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 [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 193
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гоголь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 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 [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 11 (глюки – грайка), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 85

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “гоголь”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 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

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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

Related terms

References