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Webster 1913 Edition


Sula


Su′la

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Icel.
s[GREEK]la
the gannet. See
Solan goose
.]
(Zool.)
A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.

Definition 2024


Sula

Sula

See also: sula, sulă, sulā, súla, sùla, and šula

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Sula f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sulidae boobies.

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Norwegian

Proper noun

Sula

  1. A municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

sula

sula

See also: Sula, sulă, sulā, súla, sùla, and šula

Dupaninan Agta

Noun

sula

  1. cigarette

Finnish

(index su)

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *sula, cognate with Estonian sula; compare Latvian sula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsulɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ulɑ
  • Hyphenation: su‧la

Adjective

sula (comparative sulempi, superlative sulin)

  1. molten
  2. (of bodies of water) not having ice cover
  3. (intensifier) pure
    se oli sulaa hulluutta — it was pure madness

Declension

Inflection of sula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative sula sulat
genitive sulan sulien
partitive sulaa sulia
illative sulaan suliin
singular plural
nominative sula sulat
accusative nom. sula sulat
gen. sulan
genitive sulan sulien
sulainrare
partitive sulaa sulia
inessive sulassa sulissa
elative sulasta sulista
illative sulaan suliin
adessive sulalla sulilla
ablative sulalta sulilta
allative sulalle sulille
essive sulana sulina
translative sulaksi suliksi
instructive sulin
abessive sulatta sulitta
comitative suline

Derived terms

Noun

sula

  1. melt, molten material (any molten substance)
    kivisulamolten rock
    voisulamolten butter
  2. (metallurgy) smelt (any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of production of metal in a smelting process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)

Declension

Inflection of sula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative sula sulat
genitive sulan sulien
partitive sulaa sulia
illative sulaan suliin
singular plural
nominative sula sulat
accusative nom. sula sulat
gen. sulan
genitive sulan sulien
sulainrare
partitive sulaa sulia
inessive sulassa sulissa
elative sulasta sulista
illative sulaan suliin
adessive sulalla sulilla
ablative sulalta sulilta
allative sulalle sulille
essive sulana sulina
translative sulaksi suliksi
instructive sulin
abessive sulatta sulitta
comitative sulineen

Compounds

Verb

sula

  1. Indicative present connegative form of sulaa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of sulaa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of sulaa.

Anagrams


Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠʊlˠə/

Conjunction

sula (triggers eclipsis on verbs; takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)

  1. before
    Téigh sula ndéanfaidh mé é.
    Go before I do it.
    Sula ndearna mé é, tháinig mé amach.
    Before I did it, I went outside.

Usage notes

Not used before the past tense except with some irregular verbs.

Derived terms

  • sular (used before the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

Italian

Etymology

New Latin, from Old Norse sūla.

Noun

sula f (plural sule)

  1. gannet or booby

Derived terms


Latvian

(Apelsīnu) sula

Noun

sula f (4th declension)

  1. juice (liquids found in fruits which people can drink)
    ābolu sula ― apple juice
    ogu sula ― berry juice
    dārzeņu sulas ― vegetable juices
    salda sula ― sweet juice
    sulas ekstraktsjuice extract
  2. (anatomy) (liquids excreted by certain body organs)
    zarnu sula ― intestinal juice

Declension

Derived terms


Miskito

Noun

sula

  1. deer

Swedish

Noun

sula c

  1. sole, the bottom of a shoe
  2. a booby; a bird of the Sula genus and/or Sulidae family

Declension

Inflection of sula 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sula sulan sulor sulorna
Genitive sulas sulans sulors sulornas

Verb

sula (present sular, preterite sulade, supine sulat, imperative sula)

  1. to fit a sole to a shoe
  2. (slang) throw a small object with great force

Conjugation


Veps

Adjective

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Inflection

Inflection of sula
nominative sing. sula
genitive sing. sulan
partitive sing. sulad
partitive plur. sulid
singular plural
nominative sula sulad
accusative sulan sulad
genitive sulan suliden
partitive sulad sulid
essive-instructive sulan sulin
translative sulaks sulikš
inessive sulas suliš
elative sulaspäi sulišpäi
illative ? sulihe
adessive sulal sulil
ablative sulalpäi sulilpäi
allative sulale sulile
abessive sulata sulita
comitative sulanke sulidenke
prolative suladme sulidme
approximative I sulanno sulidenno
approximative II sulannoks sulidennoks
egressive sulannopäi sulidennopäi
terminative I ? sulihesai
terminative II sulalesai sulilesai
terminative III sulassai
additive I ? sulihepäi
additive II sulalepäi sulilepäi

Derived terms

References