Russian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Cognate with Belarusian гуля́ць (huljácʹ), Ukrainian гуля́ти (huljáty) and Old Polish oguł (wholeness, entirety), for the latter compare Russian огу́лом (ogúlom, all at once, indiscriminately; together). Therefore from Proto-Slavic *gulъ.

Potebnja and Sobolevsky consider earlier meaning "to drink (an alcoholic beverage)", and compare Ukrainian гуля́ка (huljáka, drunkard), Serbo-Croatian гу́лити (to booze, drink heavily). It is also proposed to consider "to rest, to spend time resting" the original meaning, and thus connected to Lithuanian guliù, gulti (get into bed, lie down). Also connected to Ukrainian бити в гулю (byty v hulju, to play with a ball).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡʊˈlʲætʲ]
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Verb edit

гуля́ть (guljátʹimpf (perfective погуля́ть)

  1. to walk, to go for a walk, to stroll
  2. to have time-off, to have free time
  3. to make merry, to enjoy oneself, to carouse
    1. to party
  4. to go with, to go out with someone
  5. (colloquial, about babies) to stay awake

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Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: guljaittaa

References edit

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