гоголь

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Old Ruthenian

го́голи

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gogoľь, from *gogolъ, possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gagalas, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Russian го́голь (gógolʹ).

Noun

гоголь (hoholʹm animal

  1. common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: го́галь (hóhalʹ)
  • Ukrainian: го́голь (hóholʹ); оголь (oholʹ) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gogolъ / *gogolь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 193
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гоголь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 543
  3. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “го́голь”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 669:MUk. гоголь (XVI c.)
  4. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2017) “гóголь I”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 11 (глюки – грайка), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 85

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “гоголь”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 540

Russian

Common goldeneye.

Etymology

From Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gogoľь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

го́голь (gógolʹm anim (genitive го́голя, nominative plural го́голи, genitive plural го́голей)

  1. Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), a kind of duck.

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian го́голь (hóholʹ), from Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gogoľь.

Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Polish gogoł.

Pronunciation

Noun

го́голь (hóholʹm animal (genitive го́голя, nominative plural го́голі, genitive plural го́голів)

  1. Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) (a kind of duck)

Declension

Declension of го́голь
(animal soft masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative го́голь
hóholʹ
го́голі
hóholi
genitive го́голя
hóholja
го́голів
hóholiv
dative го́голеві, го́голю
hóholevi, hóholju
го́голям
hóholjam
accusative го́голя
hóholja
го́голі, го́голів
hóholi, hóholiv
instrumental го́голем
hóholem
го́голями
hóholjamy
locative го́голеві, го́голю, го́голі
hóholevi, hóholju, hóholi
го́голях
hóholjax
vocative го́голю
hóholju
го́голі
hóholi

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