shul
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שול (shul, “school, synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of schola and school.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃʊl/, /ʃuːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːl, -ʊl
Noun
- (Judaism) An Ashkenazi synagogue.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 146:
- That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying.
- 2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate[1], archived from the original on 17 July 2020:
- Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.
- 2023 July 27, Nicole Lampert, quoting Philip Sallon, “Meet the colourful shul regular who admits: ‘I’m quite an extreme person’”, in The Jewish Chronicle[2]:
- This is a regular shul outfit: the denizens of St John’s Wood United Synagogue are well used to their most colourful member looking like he’s going to a Purim party every week of the year. […] The other reason he has upped his synagogue attendance is more positive. “My life has been about introducing everyone to everyone and going to shul can be like one big party.
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Albanian
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Albanian *kśul(V)n, from a regional Proto-Indo-European *kséw-lo-, based on comparison to Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “timber, beam”) and Proto-Slavic *šulo (“wooden post, pole”).[1] Most support a Proto-Albanian origin,[2][3] whereas Orel, on the other hand, considers a South Slavic origin; compare Serbo-Croatian šȗlj (“block of wood”).[4] Beekes considers these cognates, along with possibly Proto-Germanic *sūliz, *sauliz (“beam, post, pillar”), to be ultimately of substrate origin rather than an inherited Indo-European word.[5]
Noun
shul m (plural shule, definite shuli, definite plural shulet)
- wooden pole
- gate bar, door bolt
- gun bolt
- roller bar (of loom)
- (nautical) boatmast
- (architecture) tie beam
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shul | shuli | shule | shulet |
| accusative | shulin | |||
| dative | shuli | shulit | shuleve | shuleve |
| ablative | shulesh | |||
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Etymology 2
Adverb
shul
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References
- ^ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz, Rodopi, Amsterdam-Atalanta, 1997, page 361
- ^ Studime Ilire, Rilindja, 1978, page 21
- ^ O. Harrassowitz, Albanische Forschungen, 1965, page 56
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shul”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 445
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ξύλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1037-8
Further reading
- “shul”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Yola
Verb
shul
- alternative form of shell
- 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 1:
- Ochone! to fo shul Ich maak mee moan,
- Ochone, to whom shall I make my moan,
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[3], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130