kuľa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kula"
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German kūle, kugele. First attested in the 17th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuʎa/, (high register) [ˈkuʎa], (common) [ˈkula]
- Rhymes: -uʎa
- Hyphenation: ku‧ľa
Noun
kuľa f
- (rare, dialectal) alternative form of guľa (“ball, sphere”)
- (dialectal) a long wooden pole with a hook at the end for hanging a bucket and for collecting water from a well
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuľa | kule |
| genitive | kule | kúľ, kulí |
| dative | kuli | kuliam |
| accusative | kuľu | kule |
| locative | kuli | kuliach |
| instrumental | kuľou | kuľami |
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “guľa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 186
Further reading
- “kuľa”, 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