гуляти
Ukrainian
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(9) гуля́ти (to dance) prevalence in Ukraine
Etymology
Cognate with Belarusian гуля́ць (huljácʹ), Russian гулять (guljatʹ).
Further origins are uncertain. It may be related to interjection гуля (hulja). Also it is comparable to Serbo-Croatian гулити (“to drink alcohol”), Lithuanian gulė́ti (“to lie”).
Another version is that it is formed from бити в гулю (byty v hulju, “to play with a ball”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): [ɦʊˈlʲate]
Verb
гуля́ти • (huljáty) impf (perfective погуля́ти)
- (intransitive) to walk
- (intransitive) to spend time with fun, to have fun
- (intransitive) to spend time drinking alcohol, to booze
- (transitive, colloquial) to be in a close romantic relationship
- (transitive) to play a game
- (transitive) not to be used
- (transitive, figurative, colloquial) to bash
- (intransitive) to have mating season (about animals)
- (intransitive, dated) to dance
Conjugation
Conjugation of гуля́ти, гуля́ть (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | гуля́ти, гуля́ть huljáty, huljátʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | гуля́ючи huljájučy | гуля́вши huljávšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я | гуля́ю huljáju | бу́дугуля́ти, бу́ду гуля́ть, гуля́тиму búdu huljáty, búdu huljátʹ, huljátymu |
| 2nd singular ти | гуля́єш huljáješ | бу́дешгуля́ти, бу́деш гуля́ть, гуля́тимеш búdeš huljáty, búdeš huljátʹ, huljátymeš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно | гуля́є huljáje | бу́дегуля́ти, бу́де гуля́ть, гуля́тиме búde huljáty, búde huljátʹ, huljátyme |
| 1st plural ми | гуля́єм, гуля́ємо huljájem, huljájemo | бу́демогуля́ти, бу́демо гуля́ть, гуля́тимемо, гуля́тимем búdemo huljáty, búdemo huljátʹ, huljátymemo, huljátymem |
| 2nd plural ви | гуля́єте huljájete | бу́детегуля́ти, бу́дете гуля́ть, гуля́тимете búdete huljáty, búdete huljátʹ, huljátymete |
| 3rd plural вони | гуля́ють huljájutʹ | бу́дутьгуля́ти, бу́дуть гуля́ть, гуля́тимуть búdutʹ huljáty, búdutʹ huljátʹ, huljátymutʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | гуля́ймо huljájmo |
| second-person | гуля́й huljáj | гуля́йте huljájte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він | гуля́в huljáv | гуля́ли huljály |
| feminine я / ти / вона | гуля́ла huljála | |
| neuter воно | гуля́ло huljálo | |
Derived terms
- прогуля́ти pf (prohuljáty)
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “гуляти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гуляти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka