хула
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxuɫɐ]
- IPA(key): [xoˈɫa] (dated, per Gerov)
Noun
ху́ла or хула́ • (húla or hulá) f
- verbal offence, accusation, taunt
- Synonyms: обвине́ние (obvinénie), напа́дка (napádka), у́кор (úkor), у́прек (úprek)
- (by extension) insult, slander, defamation
Declension
Standard:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | ху́ла húla |
ху́ли húli |
definite | ху́лата húlata |
ху́лите húlite |
Outdated:
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 [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “хула”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “хула́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 514
- хоула in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
Chuvash
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χuˈla/
Noun
хула • (hula) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural хуласем)
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)
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
- Ketic:
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxuɫa]
- Hyphenation: ху‧ла
Noun
хула • (hula) f
- (literary) sacrilege
Declension
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 • (xulá) f inan (genitive хулы́, nominative plural хулы́, genitive plural хул)
- (dated, literary) animadversion, reviling, abuse
Declension
Related terms
- хули́ть (xulítʹ)