Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of гу́гла (gúgla, hood) and куку́л (kukúl, pointed hat) - direct borrowings from Latin.

Noun

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ку́кла (kúklaf

  1. doll, puppet
  2. (figurative) manipulated person
    кукла на конци
    kukla na konci
    one who is led by someone else
    (literally, “puppet on strings”)
  3. (colloquial, figurative) cute girl, lolita
  4. (dialectal, figurative) yarn woven into 5 strands, which together look like a human figure
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Declension of ку́кла
singular plural
indefinite ку́кла
kúkla
ку́кли
kúkli
definite ку́клата
kúklata
ку́клите
kúklite
vocative form ку́кло
kúklo
ку́кли
kúkli
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References

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  • кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА¹, КУ̀КЛА²
  • кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 90
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 91

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kukъla, from the root of Russian ку́ча (kúča, heap) + -ла (-la).

Noun

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ку́кла (kúklaf

  1. (dialectal) hillock, cusp, rocky mound
    Synonyms: хълм (hǎlm), моги́ла (mogíla)
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Declension of ку́кла
singular plural
indefinite ку́кла
kúkla
ку́кли
kúkli
definite ку́клата
kúklata
ку́клите
kúklite
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References

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  • кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА³
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁵”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 92
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kukъla”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 94

Etymology 3

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Possibly а feminine form of *kukъlь (loop), cognate with Lithuanian kukulỹs (dumpling). Related to Etymology 2.

Noun

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ку́кла (kúklaf

  1. (dialectal) snare, loop
    Synonym: бри́мка (brímka)
  2. (dialectal) type of ceremonial braided bread served on Easter day (specifically Вели́кденска ку́кла (Velíkdenska kúkla))
    Synonym: козуна́к (kozunák)
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Declension of ку́кла
singular plural
indefinite ку́кла
kúkla
ку́кли
kúkli
definite ку́клата
kúklata
ку́клите
kúklite
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References

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  • кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА⁴
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁴”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 91
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁷”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 92

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkukɫa]
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Noun

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кукла (kuklaf (relational adjective куклен, diminutive кукличка or кукличе or кукле)

  1. doll, puppet
  2. (colloquial) pretty girl

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Declension of кукла
singular plural
indefinite кукла (kukla) кукли (kukli)
definite unspecified куклата (kuklata) куклите (kuklite)
definite proximal куклава (kuklava) кукливе (kuklive)
definite distal куклана (kuklana) куклине (kukline)
vocative кукло (kuklo) кукли (kukli)

Russian

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Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic кукла (kukla), from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla, from Latin cucullus.

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Noun

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ку́кла (kúklaf anim or f inan (genitive ку́клы, nominative plural ку́клы, genitive plural ку́кол, relational adjective ку́кольный, diminutive ку́колка)

  1. doll
    игра́ть в ку́клыigrátʹ v kúklyto play with dolls
    • 1849, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], Маленький герой; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Little Hero, 1918:
      На глаза́ всех э́тих прекра́сных дам, я всё ещё́ был то же ма́ленькое, неопределё́нное существо́, кото́рое они́ подча́с люби́ли ласка́ть и с кото́рым им мо́жно бы́ло игра́ть как с ма́ленькой ку́клой.
      Na glazá vsex étix prekrásnyx dam, ja vsjo ješčó byl to že málenʹkoje, neopredeljónnoje suščestvó, kotóroje oní podčás ljubíli laskátʹ i s kotórym im móžno býlo igrátʹ kak s málenʹkoj kúkloj.
      In the eyes of those charming ladies I was still the little unformed creature whom they at once liked to pet, and with ​whom they could play as though he were a little doll.
  2. puppet
  3. (criminal slang) fake money

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: kukla
  • Czech: kukla
  • Polish: kukła

See also

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References

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

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