дуля

See also: дула and дюля

Russian

дуля

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdulʲə]
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Noun

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

(dialectal) small pear
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"

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of ду́ля (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ду́ля dúlja	ду́ли dúli
genitive	ду́ли dúli	ду́ль dúlʹ
dative	ду́ле dúle	ду́лям dúljam
accusative	ду́лю dúlju	ду́ли dúli
instrumental	ду́лей, ду́лею dúlej, dúleju	ду́лями dúljami
prepositional	ду́ле dúle	ду́лях dúljax

Synonyms

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

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