люлька

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲʉlʲkə]

From люлю (ljulju), an interjection used to lull babies. Compare to English lull, Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”).

лю́лька • (ljúlʹka) f inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́лек)

1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)

   Synonym: колыбе́ль (kolybélʹ)

   • Лев Толстой, Хозяин и работник 1895:

     На на́рах сиде́ла ба́ба над лю́лькою

     Na nárax sidéla bába nad ljúlʹkoju

     The old lady laid on a plank-bed over a cradle

2. (construction) suspended scaffold, cradle (lifting device)
3. (military) gun cradle (mount for the barrel of an artillery piece on a gun carriage)
4. (colloquial) sidecar (of a motorcycle)

From Turkic (Ottoman Turkish لوله (lüle)), ultimately from Persian لوله (lule).

лю́лька • (ljúlʹka) f inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́лек)

1. (colloquial, regional) tobacco pipe

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲulʲkɐ]

From Turkic (Ottoman Turkish لوله (lüle)), ultimately from Persian لوله (lule).

лю́лька • (ljúlʹka) f inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́льок, relational adjective люлькови́й)

1. tobacco pipe

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лю́лька”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 326
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “люлька”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “люлька”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

From люлі (ljuli), an interjection used to lull babies.

лю́лька • (ljúlʹka) f inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́льок, relational adjective люлькови́й)

1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)

   Synonym: коли́ска (kolýska)

2. cradle (a mechanism for lifting things)
3. sidecar

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лю́лі”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 325
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “люлька”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “лю́лька2”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN