гульня

Belarusian

Etymology

From гуля́ць (huljácʹ) +‎ -ня (-nja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣulʲˈnʲa]

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• Hyphenation: гуль‧ня́

Noun

гульня́ • (hulʹnjá) f inan (genitive гульні́, nominative plural гу́льні, genitive plural гу́льняў)

1. game (playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime)

   Synonym: ігра́ (ihrá)

2. (sports) match (sporting event)

   Synonym: матч (matč)

Declension

Declension of гульня́ (inan soft fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	гульня́ hulʹnjá	гу́льні húlʹni
genitive	гульні́ hulʹní	гу́льняў húlʹnjaŭ
dative	гульні́ hulʹní	гу́льням húlʹnjam
accusative	гульню́ hulʹnjú	гу́льні húlʹni
instrumental	гульнёй, гульнёю hulʹnjój, hulʹnjóju	гу́льнямі húlʹnjami
locative	гульні́ hulʹní	гу́льнях húlʹnjax
count form	—	гульні́1 hulʹní1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “гульня”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• “гульня” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “гульня”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)