лялька

Belarusian

Etymology

From Polish lalka. cognates include Ukrainian ля́лька (ljálʹka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲalʲka]

• Audio:

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Noun

ля́лька • (ljálʹka) f pers (genitive ля́лькі, nominative plural ля́лькі, genitive plural ля́лек)

1. doll, puppet (a toy in the form of a human)

   Synonym: ку́калка (kúkalka)

Declension

Declension of ля́лька (pr velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ля́лька ljálʹka	ля́лькі ljálʹki
genitive	ля́лькі ljálʹki	ля́лек ljáljek
dative	ля́льцы ljálʹcy	ля́лькам ljálʹkam
accusative	ля́льку ljálʹku	ля́лек ljáljek
instrumental	ля́лькай, ля́лькаю ljálʹkaj, ljálʹkaju	ля́лькамі ljálʹkami
locative	ля́льцы ljálʹcy	ля́льках ljálʹkax
count form	—	ля́лькі1 ljálʹki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “лялька” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ля́лька (ljálʹka), from Polish lalka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲælʲkə]

Noun

ля́лька • (ljálʹka) f anim or f inan (genitive ля́льки, nominative plural ля́льки, genitive plural ля́лек)

1. (regional, Ukraine, Southern Russia) doll, puppet (a toy in the form of a human)

   Synonym: ку́кла (kúkla)

2. (colloquial) baby

   Synonym: младе́нец (mladénec)

Declension

Declension of ля́лька (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ля́лька ljálʹka	ля́льки ljálʹki
genitive	ля́льки ljálʹki	ля́лек ljálek
dative	ля́льке ljálʹke	ля́лькам ljálʹkam
accusative animate inanimate	ля́льку ljálʹku	ля́лек ljálek
		ля́льки ljálʹki
instrumental	ля́лькой, ля́лькою ljálʹkoj, ljálʹkoju	ля́льками ljálʹkami
prepositional	ля́льке ljálʹke	ля́льках ljálʹkax

Pre-reform declension of ля́лька (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ля́лька ljálʹka	ля́льки ljálʹki
genitive	ля́льки ljálʹki	ля́лекъ ljálek
dative	ля́лькѣ ljálʹkě	ля́лькамъ ljálʹkam
accusative animate inanimate	ля́льку ljálʹku	ля́лекъ ljálek
		ля́льки ljálʹki
instrumental	ля́лькой, ля́лькою ljálʹkoj, ljálʹkoju	ля́льками ljálʹkami
prepositional	ля́лькѣ ljálʹkě	ля́лькахъ ljálʹkax

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Polish lalka. Cognates include Belarusian ля́лька (ljálʹka). Also analysed as ля́ля (ljálja) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲalʲkɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ля́лька • (ljálʹka) f inan (genitive ля́льки, nominative plural ляльки́, genitive plural ляльо́к)

1. doll, puppet (a toy in the form of a human)

Declension

Declension of ля́лька (inan hard fem-form accent-c reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ля́лька ljálʹka	ляльки́ ljalʹký
genitive	ля́льки ljálʹky	ляльо́к ljalʹók
dative	ля́льці ljálʹci	лялька́м ljalʹkám
accusative	ля́льку ljálʹku	ляльки́ ljalʹký
instrumental	ля́лькою ljálʹkoju	лялька́ми ljalʹkámy
locative	ля́льці ljálʹci	лялька́х ljalʹkáx
vocative	ля́лько ljálʹko	ляльки́ ljalʹký

Descendants

• → Russian: ля́лька (ljálʹka)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лялька”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “лялька”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)