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дула

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Compare Russian ду́ло (dúlo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ду́ла (dúlan inan (genitive ду́ла, nominative plural ду́лы, genitive plural дул or ду́лаў)

  1. (firearms) muzzle (the mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from)
    Synonym: ру́ля (rúlja)
    • 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 145:
      Скот схапіўся за кабуру, што вісела ў яго на поясе, выняў рэвальвер і паспрабаваў прасунуць дула паміж сціснутымі пашчэнкамі бульдога.
      Skot sxapiŭsja za kaburu, što visjela ŭ jahó na pójasje, vynjaŭ revalʹvjer i pasprabavaŭ prasunucʹ dula pamiž scisnutymi paščenkami bulʹdóha.
      [original: The other reached into the holster at his hip, drew his revolver, and tried to thrust its muzzle between the bulldog's jaws.]
      Scott reached into the holster at his hip, drew his revolver, and tried to thrust its muzzle between the clenched bulldog's jaws.

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References

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  • дула” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • дула”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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ду́ла (dúla)

  1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of дуть (dutʹ)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ду́ла (dúlan inan or n inan pl

  1. inflection of ду́ло (dúlo):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural