шульга

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃʊlʲˈɦa]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šulьga (“someone with their right hand chopped off; leftie”) from Proto-Indo-European *kseul, *kseoul from Proto-Indo-European *kes-, *kos-, *ks-.

Noun

шульга́ • (šulʹhá) m pers or f pers (genitive шульги́, nominative plural шу́льги, genitive plural шульг)

1. Left arm or leg.
2. Left-handed person.

Declension

Declension of шульга́ (pers hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	шульга́ šulʹhá	шу́льги šúlʹhy
genitive	шульги́ šulʹhý	шульг šulʹh
dative	шульзі́ šulʹzí	шу́льгам šúlʹham
accusative	шульгу́ šulʹhú	шульг šulʹh
instrumental	шульго́ю šulʹhóju	шу́льгами šúlʹhamy
locative	шульзі́ šulʹzí	шу́льгах šúlʹhax
vocative	шу́льго šúlʹho	шу́льги šúlʹhy

Etymology 2

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Noun

шульга́ • (šulʹhá) f inan (genitive шульги́, uncountable)

1. (dialectal) mistletoe

   Synonym: оме́ла (oméla)

Declension

Declension of шульга́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	шульга́ šulʹhá
genitive	шульги́ šulʹhý
dative	шульзі́ šulʹzí
accusative	шульгу́ šulʹhú
instrumental	шульго́ю šulʹhóju
locative	шульзі́ šulʹzí
vocative	шу́льго šúlʹho

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шульга”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “шульга”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “шульга”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)