була
See also: буля and Appendix:Variations of "bula"
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbuɫɐ]
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).
Noun
бу́ла • (búla)
- (low colloquial) a Muslim woman wearing traditional clothes, covered with a headscarf
- Synonyms: ханъ́ма (hanǎ́ma), кадъ́на (kadǎ́na)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бу́ла búla |
бу́ли búli |
| definite | бу́лата búlata |
бу́лите búlite |
| vocative form | бу́ло búlo |
бу́ли búli |
Etymology 2
Noun
бу́ла • (búla)
- bull (Papal decree)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бу́ла búla |
бу́ли búli |
| definite | бу́лата búlata |
бу́лите búlite |
References
- “була”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbuɫa]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).
Noun
була • (bula) f
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.
Noun
була • (bula) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | була (bula) | були (buli) |
| definite unspecified | булата (bulata) | булите (bulite) |
| definite proximal | булава (bulava) | буливе (bulive) |
| definite distal | булана (bulana) | булине (buline) |
| vocative | було (bulo) | були (buli) |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу̏ла f (Latin spelling bȕla)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бу̏ла | буле |
| genitive | буле | бу̑ла̄ |
| dative | були | булама |
| accusative | булу | буле |
| vocative | було | буле |
| locative | були | булама |
| instrumental | булом | булама |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǔla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу̀ла f (Latin spelling bùla)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бу̀ла | буле |
| genitive | буле | бу́ла̄ |
| dative | були | булама |
| accusative | булу | буле |
| vocative | було | буле |
| locative | були | булама |
| instrumental | булом | булама |
Etymology 3
From бу̏ла (the first etymology).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǔːla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу́ла f (Latin spelling búla)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | була | буле |
| genitive | буле | була |
| dative | були | булама |
| accusative | булу | буле |
| vocative | було | буле |
| locative | були | булама |
| instrumental | булом | булама |
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу̏ла f (Latin spelling bȕla)
- bull (seal affixed to a document)
- (by metonymy) charter with such bull
- a box in which a seal is stored
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бу̏ла | буле |
| genitive | буле | бу̑ла̄ |
| dative | були | булама |
| accusative | булу | буле |
| vocative | було | буле |
| locative | були | булама |
| instrumental | булом | булама |
References
- “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʊˈɫa]
Verb
була́ • (bulá)
- feminine singular past indicative imperfective of бути (buty)