/hʏlːa/
UrsprungRelated to hjälle (“scaffolding of poles”), itself from Old Norse hjallr.
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hylle, Danish hylde, Icelandic hilla.
- common-gendera shelf, a rack
“Det led mot stängningstid, kunderna voro få, expediterna började redan ordna hyllor och fack.” — Closing time was approaching, there were few customers and the clerks were already setting the shelves and compartments in order.
- common-gender, slangwomen's breasts; rack
“Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta” — Check out the rack on that chick over there
- to praise
- to celebrate, to congratulate
- to pay homage to, to hail
Formerhylla(indefinite, nominative, singular) · hyllas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · hyllan(definite, nominative, singular) · hyllans(definite, genitive, singular) · hyllor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · hyllors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · hyllorna(definite, nominative, plural) · hyllornas(definite, genitive, plural) · hyllar(present) · hyllade(preterite) · hyllat(supine) · hylla(imperative) · hylla(active, infinitive) · hyllas(infinitive, passive) · hyllat(active, supine) · hyllats(passive, supine) · hylla(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · hyllen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)