See also: гула

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Formed from the onomatopoeia гуль-гу́ль (gulʹ-gúlʹ) + (-ja).

Noun edit

гу́ля (gúljam anim or f anim (genitive гу́ли, nominative plural гу́ли, genitive plural гу́лей)

  1. affectionate term for a dove
    Synonym: го́лубь (gólubʹ)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Related to Serbo-Croatian жуљ. Probably related to Icelandic kúla (sphere, ball, lump, bullet), Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ (bump, hole).

Noun edit

гу́ля (gúljaf inan (genitive гу́ли, nominative plural гу́ли, genitive plural гуль)

  1. bump, blister, bruise
Declension edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гуля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 3 edit

Participle edit

гу́ля (gúlja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of гу́лить (gúlitʹ)