uvel
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton uuel (“humble”), from Latin humilis. Cognate with Cornish huvel and Welsh ufyll (“humble”).
Adjective
uvel
Middle English
Etymology 1
Adjective
uvel
- (South West Midlands) alternative form of yvel (“evil”)
Noun
uvel
- (South West Midlands) alternative form of yvel (“evil”)
Etymology 2
Adverb
uvel
- (South West Midlands) alternative form of yvel (“evilly”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
uvel (indeclinable)
References
- “uvel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
uvel (indeclinable)
References
- “uvel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene
Etymology
Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ùveo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uʋèːʋ/, /uʋɛ́ʋ/
Adjective
uvẹ́ł or uvȅł (comparative bȍlj uvẹ́ł or bȍlj uvȅł, superlative nȁjbolj uvẹ́ł or nȁjbolj uvȅł)
Declension
| Hard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nom. sing. | uvél | uvéla | uvélo |
| singular | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | uvél ind uvéli def |
uvéla | uvélo |
| genitive | uvélega | uvéle | uvélega |
| dative | uvélemu | uvéli | uvélemu |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
uvélo | uvélo |
| locative | uvélem | uvéli | uvélem |
| instrumental | uvélim | uvélo | uvélim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | uvéla | uvéli | uvéli |
| genitive | uvélih | uvélih | uvélih |
| dative | uvélima | uvélima | uvélima |
| accusative | uvéla | uvéli | uvéli |
| locative | uvélih | uvélih | uvélih |
| instrumental | uvélima | uvélima | uvélima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | uvéli | uvéle | uvéla |
| genitive | uvélih | uvélih | uvélih |
| dative | uvélim | uvélim | uvélim |
| accusative | uvéle | uvéle | uvéla |
| locative | uvélih | uvélih | uvélih |
| instrumental | uvélimi | uvélimi | uvélimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “uvel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025