chała

See also: chala, chalá, chalą, chałą, Chała, Chałą, chà là, and chả là

Polish

chała

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈxawa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈxawa/

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• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: cha‧ła
• Homophone: Chała,Hała

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish חלה (khale).

Noun

chała f (diminutive chałka)

1. challah (traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov)

   Synonym: chałka

Declension

Declension of chała

	singular	plural
nominative	chała	chały
genitive	chały	chał
dative	chale	chałom
accusative	chałę	chały
instrumental	chałą	chałami
locative	chale	chałach
vocative	chało	chały

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xala.

Noun

chała f

1. (colloquial, derogatory) dreck, dross, rubbish (something worthless or of poor quality, especially literature, movies, theatre, etc.)

   Synonyms: gnieciuch, gniot, haft, kicz, szmira

   Hypernym: tandeta

2. (dialectal) overgarment or dress
3. (dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) rags (substandard clothing)

Declension

Declension of chała

	singular	plural
nominative	chała	chały
genitive	chały	chał
dative	chale	chałom
accusative	chałę	chały
instrumental	chałą	chałami
locative	chale	chałach
vocative	chało	chały

Derived terms

adjectives

• chałowaty

 

Related terms

adverbs

• chałowato

 

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

chała f

1. (folklore, Slavic mythology) ala (female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs; a demon of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and take them away)

   Synonym: ała

Declension

Declension of chała

	singular	plural
nominative	chała	chały
genitive	chały	chał
dative	chale	chałom
accusative	chałę	chały
instrumental	chałą	chałami
locative	chale	chałach
vocative	chało	chały

Further reading

• chała in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• chała in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• chała in PWN's encyclopedia
• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “chała”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 299