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дуля

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See also: дула and дюля

Russian

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дуля

Etymology

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From earlier гду́ля (gdúlja) and гду́ня (gdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, quince-tree).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdulʲə]
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Noun

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ду́ля (dúljaf inan (genitive ду́ли, nominative plural ду́ли, genitive plural дуль)

  1. (dialectal) small pear
  2. fig sign (a rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers); indicates "nothing for you", "nuts to you"
    Synonyms: фи́га (fíga), шиш (šiš), ку́киш (kúkiš)

Usage notes

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  • Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.

Declension

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Ukrainian

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дуля

Etymology

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From earlier гду́ля (hdúlja) and гду́ня (hdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, quince-tree).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ду́ля (dúljaf inan (genitive ду́лі, nominative plural ду́лі, genitive plural дуль)

  1. a kind of pear
  2. fig sign (a rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers); indicates "nothing for you", "nuts to you"

Usage notes

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  • Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “дуля”, 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