːä]

Noun

bulla f (genitive bullae); first declension

1. a bubble
2. a swollen or bubble-shaped object, particularly:
   1. a knob, boss, or stud, as on doors, shields, etc.
   2. (historical) a bulla: a protective (usually golden) amulet worn by upper-class Roman children
   4. (Medieval Latin, historical) a round metallic seal certifying official medieval documents, particularly the golden imperial seal and the leaden papal one.
3. (Medieval Latin) a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bulla	bullae
Genitive	bullae	bullārum
Dative	bullae	bullīs
Accusative	bullam	bullās
Ablative	bullā	bullīs
Vocative	bulla	bullae

Derived terms

• bullā dignus
• bullātus
• bullescō
• bulliō
• bullō
• bullula

 

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Romanian: bulă
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Sicilian: buḍḍa
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: bole
• Venetian: bóła
• West Iberian
  • Old Portuguese:
    • Galician: bola
    • Portuguese: bolha
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: bula
• → Catalan: butlla
• → English: bull, bulla
• → Galician: bula
• → Old Irish: bulla
  • Irish: bulla
• → Polish: bulla
• → Portuguese: bula
• → Old French: bulle, boille, boule, boulle, burle
  • Middle French: bulle
    • French: bulle
  • → Middle English: bulle
    • English: bull
    • Scots: bull, bul
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bolla (merger with Frankish *bolla; see there for more descendants)

References

• “bulla”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “bulla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bulla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• bulla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “bulla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bulla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Phuthi

Verb

-búĺla

1. to be circumcised

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbul.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ulla
• Syllabification: bul‧la

Noun

bulla f

1. (Roman Catholicism) bull, papal bull; a document from the papal chancellery

Usage notes

Usually found in the noun phrase bulla papieska.

Declension

Declension of bulla

	singular	plural
nominative	bulla	bulle
genitive	bulli	bulli
dative	bulli	bullom
accusative	bullę	bulle
instrumental	bullą	bullami
locative	bulli	bullach
vocative	bullo	bulle

Further reading

• bulla in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bulla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

From bullir, from Latin bullīre, present active infinitive of bulliō (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Noun

bulla f (plural bullas)

1. rowdiness, racket, ruckus
2. (Andalusia) urgence

Derived terms

• embullar

Descendants

• → Portuguese: bulha

Verb

bulla

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bullir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bullir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bullir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bullir.

Further reading

• “bulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014