аятола

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐjɐtɔˈɫa]

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Noun

аятола́ • (ajatolá) m pers (genitive аятоли́, nominative plural аято́ли, genitive plural аято́л)

1. ayatollah

Declension

Declension of аятола́ (pers hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	аятола́ ajatolá	аято́ли ajatóly
genitive	аятоли́ ajatolý	аято́л ajatól
dative	аятолі́ ajatolí	аято́лам ajatólam
accusative	аятолу́ ajatolú	аято́л ajatól
instrumental	аятоло́ю ajatolóju	аято́лами ajatólamy
locative	аятолі́ ajatolí	аято́лах ajatólax
vocative	аято́ло ajatólo	аято́ли ajatóly

Further reading

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “аятола”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “аятола”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “аятола”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “аятола”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)