дуля
Russian
editEtymology
editFrom earlier гду́ля (gdúlja) and гду́ня (gdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editду́ля • (dúlja) f inan (genitive ду́ли, nominative plural ду́ли, genitive plural дуль)
- (dialectal) small pear
- 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
edit- Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.
Declension
editUkrainian
editEtymology
editFrom earlier гду́ля (hdúlja) and гду́ня (hdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editду́ля • (dúlja) f inan (genitive ду́лі, nominative plural ду́лі, genitive plural дуль)
- a kind of pear
- 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
edit- Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.
Declension
editDeclension of ду́ля (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
edit- 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
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