люлька

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Etymology 1[edit]

From люлю (ljulju), an interjection used to lull babies. Compare to English lull, Swedish lulla (to lull), Icelandic lúlla (to lull).

Noun[edit]

лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́лек)

  1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)
    Synonym: колыбе́ль (kolybélʹ)
    • Лев Толстой, Хозяин и работник 1895:
      На на́рах сиде́ла ба́ба над лю́лькою
      Na nárax sidéla bába nad ljúlʹkoju
      The old lady laid on a plank-bed over a cradle
  2. (construction) suspended scaffold, cradle (lifting device)
  3. (military) gun cradle (mount for the barrel of an artillery piece on a gun carriage)
  4. (colloquial) sidecar (of a motorcycle)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Turkic (Ottoman Turkish لوله (lüle)), ultimately from Persian لوله (lule).

Noun[edit]

лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́лек)

  1. (colloquial, regional) tobacco pipe
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Ukrainian[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Turkic (Ottoman Turkish لوله (lüle)), ultimately from Persian لوله (lule).

Noun[edit]

лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́льок, relational adjective люлькови́й)

  1. tobacco pipe
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Etymology 2[edit]

From люлі (ljuli), an interjection used to lull babies.

Noun[edit]

лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́льок, relational adjective люлькови́й)

  1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)
    Synonym: коли́ска (kolýska)
  2. cradle (a mechanism for lifting things)
  3. sidecar
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