nulla

See also: nulla nulla

English

Noun

nulla (plural nullas)

1. Alternative form of nullah (“stream-bed, ravine”).
2. Alternative form of nulla-nulla (“Australian war club”).
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XX,

     I gave a loud cry and was in the act of running towards the centre of the camp when I caught a glimpse of several black figures around me, and the next moment I was knocked senseless by a blow from a nulla or waddy.

See also

• nulla bona
• nulla poena sine lege
• nulla pœna sine lege

Hungarian

Hungarian numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  →	10  →
Cardinal: nulla, zéró     Nominal: nullás     Ordinal: nulladik     Adverbial: nullaszor

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūlla, feminine of nūllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnulːɒ]

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• Hyphenation: nul‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Numeral

nulla

1. zero

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	nulla	nullák
accusative	nullát	nullákat
dative	nullának	nulláknak
instrumental	nullával	nullákkal
causal-final	nulláért	nullákért
translative	nullává	nullákká
terminative	nulláig	nullákig
essive-formal	nullaként	nullákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	nullában	nullákban
superessive	nullán	nullákon
adessive	nullánál	nulláknál
illative	nullába	nullákba
sublative	nullára	nullákra
allative	nullához	nullákhoz
elative	nullából	nullákból
delative	nulláról	nullákról
ablative	nullától	nulláktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	nulláé	nulláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	nulláéi	nullákéi

Possessive forms of nulla

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	nullám	nulláim
2nd person sing.	nullád	nulláid
3rd person sing.	nullája	nullái
1st person plural	nullánk	nulláink
2nd person plural	nullátok	nulláitok
3rd person plural	nullájuk	nulláik

Derived terms

• nulladik
• nullás
• nulláz

Noun

nulla (plural nullák)

1. zero (digit)

   A billiót tizenkét nullával írják. ― One billion has twelve zeros [in the long scale].

2. a nobody, a zero (someone or something of no importance)

   Egy nagy nulla vagy! ― You are an absolute nobody.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	nulla	nullák
accusative	nullát	nullákat
dative	nullának	nulláknak
instrumental	nullával	nullákkal
causal-final	nulláért	nullákért
translative	nullává	nullákká
terminative	nulláig	nullákig
essive-formal	nullaként	nullákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	nullában	nullákban
superessive	nullán	nullákon
adessive	nullánál	nulláknál
illative	nullába	nullákba
sublative	nullára	nullákra
allative	nullához	nullákhoz
elative	nullából	nullákból
delative	nulláról	nullákról
ablative	nullától	nulláktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	nulláé	nulláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	nulláéi	nullákéi

Possessive forms of nulla

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	nullám	nulláim
2nd person sing.	nullád	nulláid
3rd person sing.	nullája	nullái
1st person plural	nullánk	nulláink
2nd person plural	nullátok	nulláitok
3rd person plural	nullájuk	nulláik

Adjective

nulla (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) zero, none whatsoever, none at all

   Nulla tehetségem van a zenéhez. ― I have zero talent for music.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	nulla	nullák
accusative	nullát	nullákat
dative	nullának	nulláknak
instrumental	nullával	nullákkal
causal-final	nulláért	nullákért
translative	nullává	nullákká
terminative	nulláig	nullákig
essive-formal	nullaként	nullákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	nullában	nullákban
superessive	nullán	nullákon
adessive	nullánál	nulláknál
illative	nullába	nullákba
sublative	nullára	nullákra
allative	nullához	nullákhoz
elative	nullából	nullákból
delative	nulláról	nullákról
ablative	nullától	nulláktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	nulláé	nulláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	nulláéi	nullákéi

Further reading

• nulla in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūlla, feminine singular and neuter plural (collective) of nūllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnul.la/
• Rhymes: -ulla
• Hyphenation: nùl‧la

Determiner

nulla

1. feminine singular of nullo

Adverb

nulla

1. nothing, anything

Noun

nulla m (invariable)

1. nothing

Pronoun

nulla

1. nothing, anything

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

		[Term?] 0	1  →	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: nihil, nīl, nūllus, nūlla

Etymology

First used by Dionysius Exiguus in a manuscript from 525 AD to assist in date-reckoning; extensively used by Bede. By surface analysis, nūllus +‎ -a (abstract suffix) used adjectivally.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuːl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnul.la]

Pronoun

nūlla

1. inflection of nūllus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
2. ablative feminine singular of nēmō

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: nudda
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: nulla

Determiner

nūlla

1. inflection of nūllus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

nūlla (genitive nūllae); first-declension one-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. no
   • 672 CE – 735 CE, Beda Presbyter, Omeliarum euangelii libros II 2.2:

     Millenarius autem numerus ultra quem nulla nostra conputatio succrescit plenitudinem rerum de quibus agitur indicare consueuit...

     The number one thousand, beyond which no calculation of ours extends, customarily indicates the fulness of the things which are under consideration...

Related terms

• nihil
• nullus

Numeral

nūlla (genitive nūllae); first-declension one-termination numeral (Medieval Latin, mathematics)

1. zero

   Alternative form: (numeral) N

Declension

First-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nūlla			nūllae	nūlla
genitive	nūllī̆us			nūllārum
dative	nūllī			nūllīs
accusative	nūllam	nūlla		nūllās	nūlla
ablative	nūllā			nūllīs
vocative	nūlla			nūllae	nūlla

Noun

nūlla m (genitive nūllae); first declension (Medieval Latin, mathematics)

1. the number zero
2. nothing

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nūlla	nūllae
genitive	nūllae	nūllārum
dative	nūllae	nūllīs
accusative	nūllam	nūllās
ablative	nūllā	nūllīs
vocative	nūlla	nūllae

Derived terms

• in nūllam

Descendants

• → Hungarian: nulla

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuːl.laː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnul.la]

Pronoun

nūllā

1. ablative feminine singular of nūllus

Determiner

nūllā

1. ablative feminine singular of nūllus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nullene

Noun

nulla m or n

1. definite neuter plural of null

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nullane

Noun

nulla m or n

1. definite neuter plural of null

Romansch

Romansch cardinal numbers

	0	1  >
Cardinal : nulla

Alternative forms

• nul (Sursilvan)
• nola, nula (Sutsilvan)
• nolla (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin nullus.

Numeral

nulla

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) zero