ful
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]ful
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful (invariable)
- (relational) of Fula
Noun
[edit]ful m (uncountable)
Related terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, cognate with Swedish ful, English foul, German faul, Dutch vuil.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful (neuter fult, plural and definite singular attributive fule)
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ful m (collective, singulative fula, paucal fuliet)
See also
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Alternative forms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ful
- very; much; to a great extent
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
- And I seide, "Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. […]
- And I said, "Sir, in his time master John Wycliffe was held by very many men the greatest clerk that they knew living upon earth. And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living. […]
- full
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
- and failing he was dead in a good old [age], and of great age, and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ful, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ful
- Alternative form of fulle
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful (masculine and feminine ful, neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulere, indefinite superlative fulest, definite superlative fuleste)
References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Adjective
[edit]ful (neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulare, indefinite superlative fulast, definite superlative fulaste)
References
[edit]- “ful” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *full.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful
- Alternative form of full
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *fūl.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fūl
- foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)
Declension
[edit]Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | fūl | fūl | fūl |
Accusative | fūlne | fūle | fūl |
Genitive | fūles | fūlre | fūles |
Dative | fūlum | fūlre | fūlum |
Instrumental | fūle | fūlre | fūle |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | fūle | fūla, fūle | fūl |
Accusative | fūle | fūla, fūle | fūl |
Genitive | fūlra | fūlra | fūlra |
Dative | fūlum | fūlum | fūlum |
Instrumental | fūlum | fūlum | fūlum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *full
Adverb
[edit]ful
- very, well
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
- ...and ful leof þam casere for his micclan sige þeah þe he nære gefullod .
- ...and very dear to the emperor for his great victory, though he was not baptized.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
Old Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *full.
Adjective
[edit]ful
Descendants
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]·ful
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·ful | ·ḟul | ·ful pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Saxon
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Adjective
[edit]ful
Declension
[edit]Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | ful | fulle | ful | fullu | ful | fulle |
accusative | fullana | fulle | ful | fullu | fulla | fulle |
genitive | fulles | fullarō | fulles | fullarō | fullaro | fullarō |
dative | fullumu | fullum | fullumu | fullum | fullaro | fullum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | fullo | fullu | fulla | fullu | fulla | fullu |
accusative | fullun | fullun | fulla | fullun | fullun | fullun |
genitive | fullun | fullonō | fullun | fullonō | fullun | fullonō |
dative | fullun | fullum | fullun | fullum | fullun | fullum |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Low German: vull
Plautdietsch
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Noun
[edit]ful m inan
- (poker) full house
- (colloquial) stout, porter (beer with mid-high hop and alcohol levels)
- (colloquial) full house (situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity)
- Synonym: komplet
Declension
[edit]Numeral
[edit]ful
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فُول (fūl).
Noun
[edit]ful m inan
- type of heavily spiced Egyptian fava bean paste (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ful in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ful in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ful n (plural fuluri)
Declension
[edit]Saterland Frisian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Frisian full, from Proto-West Germanic *full. Cognates include West Frisian fol and German voll.
Adjective
[edit]ful (masculine fullen, feminine, plural or definite fulle, comparative fuller, superlative fulst)
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “full”): loos
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
[edit]ful
- Unstressed form of fúul
References
[edit]- Marron C. Fort (2015) “ful”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “fúul”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful (invariable)
Further reading
[edit]- “ful”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz. Compare English foul, Dutch vuil, German faul.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ful (comparative fulare, superlative fulast)
- ugly; of displeasing appearance
- Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett
- That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen
- 1994, “Älska mig [Love me]”, in Sanningens morgon [The morning of truth][1], performed by Köttgrottorna:
- Jag blir äldre och mindre attraktiv. Rent ut sagt fulare. Åren går så fort att jag har svårt att följa med. Jag byter punkfrisyr mot munkfrisyr och ansiktet det skrynklar ihop sig. Men mina egocentriska behov, de kvarstår år efter år.
- I'm getting older and less attractive. Uglier, to put it bluntly. The years go by so fast that I have a hard time keeping up. I exchange punk hairdo for monk hairdo and my face [it – redundant] crumples up. But my egocentric needs, they remain year after year.
- dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules
- Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling
- Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle
- prefix indicating a state of low or lesser quality: an ironic opposite of fin (“fine, elegant”).
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
- Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.
- Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ful | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | ful | fulare | fulast |
Neuter singular | fult | fulare | fulast |
Plural | fula | fulare | fulast |
Masculine plural3 | fule | fulare | fulast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | fule | fulare | fulaste |
All | fula | fulare | fulaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ful in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
[edit]Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ful
Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]ful (nominative plural fuls)
Declension
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- ISO 639-2
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- mt:Fabeae tribe plants
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