дуля

See also: дула and дюля

Russian

дуля

Etymology

From earlier гду́ля (gdúlja) and гду́ня (gdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdulʲə]

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Noun

ду́ля • (dúlja) f inan (genitive ду́ли, nominative plural ду́ли, genitive plural дуль)

1. (dialectal) small pear
2. fig sign (a rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers); indicates "nothing for you", "nuts to you"

   Synonyms: фи́га (fíga), шиш (šiš), ку́киш (kúkiš)

Usage notes

• Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.

Declension

Declension of ду́ля (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ду́ля dúlja	ду́ли dúli
genitive	ду́ли dúli	ду́ль dúlʹ
dative	ду́ле dúle	ду́лям dúljam
accusative	ду́лю dúlju	ду́ли dúli
instrumental	ду́лей, ду́лею dúlej, dúleju	ду́лями dúljami
prepositional	ду́ле dúle	ду́лях dúljax

Ukrainian

дуля

Etymology

From earlier гду́ля (hdúlja) and гду́ня (hdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdulʲɐ]

Noun

ду́ля • (dúlja) f inan (genitive ду́лі, nominative plural ду́лі, genitive plural дуль)

1. a kind of pear
2. fig sign (a rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers); indicates "nothing for you", "nuts to you"

Usage notes

• Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.

Declension

Declension of ду́ля (inan soft fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ду́ля dúlja	ду́лі dúli
genitive	ду́лі dúli	дуль dulʹ
dative	ду́лі dúli	ду́лям dúljam
accusative	ду́лю dúlju	ду́лі dúli
instrumental	ду́лею dúleju	ду́лями dúljamy
locative	ду́лі dúli	ду́лях dúljax
vocative	ду́ле dúle	ду́лі dúli

Further reading

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “дуля”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN