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 huláf

  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Outdated: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

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

References

Chuvash

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χuˈla/

Noun

хула • (hula) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural хуласем) 

  1. town, city

Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *pula, itself a borrowing from Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (red).Compare Manchu ᡶᡠᠯᡥᠠ (fulha), Nanai поло (polo) and Mongolian улаан (ulaan, red).

Noun

хула • (hula)

  1. aspen

Descendants

  • ? Proto-Yeniseian: *iwpatɬ (aspen tree), *ɨpʰəl (per Werner 2002), *ɯpʰʌl (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
    • Ketic:
      • Ket: ыль (ɨ̄lʲ), ыыль (ɨ́ɨ̀lʲ)
      • Yug: ыфыл (ɨfɨl)
    • Kottic:
      • Kott: îpal

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

хула • (hulaf

  1. (literary) sacrilege

Declension

Declension of хула
singular plural
indefinite хула (hula) хули (huli)
definite unspecified хулата (hulata) хулите (hulite)
definite proximal хулава (hulava) хуливе (hulive)
definite distal хулана (hulana) хулине (huline)
vocative хуло (hulo) хули (huli)

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 • (xuláf inan (genitive хулы́, nominative plural хулы́, genitive plural хул)

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

Declension