хохол
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ. Compare Polish chochoł, Polish chachoł and Czech chochol.
Pronunciation
Noun
хохо́л • (xoxól) m inan or m anim (genitive хохла́, nominative plural хохлы́, genitive plural хохло́в, feminine хохлу́шка or хохля́чка)
- (inanimate) (birds) crest, (human hair) topknot, tuft of hair
- (animate, derogatory) a Ukrainian, khokhol
Usage notes
- Originally the term was for Ukrainians, Belarusians and Zaporizhzhia Cossacks and also for simple people ("В князья не прыгал из хохлов..." A. Pushkin). The term was not always pejorative in Russia and is sometimes used by Ukrainians themselves in jest or ironically ("Українці мої! Дай вам Боже і щастя, і сил. Можна бути хохлом, і не згіркне від того хлібина..." V. Baranov (Ukrainian writer)). There are proper names based on "хохол" - e.g. Хохол, Хохольский, Хохол-Тростянка, etc.
Declension
Declension of хохо́л (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-b reduc)
Synonyms
- (topknot): чуб (čub), чупрун (čuprun), вихо́р (vixór), оселедец (oseledec)
- (Ukrainian): укр (ukr) (offensive), укро́п (ukróp, noun) (offensive, "dill"), украи́нец (ukraínec, noun) (neutral term)
Derived terms
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- Russian ethnic slurs
- ru:Hair
- ru:Male people
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