гуляти

Ukrainian

гуля́ти (sense 10, 'to dance') prevalence in Ukraine

Etymology

Cognate with Belarusian гуля́ць (huljácʹ), Russian гулять (guljatʹ).

Further origins are uncertain. It may be related to interjection гуля (hulja). Also it is comparable to Serbo-Croatian гулити (“to drink alcohol”), Lithuanian gulė́ti (“to lie”).

Another version is that it is formed from бити в гулю (byty v hulju, “to play with a ball”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ɦʊˈlʲate]

Verb

гуля́ти • (huljáty) impf (perfective погуля́ти)

(intransitive) to walk
(intransitive) to stroll
(intransitive) to spend time with fun, to have fun
(intransitive) to spend time drinking alcohol, to booze
(transitive, colloquial) to be in a close romantic relationship
(transitive) to play a game
(transitive) not to be used
(transitive, figurative, colloquial) to bash
(intransitive) to have mating season (about animals)
(intransitive, dated) to dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of гуля́ти, гуля́ть (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive	гуля́ти, гуля́ть huljáty, huljátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	гуля́ючи huljájučy	гуля́вши huljávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	гуля́ю huljáju	бу́ду гуля́ти, бу́ду гуля́ть, гуля́тиму búdu huljáty, búdu huljátʹ, huljátymu
2nd singular ти	гуля́єш huljáješ	бу́деш гуля́ти, бу́деш гуля́ть, гуля́тимеш búdeš huljáty, búdeš huljátʹ, huljátymeš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	гуля́є huljáje	бу́де гуля́ти, бу́де гуля́ть, гуля́тиме búde huljáty, búde huljátʹ, huljátyme
1st plural ми	гуля́єм, гуля́ємо huljájem, huljájemo	бу́демо гуля́ти, бу́демо гуля́ть, гуля́тимемо, гуля́тимем búdemo huljáty, búdemo huljátʹ, huljátymemo, huljátymem
2nd plural ви	гуля́єте huljájete	бу́дете гуля́ти, бу́дете гуля́ть, гуля́тимете búdete huljáty, búdete huljátʹ, huljátymete
3rd plural вони	гуля́ють huljájutʹ	бу́дуть гуля́ти, бу́дуть гуля́ть, гуля́тимуть búdutʹ huljáty, búdutʹ huljátʹ, huljátymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	гуля́ймо huljájmo
second-person	гуля́й huljáj	гуля́йте huljájte
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	гуля́в huljáv	гуля́ли huljály
feminine я / ти / вона	гуля́ла huljála
neuter воно	гуля́ло huljálo

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

вигу́лювати impf (vyhúljuvaty), ви́гуляти pf (výhuljaty)
прогу́лювати impf (prohúljuvaty), прогуля́ти pf (prohuljáty)

References

Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гуляти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 617
Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гуляти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “гуляти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

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