холуй
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See also: холуи
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolujь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]холу́й • (xolúj) m anim (genitive холуя́, nominative plural холуи́, genitive plural холуёв, relational adjective холу́йский)
- (derogatory) lackey, groveller
- Synonym: холо́п (xolóp)
- 1997, Александр Коржаков [Alexander Korzhakov], “За дирижёрским пультом”, in Борис Ельцин: от рассвета до заката, Москва: Интербук; English translation from Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk, (Please provide a date or year):
- Вы́яснилось, что холу́й, на кото́рого я, мя́гко говоря́, повы́сил го́лос, был то ли посло́м Росси́и в Восто́чной Герма́нии, то ли полномо́чным представи́телем.
- Výjasnilosʹ, što xolúj, na kotórovo ja, mjáxko govorjá, povýsil gólos, byl to li poslóm Rossíi v Vostóčnoj Germánii, to li polnomóčnym predstavítelem.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of холу́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-b)
Anagrams
[edit]- хуйло́ (xujló)
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolujь. Cognates include Russian холу́й (xolúj), Belarusian халу́й (xalúj), Lower Sorbian chołuj (“plough”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]холу́й • (xolúj) m pers (genitive холуя́, nominative plural холуї́, genitive plural холуї́в, relational adjective холу́йський) (colloquial, derogatory)
- lackey, flunky (servant who loyally fulfils demeaning or unpleasant orders)
- Synonyms: лаке́й m (lakéj), попи́хач m (popýxač), пошту́ркач m (poštúrkač)
- Hypernyms: слуга́ m (sluhá), прислу́жник m (pryslúžnyk)
- (by extension) lackey, groveller, toady (fawning, servile follower)
- Synonyms: лаке́й m (lakéj), лизоблю́д m (lyzobljúd), підлабу́зник m (pidlabúznyk), при́хвостень m (prýxvostenʹ)
Declension
[edit]Declension of холу́й (pers j-stem masc-form accent-b)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | холу́й xolúj |
холуї́ xolují |
genitive | холуя́ xolujá |
холуї́в xolujív |
dative | холую́, холує́ві xolujú, xolujévi |
холуя́м xolujám |
accusative | холуя́ xolujá |
холуї́в xolujív |
instrumental | холує́м xolujém |
холуя́ми xolujámy |
locative | холую́, холує́ві, холуї́ xolujú, xolujévi, xolují |
холуя́х xolujáx |
vocative | холу́ю xolúju |
холуї́ xolují |
References
[edit]- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “холуй”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “холуй”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “холуй”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “холуй”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “холуй”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “холуй”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “холуй”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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