žúžoľ

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • žúžeľ (dialectal)

Etymology

From its dialectal variant žúžeľ, which comes from *žužeľь which is derived from *žugь (dialectally žuh for uhoľ). First attested in the 19th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒuːʒɔʎ/, (high register) [ˈʒuːʒɔʎ], (common) [ˈʒuːʒɔl]
  • Rhymes: -uːʒɔʎ
  • Hyphenation: žú‧žoľ

Noun

žúžoľ m inan (relational adjective žúžoľový or (rare) žúžoľný)

  1. coal, charcoal
    Synonyms: uhlík, uhoľ
  2. black color
    Synonyms: čerň, čierny
    Vlasy, oči ako žúžoľ. ― Hair, eyes of jet-black.
  3. jet-black, very black

Usage notes

Only used in similes.

Declension

Declension of žúžoľ
(pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativežúžoľžúžole
genitivežúžoľažúžoľov
dativežúžoľužúžoľom
accusativežúžoľžúžole
locativežúžoližúžoľoch
instrumentalžúžoľomžúžoľmi

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “žúžoľ”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 700

Further reading

  • “žúžoľ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
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