дула

See also: дуля and дюля

Belarusian

Etymology

Compare Russian ду́ло (dúlo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɫa]
• Rhymes: -uɫa

Noun

ду́ла • (dúla) n inan (genitive ду́ла, nominative plural ду́лы, genitive plural дул or ду́лаў)

1. (firearms) muzzle (the mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from)

   Synonym: ру́ля (rúlja)

   • 1939 [1906], Jack London, Белы клык, Мінск: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 145:

     Скот схапіўся за кабуру, што вісела ў яго на поясе, выняў рэвальвер і паспрабаваў прасунуць дула паміж сціснутымі пашчэнкамі бульдога.

     Skot sxapiŭsja za kaburu, što visjela ŭ jahó na pójasje, vynjaŭ revalʹvjer i pasprabavaŭ prasunucʹ dula pamiž scisnutymi paščenkami bulʹdóha.

     [original: The other reached into the holster at his hip, drew his revolver, and tried to thrust its muzzle between the bulldog's jaws.]

Declension

Declension of ду́ла (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ду́ла dúla	ду́лы dúly
genitive	ду́ла dúla	дул, ду́лаў dul, dúlaŭ
dative	ду́лу dúlu	ду́лам dúlam
accusative	ду́ла dúla	ду́лы dúly
instrumental	ду́лам dúlam	ду́ламі dúlami
locative	ду́ле dúlje	ду́лах dúlax
count form	—	ду́лы1 dúly1

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

References

• “дула” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “дула”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɫə]

Etymology 1

Verb

ду́ла • (dúla)

1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of дуть (dutʹ)

Etymology 2

Noun

ду́ла • (dúla) n inan or n inan pl

1. inflection of ду́ло (dúlo):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural