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Belarusian
Etymology
Compare Russian ду́ло (dúlo).
Pronunciation
Noun
ду́ла • (dúla) n inan (genitive ду́ла, nominative plural ду́лы, genitive plural дул or ду́лаў)
- (firearms) muzzle (the mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from)
- Synonym: ру́ля (rúlja)
1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 145:Скот схапіўся за кабуру, што вісела ў яго на поясе, выняў рэвальвер і паспрабаваў прасунуць дула паміж сціснутымі пашчэнкамі бульдога.- Skot sxapiŭsja za kaburu, što visjela ŭ jahó na pójasje, vynjaŭ revalʹvjer i pasprabavaŭ prasunucʹ dula pamiž scisnutymi paščenkami bulʹdóha.
- Scott reached into the holster at his hip, drew his revolver, and tried to thrust its muzzle between the clenched bulldog's jaws.
Declension
Declension of ду́ла (inan hard neut-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “дула” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “дула”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
ду́ла • (dúla)
- feminine singular past indicative imperfective of дуть (dutʹ)
Etymology 2
Noun
ду́ла • (dúla) n inan or n inan pl
- inflection of ду́ло (dúlo):
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural