sulan

Finnish

Etymology 1

Adjective

sulan

1. genitive singular of sula

Verb

sulan

1. first-person singular present indicative of sulaa

Etymology 2

Noun

sulan

1. genitive singular of sulka

Anagrams

• lasun

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skulan.

Verb

sulan

1. to owe
2. (auxiliary) must
3. (auxiliary) will, shall; forms the future tense

Inflection

Conjugation of sulan (preterite-present)

infinitive	sulan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	sal	solda
2nd person singular	salt	soldos
3rd person singular	sal	solda
1st person plural	sulun	soldun
2nd person plural	sulut	soldut
3rd person plural	sulun	soldun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	suli	suldi
2nd person singular	sulis, sulist	suldis
3rd person singular	suli	suldi
1st person plural	sulin	suldin
2nd person plural	sulit	suldit
3rd person plural	sulin	suldin
imperative	present
singular	-
plural	-
participle	present	past
	sulandi	gisolt

Alternative forms

• skulan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sullen
  • Dutch: zullen
    • Afrikaans: sal
    • Jersey Dutch: zal
    • Negerhollands: sa, sal
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: sa
  • Limburgish: zölle, zólle

Further reading

• “sullan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Noun

sulan

1. definite singular of sula