ul

English Online Dictionary. What means ul‎? What does ul mean?

English

Noun

ul (plural uls)

1. (computing) Alternative form of UL (“upload”)

Verb

ul (third-person singular simple present uls, present participle uling, simple past and past participle uled)

1. (computing) Alternative form of UL (“upload”)

Anagrams

• LU, Lu, Lù, Lú, Lü, lu

Akkadian

Etymology

Probably from 𒅇 (u) + 𒆷𒀀 (lā), thus corresponding to Biblical Hebrew וְלֹא (wə-loʔ). Compare also Biblical Hebrew אַל (ʔal).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ul/

Particle

ul

1. (negation) not (in main clauses)

Alternative forms

• ula (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian)

References

• “ul”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

Albanian

Alternative forms

• unj

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wala, from *wol-o-, o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“press together”) (compare Lithuanian valýti (“to clean”), Ancient Greek εἰλέω (eiléō, “press together”)). Variant unj is from *ulnj, from Proto-Albanian *walnja, a causative of the previous.

Verb

ul (aorist ula, participle ulur)

1. to sit down, put (someone/something) on a seat (or on the ground)

   (mediopassive)

2. to lower, put down

3. to bend, tilt down
4. to seat; land an airplane
5. to decrease, reduce, diminish
6. to close

7. to pull down (a skirt or shirt, clothes in general)
8. (figurative) to demote; degrade, debase

Conjugation

Synonyms

• lëshoj
• poshtëroj

Antonyms

• ngrihem, ngre
• çohem, çoj
• ngjitem
• ngrihem
• rritet, rris, rrit

Derived terms

• ulët
• ulur (participle)
• ulem (mediopassive)
• përul

Related terms

• mbyll
• përkulem

Further reading

• [2] verb "ul" (engl.: lower, put down) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

Angguruk Yali

Noun

ul

1. ash

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 156

Breton

Article

ul

1. a/an

See also

• un
• ur

Kabyle

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ulβ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”).

Noun

ul m (construct state wul, plural ulawen, plural construct state wulawen)

1. heart

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hullu. Cognates include Finnish hullu.

Adjective

ul

1. crazy
2. wild

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Probably related to hyl.

Noun

ul m (definite singular ulen, indefinite plural ular, definite plural ulane)

1. a howl

Etymology 2

Verb

ul

1. imperative of ula

Etymology 3

Adjective

ul (neuter ult, definite singular and plural ule, comparative ulare, indefinite superlative ulast, definite superlative ulaste)

1. half-rotten

Related terms

• ulna

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ulьjь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈul/
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: ul

Noun

ul m inan

1. hive, beehive
2. (slang) prison

Declension

References

• Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257: “ul”

Further reading

• ul in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ul in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar ilo and Oromo ulee.

Noun

ul ?

1. stick

Tuareg

Alternative forms

• ulh (Tamasheq)

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ulβ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”).

Noun

ul m (plural ulawen)

1. (Tamahaq) heart

West Flemish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øl/
• Rhymes: -øl

Noun

ul m (plural uls, diminutive ulletje)

1. lid (top or cover of a container)