ґуля
Appearance
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *gulja from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“"to bend, to curve"”). Related to Polish kula (“ball”) and Ukrainian ку́ля (kúlja, “ball, sphere”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ґу́ля • (gúlja) f inan (genitive ґу́лі, nominative plural ґу́лі, genitive plural ґуль)
- lump (a nodule of tissue under the skin as a result of injury)
- У ме́не на голові́ ґу́ля, бо я вда́рився не́ю об лі́жко. ― U méne na holoví gúlja, bo ja vdáryvsja néju ob lížko. ― I have a lump on my head because I hit it on the bedframe.
Declension
[edit]Declension of ґу́ля (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
References
[edit]- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ґу́ля”, 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), “ґуля”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “ґуля”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “ґуля”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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