From en.wiktionary.org:
[Lull]
** English
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], [enm]. Originally, perhaps [en] in origin from la-la-la or
lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare [fi] and [hil].
Cognate with [sco], [sco], [sco], [nl], [nl], [nds], [de], [da], [sv], [is].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A period of rest or soothing.
2. A period of reduced activity; a respite .
3. [en] A period without wave s or wind .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1839 | title=The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1839 | pageurl=https://books.google.de/books?id=GJXSO9ep8CMC&lpg=PA26&dq=lull%20wind&hl=de&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q&f=false | page=26
|passage=[...] during the LULL, wind shifted to S. E. [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1875 | author=W. G. Wilson | title=Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874 | pageurl=https://books.google.de/books?id=enUIAAAAQAAJ&dq=lull%20wind&hl=de&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false | page=74
|passage=After the LULL the wind does not appear to have blown with any great
strength [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2016 | author=David Houghton; Fiona Campbell | title=Wind Strategy | sectionurl=https://books.google.de/books?id=ElYsDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT50&dq=lull%20wind&hl=de&pg=PT50#v=onepage&q&f=false | section=not paginated
|passage=The air under each cloud has spent time near the surface, has been
slowed and backed by friction—it is a LULL.}} <!-- in case anyone's wondering,
yes, this surfing usage is a special case of the general sense of lull as a
pause, but in surfing a lull means specifically a pause between sets of waves
-->
1. [en] An extended pause between set s of wave s.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1992 | author=John Warlaumont | title=The Noaa Diving Manual | url=https://books.google.de/books?id=dWI8e8rVbJ0C&lpg=SA19-PA19&dq=lull%20waves&hl=de&pg=SA19-PA19#v=onepage&q&f=false | page=!19-19
|passage=It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the LULL between sets
of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a LULL.}}
1. * _808surfer.com_ forum ( password needed (see http://www.808surfer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5611&sid=89085fc4ffa26528388fbcce5f7faf50) ):
2. *: About 2 hours in, a long LULL cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.
**** Derived terms
- lull before the storm
**** Translations
[a period of rest]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[a period without waves or wind.]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[an extended pause between sets of waves.]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
2. * [book=II]
3. * [poem=Arcades]
4. * [XXXVII]
5. [en] To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
**** Synonyms
- [To cause to rest] [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|unlulled|lullingly|lullable|luller |belull|lullaby|lullful|lullsome}}
**** Translations
[to cause to rest]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Kabuverdianu: [kea]
- Khmer: [km]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Mapudungun: [arn]
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian: [fa]
- Piedmontese: [pms]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [babies] , [ru] , [ru] [soothe] , [ru] , [ru] [put to sleep]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] [rock]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Kabuverdianu: [kea]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
Compare [sv].
*** Adverb
[-]
1. [sv] to stand without support (of a toddler)
*** Interjection
[sv]
1. [Used to lull (a child) to sleep.]
**** Usage notes
Now mostly appears only in lullabies.
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
**** Related terms
- [sv]
**** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]