ґляґ

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• ґлеґ (gleg)
• ґля́ґа f (gljága)

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin root *clagum, earlier form of Romanian cheag and Aromanian cljag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡlʲaɡ]

Noun

ґляґ • (gljag) m inan (genitive ґля́ґа, nominative plural ґля́ґи, genitive plural ґля́ґів, diminutive ґляґу́шки) (also in the plural)

1. abomasum, rennet stomach
2. a curd from a young cattle's abomasum, used to speed up coagulation of milk

Declension

Declension of ґляґ
(inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ґляґ gljag	ґля́ґи gljágy
genitive	ґля́ґа gljága	ґля́ґів gljágiv
dative	ґля́ґові, ґля́ґу gljágovi, gljágu	ґля́ґам gljágam
accusative	ґляґ gljag	ґля́ґи gljágy
instrumental	ґля́ґом gljágom	ґля́ґами gljágamy
locative	ґля́ґу gljágu	ґля́ґах gljágax
vocative	ґля́ґу gljágu	ґля́ґи gljágy

Descendants

• → Russian: гляк (gljak)

References

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ґляґ”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ґляґ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 531