hulla

hulla

Hungarian

Etymology

It converted to noun from the verb hull (“to fall”) +‎ -a (obsolete participle suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhulːɒ]
• Hyphenation: hul‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

hulla (plural hullák)

1. (possibly offensive, not applicable in case of mourning) corpse

   Synonyms: holttest, tetem

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hulla	hullák
accusative	hullát	hullákat
dative	hullának	hulláknak
instrumental	hullával	hullákkal
causal-final	hulláért	hullákért
translative	hullává	hullákká
terminative	hulláig	hullákig
essive-formal	hullaként	hullákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hullában	hullákban
superessive	hullán	hullákon
adessive	hullánál	hulláknál
illative	hullába	hullákba
sublative	hullára	hullákra
allative	hullához	hullákhoz
elative	hullából	hullákból
delative	hulláról	hullákról
ablative	hullától	hulláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	hulláé	hulláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	hulláéi	hullákéi

Possessive forms of hulla
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hullám	hulláim
2nd person sing.	hullád	hulláid
3rd person sing.	hullája	hullái
1st person plural	hullánk	hulláink
2nd person plural	hullátok	hulláitok
3rd person plural	hullájuk	hulláik

Derived terms

• hullaház
• hullamerevség

Adjective

hulla (comparative hullább, superlative leghullább)

1. (informal) exhausted, shattered

Derived terms

• hullafáradt

References

1. hulla in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• hulla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Alternative forms

• (of noun) hullene
• (of verb) hullet

Noun

hulla n

1. definite plural of hull

Verb

hulla

1. inflection of hulle:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Old High German

Etymology

From the Old High German verb hullan.

Noun

hulla f

1. head covering

Descendants

• Middle High German: hülle
  • German: Hülle

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Spanish

Etymology

From French houille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈuʝa/ [ˈu.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈuʝa/ [ˈu.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈuʎa/ [ˈu.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈuʃa/ [ˈu.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈuʒa/ [ˈu.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -uʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒa

• Syllabification: hu‧lla
• Homophone: (yeísmo) huya

Noun

hulla f (plural hullas)

1. bituminous coal

Further reading

• “hulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014