sulla

See also: Sulla and Sul·la

English

Alternative forms

• sullah

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੁੱਲਾ (sullā, “Muslim (derogatory)”). This word is likely a mispronunciation (or perhaps a misspelling in Gurmukhi script) of Punjabi ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā, “mullah, Islamic religious leader”), derived from Classical Persian ملا (mullā), ultimately from Arabic مُلَّا (mullā). It may also be a contraction of Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān, “Muslim”) or Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਾ (muslā, “"carpet kisser", another derogatory term for Muslims, but also refers to a mat or carpet used for Muslim prayers”).

Noun

sulla (plural sullas or sulleh)

1. (South Asia, religious slur, ethnic slur, offensive) A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan.

Usage notes

• In the modern day, the term is most often used by Sikhs on social media. This usage is rooted in long-standing historical animosity between Sikhs and Muslims in South Asia.
• The term is used infrequently by Hindutva supremacists, as it is not native to Hindi.

Synonyms

• mulla (rare)
• musalla (very rare)

See also

• sulli, mulli, musalli (equivalent term for Muslim women)
• sikhra, sikhrey (from sikra, sikrey, lit. lice-ridden one(s); an anti-Sikh slur used by Pakistanis, particularly Mirpuris, in reference to Sikhs' long unshaven hair)

References

• “sulla”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

From the genus name Sulla.

Noun

sulla (plural sullas)

1. Any of the species in the genus Sulla (syn. Hedysarum).

References

• “sulla”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Sulla (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sulla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hedysarum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• allus, Aulls

Finnish

Etymology

Contracted from the standard form sinulla.

Pronoun

sulla

1. (colloquial) adessive singular of sä

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sulla (“to swill”), perhaps from Old Norse sollr, *sullr (“swill, slop for pigs”), from Proto-Germanic *swulaz (“swill”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Cognate with English swill. Compare also Old Norse svalla (“to drink heavily, swill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʏtla]
• Rhymes: -ʏtla

Verb

sulla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sullaði, supine sullað)

1. to splash around, to splash about

   Ég vil sulla í pollinum! ― I wanna go splashing about in the puddle!

   Þetta er mynd af Önnu að sulla. ― This is a picture of Anna splashing.

2. to spill

   Ég sullaði mjólkinni. ― I spilled the milk.

Usage notes

• The verb sulla and sulla saman (“to mix together”) denote a hint of apathy, carelessness or casualness of the doer's actions.
• This verb may be found childish.
• In the sense of "spilling" the preposition á (“on”) may be added to give information as to where one spilled something:

  Ég sullaði mjólk á gólfið.

  I spilled milk on the floor.

Conjugation

sulla – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sulla
supine sagnbót		sullað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sullandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sulla	sullaði		sulli	sullaði
	þú	sullar	sullaðir		sullir	sullaðir
	hann, hún, það	sullar	sullaði		sulli	sullaði
plural	við	sullum	sulluðum		sullum	sulluðum
	þið	sullið	sulluðuð		sullið	sulluðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	sulla	sulluðu		sulli	sulluðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sulla (þú), sullaðu
plural	þið	sullið (þið), sulliði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sullast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sullast
supine sagnbót		sullast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sullandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sullast	sullaðist		sullist	sullaðist
	þú	sullast	sullaðist		sullist	sullaðist
	hann, hún, það	sullast	sullaðist		sullist	sullaðist
plural	við	sullumst	sulluðumst		sullumst	sulluðumst
	þið	sullist	sulluðust		sullist	sulluðust
	þeir, þær, þau	sullast	sulluðust		sullist	sulluðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sullast (þú), sullastu
plural	þið	sullist (þið), sullisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sullaður — 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)	sullaður	sulluð	sullað	sullaðir	sullaðar	sulluð
accusative (þolfall)	sullaðan	sullaða	sullað	sullaða	sullaðar	sulluð
dative (þágufall)	sulluðum	sullaðri	sulluðu	sulluðum	sulluðum	sulluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	sullaðs	sullaðrar	sullaðs	sullaðra	sullaðra	sullaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sullaði	sullaða	sullaða	sulluðu	sulluðu	sulluðu
accusative (þolfall)	sullaða	sulluðu	sullaða	sulluðu	sulluðu	sulluðu
dative (þágufall)	sullaða	sulluðu	sullaða	sulluðu	sulluðu	sulluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	sullaða	sulluðu	sullaða	sulluðu	sulluðu	sulluðu

Derived terms

• sulla á (“to spill on”)
• sulla saman (“to mix something”)

Related terms

• sull

Italian

Etymology 1

From Spanish zulla, from Arabic سُلَّة (sulla).

Noun

sulla f (plural sulle)

1. plant of the genus Sulla, particularly Sulla coronaria.

Etymology 2

Contraction

sulla

1. contraction of su la; on the

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsul.la/
• Rhymes: -ulla

Noun

sulla f (plural silel)

1. alternative form of silla: French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sulë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsulla/

Noun

sulla

1. approximation, resemblance (of something)
2. estimate

Inflection

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	sulla
Genitive	sula
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sulla	sulat
Accusative	sula	sulaid
Genitive	sula	sulaid
Illative	sullii	sulaide
Locative	sulas	sulain
Comitative	sulain	sulaiguin
Essive	sullan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sullan sullame sullamet 2nd person sullat sullade sulladet 3rd person sullas sullaska sullaset

Derived terms

• sullii

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʎa/ [ˈsu.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʒa/ [ˈsu.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuja/ [ˈsu.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -uʝa

• Rhymes: -uʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -uʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -uʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -uja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: su‧lla

Noun

sulla f (plural sullas)

1. alternative form of zulla (“sainfoin”)

   Hypernyms: pipirigallo, esparceta

Further reading

• “sulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from sulaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

Alternative forms

• sulatõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suladak.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈsuɫːɑ]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈsuɫːɑ]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈsuɫɑː] ~ [ˈsuɫˑɑː]
• Rhymes: -ulɑː
• Hyphenation: sul‧la

Verb

sulla

1. (intransitive) to melt, thaw
2. (intransitive) to dissolve

Inflection

Conjugation of sulla (type III-4/ellä, no gradation, gemination)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	sulan	en sula	1st singular	õõn sulannu	en õõ sulannu
2nd singular	sulad	ed sula	2nd singular	õõd sulannu	ed õõ sulannu
3rd singular	sulab	eb sula	3rd singular	on sulannu	eb õõ sulannu
1st plural	sulammõ	emme sula	1st plural	õõmmõ sulannu	emme õõ sulannu
2nd plural	sulattõ	ette sula	2nd plural	õõttõ sulannu	ette õõ sulannu
3rd plural	sulõta	eväd sula	3rd plural	õlla sulõttu	eväd õõ sulõttu
impersonal	sulõta	eväd sula	impersonal	õlla sulõttu	eväd õõ sulõttu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	sulin	en sulannu	1st singular	õlin sulannu	—
2nd singular	sulid	ed sulannu	2nd singular	õlid sulannu	—
3rd singular	suli	eb sulannu	3rd singular	õli sulannu	—
1st plural	sulimmõ	emme sulannu	1st plural	õlimmõ sulannu	—
2nd plural	sulittõ	ette sulannu	2nd plural	õlittõ sulannu	—
3rd plural	sulõtti	eväd sulõttu	3rd plural	õlti sulõttu	—
impersonal	sulõtti	eväd sulõttu	impersonal	õlti sulõttu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	sulaizin	en sulaizʹ	1st singular	õll(õ)izin sulannu	en õll(õ)izʹ sulannu
2nd singular	sulaizid	ed sulaizʹ	2nd singular	õll(õ)izid sulannu	ed õll(õ)izʹ sulannu
3rd singular	sulaizʹ	eb sulaizʹ	3rd singular	õll(õ)izʹ sulannu	eb õll(õ)izʹ sulannu
1st plural	sulaizimmõ	emme sulaizʹ	1st plural	õll(õ)izimmõ sulannu	emme õll(õ)izʹ sulannu
2nd plural	sulaizittõ	ette sulaizʹ	2nd plural	õll(õ)izittõ sulannu	ette õll(õ)izʹ sulannu
3rd plural	sulõttaizʹ	eväd sulõttaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ sulõttu	eväd õltaizʹ sulõttu
impersonal	sulõttaizʹ	eväd sulõttaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ sulõttu	eväd õltaizʹ sulõttu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	sula	elä sula
3rd singular	sulago1)	elko sulago1)
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	sulaga	elka sulaga
3rd plural	sulagod1)	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		sulla	present	sulajõ2)	—
2nd	illative	sulama	past	sulannu	sulõttu
	inessive	sulamõz	'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. 1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun
	elative	sulamõss
	abessive	sulamõttõ

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “sulaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn