Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *gulja from Proto-Indo-European *gew- ("to bend, to curve"). Related to Polish kula (ball) and Ukrainian ку́ля (kúlja, ball, sphere).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡulʲɐ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ґу́ля (gúljaf inan (genitive ґу́лі, nominative plural ґу́лі, genitive plural ґуль)

  1. lump (a nodule of tissue under the skin as a result of injury)
    У ме́не на голові́ ґу́ля, бо я вда́рився не́ю об лі́жко.U méne na holoví gúlja, bo ja vdáryvsja néju ob lížko.I have a lump on my head because I hit it on the bedframe.

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ґу́ля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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