хула

See also: хоула, хуља, and хуля

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxuɫɐ]
  • IPA(key): [xoˈɫa] (dated, per Gerov)

Noun

ху́ла or хула́ • (húla or hulá) f

  1. verbal offence, accusation, taunt
    Synonyms: обвине́ние (obvinénie), напа́дка (napádka), у́кор (úkor), у́прек (úprek)
  2. (by extension) insult, slander, defamation
    Synonyms: оби́да (obída), клевета́ (klevetá), (dialectal) ковла́да (kovláda)

Declension

Standard:

Outdated:

Derived terms

  • ху́кам (húkam, to boo)
  • ху́дя (húdja, to scold, to rebuke) (dialectal)

References

Chuvash

Чӑваш Енри хула
A city in Chuvashia

Etymology

Related to Turkish kale, ultimately from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χuˈla/

Noun

хула • (hula) (plural хуласем) 

  1. town, city

Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *pule, compare Manchu ᡶᡠᠯᡥᠠ (fulha), Nanai поло (polo).

Noun

хула • (hula)

  1. aspen

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxuɫa]
  • Hyphenation: ху‧ла

Noun

хула • (hula) f

  1. (literary) sacrilege

Declension

References

  • хула” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xʊˈɫa]

Noun

хула́ • (xulá) f inan (genitive хулы́, nominative plural хулы́, genitive plural хул)

  1. (dated, literary) animadversion, reviling, abuse

Declension

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