ґляґ
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- ґлеґ (gleg)
- ґля́ґа f (gljága)
Etymology
Ultimately from Vulgar Latin root *clagum, earlier form of Romanian cheag and Aromanian cljag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡlʲaɡ]
Noun
ґляґ • (gljag) m inan (genitive ґля́ґа, nominative plural ґля́ґи, genitive plural ґля́ґів, diminutive ґляґу́шки) (also in the plural)
- abomasum, rennet stomach
- a curd from a young cattle's abomasum, used to speed up coagulation of milk
Declension
Declension of ґляґ (inan velar masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ґляґ gljag | ґля́ґи gljágy |
| genitive | ґля́ґа gljága | ґля́ґів gljágiv |
| dative | ґля́ґові, ґля́ґу gljágovi, gljágu | ґля́ґам gljágam |
| accusative | ґляґ gljag | ґля́ґи gljágy |
| instrumental | ґля́ґом gljágom | ґля́ґами gljágamy |
| locative | ґля́ґу gljágu | ґля́ґах gljágax |
| vocative | ґля́ґу gljágu | ґля́ґи gljágy |
Descendants
- → Russian: гляк (gljak)
References
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ґляґ”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ґляґ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 531