uvel

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton uuel (“humble”), from Latin humilis. Cognate with Cornish huvel and Welsh ufyll (“humble”).

Adjective

uvel

1. humble

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

uvel

1. (South West Midland) alternative form of yvel (“evil”)

Noun

uvel

1. (South West Midland) alternative form of yvel (“evil”)

Etymology 2

Adverb

uvel

1. (South West Midland) alternative form of yvel (“evilly”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From u- +‎ vel.

Adjective

uvel (indeclinable)

1. unwell

References

• “uvel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From u- +‎ vel.

Adjective

uvel (indeclinable)

1. unwell

References

• “uvel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovene

Etymology

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ùveo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uʋèːʋ/, /uʋɛ́ʋ/

Adjective

uvẹ́ł or uvȅł (comparative bȍlj uvẹ́ł or bȍlj uvȅł, superlative nȁjbolj uvẹ́ł or nȁjbolj uvȅł)

1. wilted

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	uvél	uvéla	uvélo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uvél ind uvéli def	uvéla	uvélo
genitive	uvélega	uvéle	uvélega
dative	uvélemu	uvéli	uvélemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	uvélo	uvélo
locative	uvélem	uvéli	uvélem
instrumental	uvélim	uvélo	uvélim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uvéla	uvéli	uvéli
genitive	uvélih	uvélih	uvélih
dative	uvélima	uvélima	uvélima
accusative	uvéla	uvéli	uvéli
locative	uvélih	uvélih	uvélih
instrumental	uvélima	uvélima	uvélima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uvéli	uvéle	uvéla
genitive	uvélih	uvélih	uvélih
dative	uvélim	uvélim	uvélim
accusative	uvéle	uvéle	uvéla
locative	uvélih	uvélih	uvélih
instrumental	uvélimi	uvélimi	uvélimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “uvel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026