-ull

See also: ull, úll, and 'ull

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • -ullë f

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *-ula, from Proto-Indo-European *-ulós.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [uɫ]

Suffix

-ull m

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Suffix

-ull m

  1. Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth.

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

Old Norse

Suffix

-ull

  1. Alternative form of -ill

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-ulaz.

Suffix

-ull

  1. forms adjectives from verbs with the meaning ‘inclined to’
    ‎þegja (“to be silent, to shut up”) + ‎-ull → ‎þǫgull (“taciturn”)
Derived terms
Old Norse terms suffixed with -ull
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