nolla

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Finnish

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    Cardinal: nolla
    Colloquial counting form: nol
    Ordinal: nollas
    Ordinal abbreviation: 0., 0:s
    Digit name: nolla

Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish nolla ((the digit) zero), from Italian nulla (nothing), from Latin nūlla, feminine of Latin nūllus (none).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnolːɑ/, [ˈno̞lːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -olːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nol‧la

Numeral

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nolla

  1. zero

Declension

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Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative nolla nollat
genitive nollan nollien
partitive nollaa nollia
illative nollaan nolliin
singular plural
nominative nolla nollat
accusative nom. nolla nollat
gen. nollan
genitive nollan nollien
nollain rare
partitive nollaa nollia
inessive nollassa nollissa
elative nollasta nollista
illative nollaan nolliin
adessive nollalla nollilla
ablative nollalta nollilta
allative nollalle nollille
essive nollana nollina
translative nollaksi nolliksi
abessive nollatta nollitta
instructive
comitative nolline

Noun

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nolla

  1. digit zero
  2. a person of little worth or usefulness, cipher, good-for-nothing
  3. (electricity) neutral (electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground)

Declension

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Inflection of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative nolla nollat
genitive nollan nollien
partitive nollaa nollia
illative nollaan nolliin
singular plural
nominative nolla nollat
accusative nom. nolla nollat
gen. nollan
genitive nollan nollien
nollain rare
partitive nollaa nollia
inessive nollassa nollissa
elative nollasta nollista
illative nollaan nolliin
adessive nollalla nollilla
ablative nollalta nollilta
allative nollalle nollille
essive nollana nollina
translative nollaksi nolliksi
abessive nollatta nollitta
instructive nollin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nolla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nollani nollani
accusative nom. nollani nollani
gen. nollani
genitive nollani nollieni
nollaini rare
partitive nollaani nolliani
inessive nollassani nollissani
elative nollastani nollistani
illative nollaani nolliini
adessive nollallani nollillani
ablative nollaltani nolliltani
allative nollalleni nollilleni
essive nollanani nollinani
translative nollakseni nollikseni
abessive nollattani nollittani
instructive
comitative nollineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nollasi nollasi
accusative nom. nollasi nollasi
gen. nollasi
genitive nollasi nolliesi
nollaisi rare
partitive nollaasi nolliasi
inessive nollassasi nollissasi
elative nollastasi nollistasi
illative nollaasi nolliisi
adessive nollallasi nollillasi
ablative nollaltasi nolliltasi
allative nollallesi nollillesi
essive nollanasi nollinasi
translative nollaksesi nolliksesi
abessive nollattasi nollittasi
instructive
comitative nollinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nollamme nollamme
accusative nom. nollamme nollamme
gen. nollamme
genitive nollamme nolliemme
nollaimme rare
partitive nollaamme nolliamme
inessive nollassamme nollissamme
elative nollastamme nollistamme
illative nollaamme nolliimme
adessive nollallamme nollillamme
ablative nollaltamme nolliltamme
allative nollallemme nollillemme
essive nollanamme nollinamme
translative nollaksemme nolliksemme
abessive nollattamme nollittamme
instructive
comitative nollinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nollanne nollanne
accusative nom. nollanne nollanne
gen. nollanne
genitive nollanne nollienne
nollainne rare
partitive nollaanne nollianne
inessive nollassanne nollissanne
elative nollastanne nollistanne
illative nollaanne nolliinne
adessive nollallanne nollillanne
ablative nollaltanne nolliltanne
allative nollallenne nollillenne
essive nollananne nollinanne
translative nollaksenne nolliksenne
abessive nollattanne nollittanne
instructive
comitative nollinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative nollansa nollansa
accusative nom. nollansa nollansa
gen. nollansa
genitive nollansa nolliensa
nollainsa rare
partitive nollaansa nolliaan
nolliansa
inessive nollassaan
nollassansa
nollissaan
nollissansa
elative nollastaan
nollastansa
nollistaan
nollistansa
illative nollaansa nolliinsa
adessive nollallaan
nollallansa
nollillaan
nollillansa
ablative nollaltaan
nollaltansa
nolliltaan
nolliltansa
allative nollalleen
nollallensa
nollilleen
nollillensa
essive nollanaan
nollanansa
nollinaan
nollinansa
translative nollakseen
nollaksensa
nollikseen
nolliksensa
abessive nollattaan
nollattansa
nollittaan
nollittansa
instructive
comitative nollineen
nollinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin nullus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnolːla/

Numeral

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nolˈla

  1. zero

Inflection

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This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin nullus.

Numeral

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nolla

  1. (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) zero

Swedish

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Etymology

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From the digit noll (zero).

Noun

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nolla c

  1. a zero; the symbol, or digit, "0".
  2. a zero (of a scale)
  3. a loser, nobody
    Vilken nolla.
    What a loser.
  4. a person who recently started university or gymnasium, and has not yet been "introduced" to the school by the older students; person taking part, as a new student, in an orientation week
    En nolla gick vilse och var borta i över två timmar.
    A fresher went wrong and was lost for over two hours.

Declension

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Verb

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nolla (present nollar, preterite nollade, supine nollat, imperative nolla)

  1. to reset, to calibrate to zero
    Nolla mätarna och börja om.
    Reset the meters and start again.
  2. to haze (initiate a new student, called nolla, noun)
    Vi ska nolla de nya studenterna.
    We're going to haze the new students.
  3. (sports) to shut out, to prevent (an opponent) from scoring

Conjugation

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