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Albanian

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Etymology

From Proto-Albanian * ̊kull-, from Proto-Indo-European *kwel- (“to revolve, twist”). Occurs almost exclusively in prefixed form with për-. Probably related to ul.

Verb

kul (aorist (për)kula, participle (për)kulur)

  1. to bend, crouch, bow

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

kul

  1. masculine singular past active participle of kout

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, cognate with Swedish kol, German Kohle, Dutch kool, English coal.

Pronunciation

Noun

kul n (singular definite kullet, plural indefinite kul)

  1. coal
Declension
More information neuter gender, singular ...
Declension of kul
neuter
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kul kullet kul kullene
genitive kuls kullets kuls kullenes
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Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːˀl/, [ˈkʰuˀl]

Verb

kul

  1. imperative of kule

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʏl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cul, kul (“testicle”), from Old French coille, from Latin cōleus (“testicle”).

Noun

kul f (plural kullen, diminutive kulletje n)

  1. (obsolete) testicle
  2. (dialectal) marble (small ball used in various games)
  3. (obsolete) loser, wuss, wimp
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of flauwekul, a univerbation of the adjective flauw (“insipid, tasteless”) and the noun kul (“testicle”).

Noun

kul m (uncountable)

  1. nonsense, rubbish
Derived terms
  • kulargument
  • kulverhaal

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

kul n (genitive singular kuls, no plural)

  1. (light) breeze
    Synonym: gola

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...
singular
indefinite definite
nominative kul kulið
accusative kul kulið
dative kuli kulinu
genitive kuls kulsins
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Declension of kul (sg-only neuter)

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kul.

Noun

kul

  1. slave

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kul”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Related to the noun kule

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʉːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːl

Noun

kul m (definite singular kulen, indefinite plural kuler, definite plural kulene)

  1. bump, swelling (in the head or on a level surface)

Etymology 2

From Swedish kul, with meaning influenced by English cool.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʉːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːl

Adjective

kul (masculine and feminine kul, neuter kult, definite singular and plural kule, comparative kulere, indefinite superlative kulest, definite superlative kuleste)

  1. cool (awesome)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʉːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːl

Verb

kul

  1. imperative of kule

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Related to the noun kule

Noun

kul m (definite singular kulen, indefinite plural kular, definite plural kulane)

  1. bump, swelling (in the head or on a level surface)

Etymology 2

From Swedish kul, with meaning influenced by English cool.

Adjective

kul (neuter kult, definite singular and plural kule, comparative kulare, indefinite superlative kulast, definite superlative kulaste)

  1. cool (awesome)

Etymology 3

Verb

kul

  1. imperative of kule

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

kul f

  1. genitive plural of kula
    Synonym: kuli

Verb

kul

  1. second-person singular imperative of kulić

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English cool.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kȗl (Cyrillic spelling ку̑л)

  1. cool: popular, great, in fashion
    Taj frajer je zbilja kul! — That dude is really cool!

Adverb

kȗl (Cyrillic spelling ку̑л)

  1. cool, in a cool manner

Sumerian

Romanization

kul

  1. Romanization of 𒆰 (kul)

Swedish

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Perhaps a clipping from an earlier kulan, from kula. First seen in 1911.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kul (comparative mer kul, superlative mest kul)

  1. fun
    Det är kul att åka skateboard
    It's fun to ride a skateboard
  2. funny
    Vill du höra ett kul skämt?
    Want to hear a funny joke?
  3. (nominalized) fun things
    Det finns mycket kul att göra på stadsfestivalen
    There are lots of fun things to do at the city festival

Declension

No inflected forms. Sometimes kulig is used colloquially when inflected forms are needed.

See also

References

Tocharian B

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

kul ?

  1. bell

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kul”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 196

Turkish

Yucatec Maya

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