üülj
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- ual (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)
- uul (Goesharde)
- ool (Heligoland)
- uuil (Wiedingharde)
Etymology
From Old Frisian ald, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
üülj (comparative åler, superlative ålst)
Inflection
| masculine | feminine / neuter |
plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | üülj | |||
| attributive / independent | üüljen | üülje | üülj | üülje |
| partitive | üüljs | — | ||
| comparative | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | åler | |||
| attributive / independent | åleren | ålere | åler | ålere |
| partitive | ålers | — | ||
| superlative | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | am ålsten | |||
| attributive / independent | — | ålste | ålst | ålste |