гуляць

Belarusian

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with Russian гуля́ть (guljátʹ), Ukrainian гуля́ти (huljáty) and Old Polish oguł (“wholeness, entirety”), for the latter compare Russian огу́лом (ogúlom, “all at once, indiscriminately; together”). Therefore from Proto-Slavic *gulъ.

Potebnja and Sobolevsky consider earlier meaning "to drink (an alcoholic beverage)", and compare Ukrainian гуля́ка (huljáka, “drunkard”), Serbo-Croatian гу́лити (“to booze, drink heavily”). It is also proposed to consider "to rest, to spend time resting" the original meaning, and thus connected to Lithuanian guliù, gulti (“get into bed, lie down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣuˈlʲat͡sʲ]

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Verb

гуля́ць • (huljácʹ) impf (perfective пагуля́ць)

1. to play a game, with a toy, etc.

   Synonym: ігра́ць (ihrácʹ)

2. to walk, to go for a walk, to stroll
3. to have time-off, to have free time
4. to make merry, to enjoy oneself, to carouse
   1. to party
5. to go with, to go out with someone

Usage notes

• The transitivity may be demonstrated with cases like "гуля́ная кало́да карт" - "a played deck of cards".

Conjugation

Conjugation of гуля́ць (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	гуля́ць huljácʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	гуля́ны huljány
adverbial	гуля́ючы huljájučy	гуля́ўшы huljáŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	гуля́ю huljáju	бу́ду гуля́ць búdu huljácʹ
2nd singular ты	гуля́еш huljáješ	бу́дзеш гуля́ць búdzješ huljácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	гуля́е huljáje	бу́дзе гуля́ць búdzje huljácʹ
1st plural мы	гуля́ем huljájem	бу́дзем гуля́ць búdzjem huljácʹ
2nd plural вы	гуля́еце huljájecje	бу́дзеце гуля́ць búdzjecje huljácʹ
3rd plural яны́	гуля́юць huljájucʹ	бу́дуць гуля́ць búducʹ huljácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	гуля́й huljáj	гуля́йце huljájcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	гуля́ў huljáŭ	гуля́лі huljáli
feminine я / ты / яна́	гуля́ла huljála
neuter яно́	гуля́ла huljála

References

• “гуляць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org