batul

See also: batül and Bățul

Volapük

Etymology

From a contraction of balsetelul ( = bals (“ten, now deg”) +‎ e (“and”) +‎ tel (“two”) +‎ -ul (“(bound morpheme for) month (< mul)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.ˈtul]

Noun

batul (nominative plural batuls)

1. (obsolete) December (the twelfth (12th) month of the year)

Usage notes

• This older term has been replaced by dekul (“December”).

Declension

Declension of batul

	singular	plural
nominative	batul	batuls
genitive	batula	batulas
dative	batule	batules
accusative	batuli	batulis
vocative 1	o batul!	o batuls!
predicative 2	batulu	batulus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• balsetelul (obsolete)
• degtelul (cf. parallel contractions: deg(telul) > degtul; balse(telul) > batul)
• dekul