дуля

From earlier гду́ля (gdúlja) and гду́ня (gdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Compare typologically фи́га (fíga).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdulʲə]

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ду́ля • (dúlja) f inan (genitive ду́ли, nominative plural ду́ли, genitive plural дуль)

1. (dialectal) small pear
2. fig sign (a rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers); indicates "nothing for you", "nuts to you"

   Synonyms: фи́га (fíga), шиш (šiš), ку́киш (kúkiš)

• Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.

• ды́ня f (dýnja)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дуля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Anikin, A. E. (2021), “дуля”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 113

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “дуля”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

From earlier гду́ля (hdúlja) and гду́ня (hdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdulʲɐ]

ду́ля • (dúlja) f inan (genitive ду́лі, nominative plural ду́лі, genitive plural дуль)

1. a kind of pear
2. fig sign (a rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers); indicates "nothing for you", "nuts to you"

• Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “дуля”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN