Latin

Proper noun

Sulla m ‎(genitive Sullae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen, usually referring to Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix or others from the gens Cornelia.

Inflection

First declension.

References

• Sulla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sulla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Sulla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Finnish

Pronoun

sulla

1. (colloquial) Adessive form of sä.

Icelandic

Etymology

From sull ‎(“mixture”) and -a ‎(“turns nouns into verbs”).

Verb

sulla (sullaði)

1. to splash around, to splash about

   Ég vil sulla í pollinum!

   I wanna go splashing about in the puddle!

   Þetta er mynd af Önnu að sulla.

   This is a picture of Anna splashing.

2. to spill

   Ég sullaði mjólkinni.

   I spilled the milk.

Usage notes

• The verb sulla and sulla saman ‎(“to mix together”) denote a hint of apathy, carelessness or casualness of the doer's actions.
• This verb may be found childish.
• In the sense of "spilling" the preposition á ‎(“on”) may be added to give information as to where one spilled something:

  Ég sullaði mjólk á gólfið.

  I spilled milk on the floor.

Derived terms

• sulla á (to spill on)
• sulla saman (to mix something)

Italian

Contraction

sulla

1. (contraction of su la) on the