галас

Ukrainian

Etymology

Attempts to derive it from го́лос (hólos, “voice”) and connections with Ossetian гъалас (ǧalas) or Czech harašiti (“to rustle; make a harsh crackling sound”) were insufficiently substantiated.

Possibly an -ас (-as) suffix formation from the гал- (hal-) element, the same as in the noun гала́й (haláj, “screamer”) and the verb гала́кати (halákaty), that is from Proto-Slavic *galъ (“noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Belarusian га́лас (hálas), Polish gałuszyć (“to rumble”), gałda (“noise, uproar”), and Russian галде́ть (galdétʹ, “to make a racket”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɦaɫɐs]
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Noun

га́лас • (hálas) m inan (genitive га́ласу, uncountable)

noise, din, racket
Synonyms: гам m (ham), га́мір m (hámir)

Declension

Declension of га́лас (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	га́лас hálas
genitive	га́ласу hálasu
dative	га́ласові, га́ласу hálasovi, hálasu
accusative	га́лас hálas
instrumental	га́ласом hálasom
locative	га́ласу, га́ласі hálasu, hálasi
vocative	га́ласе hálase

Derived terms

галасува́ти (halasuváty)
галасли́вий (halaslývyj)

Descendants

→ Polish: hałas
- → Czech: halas
- → Slovak: halas

Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “га́лас”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “галас”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “га́лас”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “га́лас”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 458