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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolujь.
Pronunciation
Noun
холу́й • (xolúj) m anim (genitive холуя́, nominative plural холуи́, genitive plural холуёв, relational adjective холу́йский)
- (derogatory) lackey, groveller
- Synonym: холо́п (xolóp)
1997, Александр Коржаков [Alexander Korzhakov], “За дирижёрским пультом”, in Борис Ельцин: от рассвета до заката, Москва: Интербук; English translation from Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk, (Please provide a date or year):Вы́яснилось, что холу́й, на кото́рого я, мя́гко говоря́, повы́сил го́лос, был то ли посло́м Росси́и в Восто́чной Герма́нии, то ли полномо́чным представи́телем.- Výjasnilosʹ, što xolúj, na kotórovo ja, mjáxko govorjá, povýsil gólos, byl to li poslóm Rossíi v Vostóčnoj Germánii, to li polnomóčnym predstavítelem.
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Declension
Anagrams
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolujь. Cognates include Russian холу́й (xolúj), Belarusian халу́й (xalúj), Lower Sorbian chołuj (“plough”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
холу́й • (xolúj) m pers (genitive холуя́, nominative plural холуї́, genitive plural холуї́в, relational adjective холу́йський) (colloquial, derogatory)
- lackey, flunky (servant who loyally fulfils demeaning or unpleasant orders)
- Synonyms: лаке́й m (lakéj), попи́хач m (popýxač), пошту́ркач m (poštúrkač)
- Hypernyms: слуга́ m (sluhá), прислу́жник m (pryslúžnyk)
- (by extension) lackey, groveller, toady (fawning, servile follower)
- Synonyms: лаке́й m (lakéj), лизоблю́д m (lyzobljúd), підлабу́зник m (pidlabúznyk), при́хвостень m (prýxvostenʹ)
Declension
Declension of холу́й (pers j-stem masc-form accent-b)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “холуй”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “холуй”, 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), “холуй”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “холуй”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “холуй”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “холуй”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “холуй”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)