шульга

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃʊlʲˈɦa]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šulьga (someone with their right hand chopped off; leftie) from Proto-Indo-European *kseul, *kseoul from Proto-Indo-European *kes-, *kos-, *ks-.[1]

Noun

шульга́ • (šulʹhám pers or f pers (genitive шульги́, nominative plural шу́льги, genitive plural шульг)

  1. Left arm or leg.
  2. Left-handed person.
Declension
Declension of шульга́
(pers hard fem-form accent-d)
singular plural
nominative шульга́
šulʹhá
шу́льги
šúlʹhy
genitive шульги́
šulʹhý
шульг
šulʹh
dative шульзі́
šulʹzí
шу́льгам
šúlʹham
accusative шульгу́
šulʹhú
шульг
šulʹh
instrumental шульго́ю
šulʹhóju
шу́льгами
šúlʹhamy
locative шульзі́
šulʹzí
шу́льгах
šúlʹhax
vocative шу́льго
šúlʹho
шу́льги
šúlʹhy

Etymology 2

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Noun

шульга́ • (šulʹháf inan (genitive шульги́, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) mistletoe
    Synonym: оме́ла (oméla)
Declension
Declension of шульга́
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
singular
nominative шульга́
šulʹhá
genitive шульги́
šulʹhý
dative шульзі́
šulʹzí
accusative шульгу́
šulʹhú
instrumental шульго́ю
šulʹhóju
locative шульзі́
šulʹzí
vocative шу́льго
šúlʹho

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шульга”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN

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