-ul

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ul"

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uɫ]

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	A / I	E / Ə / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
postconsonantal except after L	-ıl	-il	-ul	-ül
after L	-ın	-in	-un	-ün
postvocalic	-n

-ul

1. Form of -il after the vowels O / U and a consonant other than L.

   ‎yormaq (“to tire out”) + ‎-ul → ‎yorulmaq (“to get tired”)

   ‎tutmaq (“to catch”) + ‎-ul → ‎tutulmaq (“to get caught”)

Derived terms

See -il.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ul]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ul

2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a word to form an intransitive verb with a middle-voice meaning.

   ‎csoportos (“collective”) + ‎-ul → ‎csoportosul (“to form a group”)

   ‎azonos (“identical”) + ‎-ul → ‎azonosul (“to identify; to associate oneself with some group”)

   ‎von (“to pull”) + ‎-ul → ‎vonul (“to go along, to stalk, to march”, literally “to pull oneself”)

   ‎alak (“shape”) + ‎-ul → ‎alakul (“to take shape”)

Usage notes

• (verb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ul is added to back-vowel words. The final vowel is dropped.

  ‎lassú (“slow”) + ‎-ul → ‎lassul (“to slow down”)

  -ül is added to front-vowel words. The final vowel is dropped.

  ‎béke (“peace”) + ‎-ul → ‎békül (“to make peace”)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ul

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ul/-ül (essive-modal case suffix)

2. (essive sense) as, with the intention of

   Synonyms: -ként, -képp/-képpen, (stating the capacity) mint

   ‎ajándék (“gift, present”) + ‎-ul → ‎ajándékul (“as a gift”)

   ‎példa (“example”) + ‎-ul → ‎például (“for example; as an example”)

4. (modal sense, adverb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form an adverb.

   ‎rossz (“bad”) + ‎-ul → ‎rosszul (“badly”)

   ‎angol (“English”) + ‎-ul → ‎angolul (“in English”)

Usage notes

• (essive-modal case suffix) Variants:

  -ul is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.

  -ül is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.

   Hungarian case suffixes

Case	Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	Front vowel
		unrounded e, é, i, í	rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative	—
accusative	-t
	-ot / -at	-et	-öt
dative	-nak	-nek
instrumental	-val	-vel
causal-final	-ért
translative	-vá	-vé
terminative	-ig
essive-formal	-ként
essive-modal	-ul	-ül
inessive	-ban	-ben
superessive	-n
	-on	-en	-ön
adessive	-nál	-nél
illative	-ba	-be
sublative	-ra	-re
allative	-hoz	-hez	-höz
elative	-ból	-ből
delative	-ról	-ről
ablative	-tól	-től
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.     alma — almában, but almaként     zene ― zenében, but zeneként

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -ul

See also

• Category:Hungarian terms taking -ul/-ül
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Middle English

Suffix

-ul

1. Alternative form of -el (“agentive suffix”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul/

Suffix

-ul

1. Alternative form of -el
2. Alternative form of -ol

Romanian

Alternative forms

• -l — for masculine and neuter nouns ending in a vowel other than -e or -i
• -le — for masculine and neuter nouns ending in -e

Etymology

Identical to -l (a contracted form of an older -lu). Due to the misunderstanding of modern speakers it is assumed to be a separate suffix. In older Romanian (still dialectially attested and present in place names) masculine nouns end in -u for example: focu (now foc). A tendency to drop the pronunciation of final -u sounds lead to the modern pronunciation. Accordingly the old definite form for focu is foculu. Thus when subjected to final u dropping it results in the modern form focul. It is not that -ul is a suffix, but that the indefinite form is contracted, such that its not immediately obvious.

Compare Aromanian -lu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul/
• (informal) IPA^(key): /u/

Suffix

-ul m or n

1. variant of -l

   the (definite article)

Usage notes

This form of the definite article is used for both masculine and neuter singular nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which do not end in a vowel, except for -i (which is somewhat uncommon in Romanian):

• bărbatul (“the man”), from bărbat m
• visul (“the dream”), from vis n
• copilul (“the child”), from copil m
• arcul (“the bow”), from arc n
• războiul (“the war”), from război n
• tramvaiul (“the tram”), from tramvai n
• cotoiul (“the tomcat”), from cotoi m

The suffix is also used with masculine and neuter singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies:

• deșteptul om, from omul deștept (both meaning "the smart man")
• viteazul soldat, from soldatul viteaz (both meaning "the brave soldier")

In informal speech, the final -l is often not pronounced.

Related terms

• -i
• -l
• -le
• -ului

See also

• -a
• -ua

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uɫ]

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	A / I	E / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
postconsonantal except after L	-ıl	-il	-ul	-ül
after L	-ın	-in	-un	-ün
postvocalic	-n

-ul

1. Form of -il after the vowels O / U and a consonant other than L.

   ‎yormak (“to tire out”) + ‎-ul → ‎yorulmak (“to get tired”)

   ‎tutmak (“to hold”) + ‎-ul → ‎tutulmak (“to be held”)

Derived terms

See -il.