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рагуль

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ukrainian рагу́ль (rahúlʹ), used since the 1970's among Russians in Lviv, and spread all over western Ukraine. Various etymologies suggest that this term was originally from рог (rog, a horn) or рога́тка (rogátka, a slingshot, a turnpike). The latter referred to barriers that kept outsiders from cities before they were annexed into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Sense 3 was popularised by pro-Russian opponents of the Euromaidan protests, who perceive supporters to be mostly from western Ukraine.

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Noun

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рагу́ль (ragúlʹm anim (genitive рагу́ля, nominative plural рагу́ли, genitive plural рагу́лей)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) a boor, a hillbilly.
  2. (colloquial, offensive) a person from western Ukraine.
  3. (colloquial, offensive) a supporter of the Euromaidan protests.

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Ukrainian

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Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia uk

Etymology

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Related to the words рог (roh, a horn) and рогатий (rohatyj, horned, with horns). The "а" was influenced by Russian pronunciation.

The sense of "western Ukrainian" was attested since the 1960s among Russians living in Lviv.

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Noun

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рагу́ль (rahúlʹm pers (genitive рагу́ля, nominative plural рагу́лі, genitive plural рагу́лів)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) a boor, an uneducated person, a peasant
  2. (colloquial, offensive) a person from western Ukraine.

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Descendants

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  • Russian: рагу́ль (ragúlʹ)

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