sulg

See also: sülg and sülʹg

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *sulka, likely from Proto-Uralic *tulka. Cognates include Finnish sulka and Hungarian toll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulʲɡ̊/

Noun

sulg (genitive sule, partitive sulge)

1. feather, quill
2. (dated) pen (writing tool)

Inflection

Declension of sulg (ÕS type 22i/külm, g-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sulg	suled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sule
genitive			sulgede
partitive		sulge	sulgi sulgesid
illative		sulge sulesse	sulgedesse sulisse
inessive		sules	sulgedes sulis
elative		sulest	sulgedest sulist
allative		sulele	sulgedele sulile
adessive		sulel	sulgedel sulil
ablative		sulelt	sulgedelt sulilt
translative		suleks	sulgedeks suliks
terminative		suleni	sulgedeni
essive		sulena	sulgedena
abessive		suleta	sulgedeta
comitative		sulega	sulgedega

Derived terms

• sulepea

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *sulku, derived from sulgema (“to close”). Cognate to Finnish sulku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulɡ̊/

Noun

sulg (genitive sulu, partitive sulgu)

1. bracket

Inflection

Declension of sulg (ÕS type 22e/riik, g-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sulg	sulud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sulu
genitive			sulgude
partitive		sulgu	sulge sulgusid
illative		sulgu sulusse	sulgudesse sulesse
inessive		sulus	sulgudes sules
elative		sulust	sulgudest sulest
allative		sulule	sulgudele sulele
adessive		sulul	sulgudel sulel
ablative		sulult	sulgudelt sulelt
translative		suluks	sulgudeks suleks
terminative		suluni	sulgudeni
essive		suluna	sulgudena
abessive		suluta	sulgudeta
comitative		suluga	sulgudega

Derived terms

• noolsulg
• nurksulg
• ümarsulg

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sulku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulɡ/, [ˈsulˑɡ̥]

Noun

sulg

1. stuffy nose

Declension

Declension of sulg (94)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	sulg	sūlgõd
genitive (genitīv)	sulg	sūlgõd
partitive (partitīv)	sulgõ	sūlgidi
dative (datīv)	sulgõn	sūlgõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	sulgkõks	sūlgõdõks
illative (illatīv)	sulgõ	sūlgiž
inessive (inesīv)	sulgsõ	sūlgis
elative (elatīv)	sulgstõ	sūlgist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “sulg”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sulka.

Noun

sulg

1. feather