халява

Russian

Alternative forms
  • холя́ва (xoljáva) — dialectal

Etymology

For "top of the boot" meaning: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *choľeva. Cognate with Ukrainian халя́ва (xaljáva), Polish cholewa. Note also Ossetian хӕлаф (xælaf, “trousers”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xɐˈlʲavə]
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Noun

халя́ва • (xaljáva) f inan (genitive халя́вы, nominative plural халя́вы, genitive plural халя́в)

  1. (dialectal) bootleg, top of the boot
  2. (slang) freebie

Declension
Declension of халя́ва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative халя́ва
xaljáva		 халя́вы
xaljávy
genitive халя́вы
xaljávy		 халя́в
xaljáv
dative халя́ве
xaljáve		 халя́вам
xaljávam
accusative халя́ву
xaljávu		 халя́вы
xaljávy
instrumental халя́вой, халя́вою
xaljávoj, xaljávoju		 халя́вами
xaljávami
prepositional халя́ве
xaljáve		 халя́вах
xaljávax

Synonyms
  • дармовщи́на (darmovščína)
  • на халя́ву (na xaljávu)
  • халя́вный (xaljávnyj)
  • халя́вщик (xaljávščik), халя́вщица (xaljávščica)

References
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*choľevъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 59
  • Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 165
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