Gogol

See also: gogol, Gógol, Gogól, and Gogół

English

Etymology

From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь.

Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.

Proper noun

Gogol

A Russian and Ukrainian surname.

Derived terms

Gogolian

Translations

Gogol

Arabic: غُوغُول (ḡūḡul), جُوجُول (gūgul)
Belarusian: Го́галь (Hóhalʹ)
Bulgarian: Го́гол (Gógol)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 果戈理 (Guǒgēlǐ)
Georgian: გოგოლი (gogoli)
Greek: Γκόγκολ (el) (Gkógkol)
Hebrew: גוגול (he)
Hindi: गोगोल (gogol)
Japanese: ゴーゴリ (Gōgori)
Korean: 고골 (Gogol)
Macedonian: Гогољ (Gogolj)
Mongolian: Гоголь (Gogolʹ)
Polish: Gogol m or f
Portuguese: Gogol m or f
Russian: Го́голь (ru) (Gógolʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: Гогољ, Gogolj
Slovak: Gogoľ
Slovene: Gogolj
Spanish: Gógol
Ukrainian: Го́голь m (Hóholʹ)

Further reading

“Gogol”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“Gogol”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“Gogol”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
“Gogol”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.ɡɔl/
Rhymes: -ɔɡɔl
Syllabification: Go‧gol

Proper noun

Gogol m pers

a male surname

Declension

Declension of Gogol

	singular	plural
nominative	Gogol	Gogolowie
genitive	Gogola	Gogolów
dative	Gogolowi	Gogolom
accusative	Gogola	Gogolów
instrumental	Gogolem	Gogolami
locative	Gogolu	Gogolach
vocative	Gogolu	Gogolowie

Proper noun

Gogol f (indeclinable)

a female surname

Further reading

“Gogol”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

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