голубець
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Ukrainian
Etymology
го́луб (hólub) + -е́ць (-écʹ).
Per Hrinchenko, the food was made in shape of a bird, thus its name, but compare also Polish gołąbek, which is argued to be an Oriental borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
голубе́ць • (holubécʹ) m animal (genitive голубця́, nominative plural голубці́, genitive plural голубці́в)
- endearing diminutive of го́луб (hólub)
Declension
Declension of голубе́ць (animal soft masc-form accent-b reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | голубе́ць holubécʹ |
голубці́ holubcí |
| genitive | голубця́ holubcjá |
голубці́в holubcív |
| dative | голубце́ві, голубцю́ holubcévi, holubcjú |
голубця́м holubcjám |
| accusative | голубця́ holubcjá |
голубці́, голубці́в holubcí, holubcív |
| instrumental | голубце́м holubcém |
голубця́ми holubcjámy |
| locative | голубце́ві, голубцю́, голубці́ holubcévi, holubcjú, holubcí |
голубця́х holubcjáx |
| vocative | голубцю́ holubcjú |
голубці́ holubcí |
Noun
голубе́ць • (holubécʹ) m inan (genitive голубця́, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of голубе́ць (inan sg-only soft masc-form accent-b reduc)
Noun
голубе́ць • (holubécʹ) m inan (genitive голубця́, nominative plural голубці́, genitive plural голубці́в)
- (often in the plural) a cabbage roll, one roll of holubtsi
Declension
Declension of голубе́ць (inan soft masc-form accent-b reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | голубе́ць holubécʹ |
голубці́ holubcí |
| genitive | голубця́ holubcjá |
голубці́в holubcív |
| dative | голубце́ві, голубцю́ holubcévi, holubcjú |
голубця́м holubcjám |
| accusative | голубе́ць holubécʹ |
голубці́ holubcí |
| instrumental | голубце́м holubcém |
голубця́ми holubcjámy |
| locative | голубцю́, голубці́ holubcjú, holubcí |
голубця́х holubcjáx |
| vocative | голубцю́ holubcjú |
голубці́ holubcí |
Descendants
- English: holubtsi (chiefly Canadian English, through Canadian Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “голубе́ць”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “голубе́ць”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “голубе́ць”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2025) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online] (in Ukrainian)