мул

See also: муљ

Bashkir

Etymology

Cognate with Kazakh мол (mol, “abundant, ample”), Uzbek moʻl (“abundant, ample”), Uyghur مول (mol, “abundant, ample; many”), Turkish bol (“abundant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muɫ]
• Hyphenation: мул (one syllable)

Adjective

мул • (mul)

1. abundant, plentiful, ample, rich

   Мул иген уңышы быйыл проблемаға әүерелде – хаҡтар кинәт төшә башланы.

   Mul igen uñışı bıyıl problemağa əwerelde – xaqtar kinət töşə başlanı.

   The rich cereal crops this year turned into a problem – the prices started to decrease dramatically.

2. (clothes) large in size, loose

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

мул • (mul) m anim (genitive му́ла, nominative plural му́лы, genitive plural му́лов)

1. mule (the generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)

Declension

Declension of мул (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	му́л múl	му́лы múly
genitive	му́ла múla	му́лов múlov
dative	му́лу múlu	му́лам múlam
accusative	му́ла múla	му́лов múlov
instrumental	му́лом múlom	му́лами múlami
prepositional	му́ле múle	му́лах múlax

Related terms

• мулиха (mulixa), мулица (mulica)
• мулиный (mulinyj)

See also

• лоша́к (lošák)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muɫ]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mulъ. Compare Polish muł, Serbo-Croatian му̑љ/mȗlj.

Noun

мул • (mul) m inan (genitive му́лу, uncountable)

1. silt, mud, ooze, sludge

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	мул mul
genitive	му́лу múlu
dative	му́лові, му́лу múlovi, múlu
accusative	мул mul
instrumental	му́лом múlom
locative	му́лу, му́лі múlu, múli
vocative	му́ле múle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mūlus.

Noun

мул • (mul) m animal (genitive му́ла, nominative plural му́ли, genitive plural му́лів)

1. mule (the generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)

Declension

Declension of мул (animal hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мул mul	му́ли múly
genitive	му́ла múla	му́лів múliv
dative	му́лові, му́лу múlovi, múlu	му́лам múlam
accusative	му́ла múla	му́ли, му́лів múly, múliv
instrumental	му́лом múlom	му́лами múlamy
locative	му́лові, му́лі múlovi, múli	му́лах múlax
vocative	му́ле múle	му́ли múly

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мул”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “мул”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “мул”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “мул”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “мул”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “мул”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “мул”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)