Noun: хала
Gender: f
Indefinite
| Singular | ха́ла |
| Plural | ха́ли |
Definite
| Singular | ха́лата |
| Plural | ха́лите |
| Singular | hálata |
| Plural | hálite |
Nouns inflected like хала
тарантула,
фланела,
акула,
афала,
развала,
спила,
скула,
школа,
катедрала,
мирабела,
автомагистрала,
алвеола,
молекула,
фавела,
топола,
пържола,
ескадрила,
касерола,
електроцентрала,
горила, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Sample Sentences
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→ (figurative) great calamity, fury, natural force (as phenomenon)
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→ ichthyoid or serpentine monster (as a physical being)
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→ hex, witch who controls the weather (as a personification)
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ха́ла-кон (ferocious horse/stallion)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Slavic *xala, possibly contamination of various sources. Some aspects of the creature could be from Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hail”) (per Georgieva), while others from native roots related to ха́лост (hálost, “futility, lack of structure”), наха́лен (nahálen, “impertinent, intrusive”). In Western dialects, the word is homophonous with the dialectal word for serpent (cf. Serbo-Croatian а̏ла, Macedonian ала (ala)), of Turkish origin.
2. Mythological depictions combine elements from Slavic (see Coordinate terms) and Paleo-Balkan mythology (cf. Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn), Ἄνεμοι (Ánemoi); Thracian Chaos-dragon; Albanian Kulshedra). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
χάλαζα'.
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