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Ukrainian
Etymology
Deverbal from поталува́ти (potaluváty, “to trample, to ravage, to plunder”). By surface analysis, пота́л- (potál-) + -а (-a).
Pronunciation
Noun
пота́ла • (potála) f inan (genitive пота́ли, uncountable)
- destruction, ravaging
- Synonyms: зни́щення (znýščennja), з'ї́дення (zʺjídennja)
- trampling, humiliation
- Synonyms: глум (hlum), нару́га (narúha), несла́ва (nesláva)
Declension
Declension of пота́ла (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “потала”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “потала”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “потала”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “потала”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “потала”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “потала”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)