чухал

Bulgarian

Евразийски чухал

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from чу́хам (čúham, “to choo, to screech”) (dialectal) +‎ -ал (-al), with the same suffix as Bulgarian бу́хал (búhal, “eagle owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟xɐɫ]

Noun

чу́хал • (čúhal) m

1. scops owl (bird of genus Otus)

   Synonym: уша́та со́ва (ušáta sóva)

Declension

Declension of чу́хал

	singular	plural
indefinite	чу́хал čúhal	чу́хали čúhali
definite (subject form)	чу́халът čúhalǎt	чу́халите čúhalite
definite (object form)	чу́хала čúhala
count form	—	чу́хала čúhala
vocative form	чу́хале čúhale	чу́хали čúhali

Alternative forms

• кю́хал m (kjúhal), кюха́ло n (kjuhálo) — dialectal

Related terms

• чу́ла f (čúla), чуло́ n (čuló, “owlet”) (dialectal)
  • чу́ловка (čúlovka, “tawny owl”) (dialectal)

References

• “чухал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чухал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠴᠢᠬᠤᠯᠠ (čiqula).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰʊxəɮ/, [ˈt͡ɕʰo̙χɵ̙ɮ]

Adjective

чухал • (čuxal) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠢᠬᠤᠯᠠ (čiqula))

1. very important, essential

Synonyms

• эрхэм (erxem), чухаг (čuxag), хэрэгтэй (xeregtej)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕuxəɫ]

Verb

чу́хал • (čúxal)

1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of чу́хать (čúxatʹ)