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Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šulьga (“someone with their right hand chopped off; leftie”) from Proto-Indo-European *kseul, *kseoul from Proto-Indo-European *kes-, *kos-, *ks-.[1]
Noun
шульга́ • (šulʹhá) m pers or f pers (genitive шульги́, nominative plural шу́льги, genitive plural шульг)
- Left arm or leg.
- Left-handed person.
Declension
Declension of шульга́ (pers hard fem-form accent-d)
Etymology 2
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Noun
шульга́ • (šulʹhá) f inan (genitive шульги́, uncountable)
- (dialectal) mistletoe
- Synonym: оме́ла (oméla)
Declension
Declension of шульга́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “шульга”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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