халява
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Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
For "top of the boot" meaning: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xoľeva. Cognate with Ukrainian халя́ва (xaljáva), Polish cholewa. Note also Ossetian хӕлаф (xælaf, “trousers”).
Pronunciation
Noun
халя́ва • (xaljáva) f inan (genitive халя́вы, nominative plural халя́вы, genitive plural халя́в, augmentative халя́вище)
Declension
Declension of халя́ва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
- —
- дармовщи́на f (darmovščína)
Derived terms
- на халя́ву (na xaljávu)
- халя́вить impf (xaljávitʹ), схаля́вить pf (sxaljávitʹ)
- халя́вный (xaljávnyj), халя́вно (xaljávno)
- халя́вщик m anim (xaljávščik), халя́вщица f anim (xaljávščica)
- Phrases
- халя́ва, приди́! (xaljáva, pridí!)
- Proverbs
- на халя́ву и у́ксус сла́док (na xaljávu i úksus sládok)
Descendants
- → English: khalyava
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*choľevъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 59
- Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 165
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “халява”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “халеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “холява”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress