tul

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tul"

Translingual

Symbol

tul

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tula.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tula terms

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tulla- (“piece of meat”), from older *túli̯a-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *tuu̯úli̯a- < *tuu̯əl̥i̯-á- < *tuHəli̯-á-, from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂ló- (“swollen”) or *tuh₂li̯-ó- (“having swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Cognate to:

• Ancient Greek τύλος (túlos, “torus, wale”),
• Latin tullius (“swell, flood, gush, jet”),
• Middle High German dolle, dulle (“foliage”),
• Swedish tull (“pine cone”).

Ultimately a doublet of tytë and tëtanë (possibly).

Noun

tul m (plural tule, definite tuli, definite plural tulet)

1. flesh
2. pulp
3. bread core
4. crumb

Declension

Declension of tul

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tul	tuli	tule	tulet
accusative		tulin
dative	tuli	tulit	tuleve	tuleve
ablative			tulesh

Derived terms

• tulak
• tulës
• tulicë
• tultak
• tultë
• tultulth

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtul]

Verb

tul

1. second-person singular imperative of tulit

Maltese

Root
t-w-l
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طُول (ṭūl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːl/
• Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

tul m (plural tulijiet)

1. length (in space or time), duration
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:

     Wara l-bibien,
     fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
     batejt
     il-għeja
     il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
     batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
     iżda ġarrabt ukoll
     il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
     li kull tallab iħoss
     x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
     bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• matul

Preposition

tul

1. throughout, for the length of, for many

   tul is-snin ― for many years

   tul il-lejl ― all night

Polish

Chemical element
Tm
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tul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtul/

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• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: tul

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin thūlium.

Noun

tul m inan (related adjective tulowy)

1. thulium (metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre)

Declension

Declension of tul

	singular
nominative	tul
genitive	tulu
dative	tulowi
accusative	tul
instrumental	tulem
locative	tulu
vocative	tulu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tul

1. second-person singular imperative of tulić

Further reading

• tul in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tul in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tulle.

Noun

tul n (plural tuluri)

1. tulle

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tul	tulul		tuluri	tulurile
genitive-dative	tul	tulului		tuluri	tulurilor
vocative	tulule			tulurilor

Spanish

Noun

tul m (plural tules)

1. tulle (material)
2. (Honduras) bulrush

Derived terms

• tular

Further reading

• “tul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (tuli).

Noun

tul

1. worm

References

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind