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hul
hul
Afrikaans
Determiner
hul
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
| subjective | objective | possessive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | my | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | jou | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | u | ||||
| 3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | |||
| 3rd, fem | sy | haar | haar | |||
| 3rd, neut | dit | sy | ||||
| plural | 1st | ons | ons | |||
| 2nd | julle | julle / jul1 | ||||
| 3rd | hulle | hulle / hul1 | ||||
| 1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous. | ||||||
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hol (“hole”), from holr (“hollow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔl/, [hɔl]
Noun
hul n (singular definite hullet, plural indefinite huller)
Inflection
Inflection of hul
Etymology 2
From Old Norse holr (“hollow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huːl/, [huːˀl]
Adjective
hul
Inflection
| Inflection of hul | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | hul | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | hult | — | —2 |
| Plural | hule | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | hule | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Etymology 3
Non-lemma forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huːl/, [huːˀl]
Verb
hul
- imperative of hule
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʏl
Verb
hul