хула

See also: хоула, хуља, and хуля

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxuɫɐ]
• IPA^(key): [xoˈɫa] (dated, per Gerov)

Noun

ху́ла or хула́ • (húla or hulá) f

1. verbal offence, accusation, taunt

   Synonyms: обвине́ние (obvinénie), напа́дка (napádka), у́кор (úkor), у́прек (úprek)

2. (by extension) insult, slander, defamation

   Synonyms: оби́да (obída), клевета́ (klevetá), (dialectal) ковла́да (kovláda)

Declension

Standard:

Declension of ху́ла

	singular	plural
indefinite	ху́ла húla	ху́ли húli
definite	ху́лата húlata	ху́лите húlite

Outdated:

Declension of хула́

	singular	plural
indefinite	хула́ hulá	хули́ hulí
definite	хула́та huláta	хули́те hulíte

Derived terms

• ху́ля (húlja, “to offend, to insult”)
  • хули́тел (hulítel), ху́лник (húlnik) (agent nouns)
  • присмеху́лник (prismehúlnik, “mockingbird”)
• богоху́лство (bogohúlstvo, “sacrilege”)

Related terms

• ху́кам (húkam, “to boo”)
• ху́дя (húdja, “to scold, to rebuke”) (dialectal)

References

• “хула”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хула”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “хула́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ.‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 514
• хоула in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Chuvash

Чӑваш Енри хула
A city in Chuvashia

Etymology

Related to Turkish kale, ultimately from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χuˈla/

Noun

хула • (hula) (plural хуласем) 

1. town, city

Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *pule, compare Manchu ᡶᡠᠯᡥᠠ (fulha), Nanai поло (polo).

Noun

хула • (hula)

1. aspen

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxuɫa]
• Hyphenation: ху‧ла

Noun

хула • (hula) f

1. (literary) sacrilege

Declension

Declension of хула

	singular	plural
indefinite	хула	хули
definite unspecified	хулата	хулите
definite proximal	хулава	хуливе
definite distal	хулана	хулине
vocative	хуло	хули

References

• “хула” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʊˈɫa]

Noun

хула́ • (xulá) f inan (genitive хулы́, nominative plural хулы́, genitive plural хул)

1. (dated, literary) animadversion, reviling, abuse

Declension

Declension of хула́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	хула́ xulá	хулы́ xulý
genitive	хулы́ xulý	ху́л xúl
dative	хуле́ xulé	хула́м xulám
accusative	хулу́ xulú	хулы́ xulý
instrumental	хуло́й, хуло́ю xulój, xulóju	хула́ми xulámi
prepositional	хуле́ xulé	хула́х xuláx

Related terms

• хули́ть (xulítʹ)