sulla

See also: Sulla and Sul·la

English

Alternative forms

• sullah

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੁੱਲਾ (sullā, “Muslim (derogatory)”), a mispronunciation (or perhaps a misspelling in Gurmukhi script) of Punjabi ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā, “mullah, Islamic religious leader”), derived from Classical Persian ملا (mullā), from Arabic مُلَّا (mullā).

Noun

sulla (plural sullas)

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)

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

Contraction

sulla

1. contraction of su la; on the

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsul.la/

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

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

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suladak.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈsuɫːɑ]
• 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	emmä sula	1st plural	õõmmõ sulannu	emmä õõ sulannu
2nd plural	sulattõ	että sula	2nd plural	õõttõ sulannu	että 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	emmä sulannu	1st plural	õlimmõ sulannu	—
2nd plural	sulittõ	että 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	õllõizin sulannu	en õllõizʹ sulannu
2nd singular	sulaizid	ed sulaizʹ	2nd singular	õllõizid sulannu	ed õllõizʹ sulannu
3rd singular	sulaizʹ	eb sulaizʹ	3rd singular	õllõizʹ sulannu	eb õllõizʹ sulannu
1st plural	sulaizimmõ	emmä sulaizʹ	1st plural	õllõizimmõ sulannu	emmä õllõizʹ sulannu
2nd plural	sulaizittõ	että sulaizʹ	2nd plural	õllõizittõ sulannu	että õllõizʹ 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	1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun
	elative	sulamõssõ
	abessive	sulamõttõ

References

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