кукла

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkukɫɐ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of гу́гла (gúgla, “hood”) and куку́л (kukúl, “pointed hat”) - direct borrowings from Latin.

Noun

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. doll, puppet
2. (figurative) manipulated person

   кукла на конци

   kukla na konci

   one who is led by someone else

   (literally, “puppet on strings”)

3. (colloquial, figurative) cute girl, lolita
4. (dialectal, figurative) yarn woven into 5 strands, which together look like a human figure

Declension

Declension of ку́кла

	singular	plural
indefinite	ку́кла kúkla	ку́кли kúkli
definite	ку́клата kúklata	ку́клите kúklite
vocative form	ку́кло kúklo	ку́кли kúkli

Derived terms

• ку́кличка (kúklička) (diminutive)
• куклово́д (kuklovód, “puppeteer”)
• ку́клен (kúklen, “puppetry”)

References

• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА¹, КУ̀КЛА²
• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 90
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 91

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Slavic *kukъla, morphologically from кука (kuka, “hook”) +‎ -ла (-la).

Noun

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. (dialectal) hillock, cusp, rocky mound

   Synonyms: хълм (hǎlm), моги́ла (mogíla)

Declension

Declension of ку́кла

	singular	plural
indefinite	ку́кла kúkla	ку́кли kúkli
definite	ку́клата kúklata	ку́клите kúklite

Related terms

• чу́ка (čúka, “rocky summit”)

References

• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА³
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁵”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 92
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kukъla”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 94

Etymology 3

Possibly а feminine form of *kukъlь (“loop”), cognate with Lithuanian kukulỹs (“dumpling”). Related to Etymology 2.

Noun

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. (dialectal) snare, loop

   Synonym: бри́мка (brímka)

2. (dialectal) type of ceremonial braided bread served on Easter day (specifically Вели́кденска ку́кла (Velíkdenska kúkla))

   Synonym: козуна́к (kozunák)

Declension

Declension of ку́кла

	singular	plural
indefinite	ку́кла kúkla	ку́кли kúkli
definite	ку́клата kúklata	ку́клите kúklite

Further reading

• Великеднски обредни хлябове in Portal "Фолклор" at BNR.bg (website of the Bulgarian National Radio)

References

• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА⁴
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁴”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 91
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁷”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 92

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkukɫa]

• Audio:

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Noun

кукла • (kukla) f (relational adjective куклен, diminutive кукличка or кукличе or кукле)

1. doll, puppet
2. (colloquial) pretty girl

Declension

Declension of кукла

	singular	plural
indefinite	кукла	кукли
definite unspecified	куклата	куклите
definite proximal	куклава	кукливе
definite distal	куклана	куклине
vocative	кукло	кукли

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кукла (kukla), from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkukɫə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ку́кла • (kúkla) f anim or f inan (genitive ку́клы, nominative plural ку́клы, genitive plural ку́кол, relational adjective ку́кольный, diminutive ку́колка)

1. doll
   • 1849, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], Маленький герой; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Little Hero, 1918:

     На глаза́ всех э́тих прекра́сных дам, я всё ещё́ был то же ма́ленькое, неопределё́нное существо́, кото́рое они́ подча́с люби́ли ласка́ть и с кото́рым им мо́жно бы́ло игра́ть как с ма́ленькой ку́клой.

     Na glazá vsex étix prekrásnyx dam, ja vsjo ješčó byl to že málenʹkoje, neopredeljónnoje suščestvó, kotóroje oní podčás ljubíli laskátʹ i s kotórym im móžno býlo igrátʹ kak s málenʹkoj kúkloj.

     In the eyes of those charming ladies I was still the little unformed creature whom they at once liked to pet, and with ​whom they could play as though he were a little doll.

2. puppet
3. (criminal slang) fake money

Declension

Declension of ку́кла (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ку́кла kúkla	ку́клы kúkly
genitive	ку́клы kúkly	ку́кол kúkol
dative	ку́кле kúkle	ку́клам kúklam
accusative animate inanimate	ку́клу kúklu	ку́кол kúkol
		ку́клы kúkly
instrumental	ку́клой, ку́клою kúkloj, kúkloju	ку́клами kúklami
prepositional	ку́кле kúkle	ку́клах kúklax

Pre-reform declension of ку́кла (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ку́кла kúkla	ку́клы kúkly
genitive	ку́клы kúkly	ку́колъ kúkol
dative	ку́клѣ kúklě	ку́кламъ kúklam
accusative animate inanimate	ку́клу kúklu	ку́колъ kúkol
		ку́клы kúkly
instrumental	ку́клой, ку́клою kúkloj, kúkloju	ку́клами kúklami
prepositional	ку́клѣ kúklě	ку́клахъ kúklax

Related terms

• куклово́д m (kuklovód)
• ку́кольник m (kúkolʹnik)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kukla
• → Czech: kukla
• → Polish: kukła