халява

Russian

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Alternative forms

  • холя́ва (xoljáva)dialectal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɐˈlʲavə]
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Noun

халя́ва • (xaljávaf inan (genitive халя́вы, nominative plural халя́вы, genitive plural халя́в, augmentative халя́вище)

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

Declension

Synonyms

  1. дармовщи́на f (darmovščína)

Derived terms

  • на халя́ву (na xaljávu)
  • халя́вить impf (xaljávitʹ), схаля́вить pf (sxaljávitʹ)
  • халя́вный (xaljávnyj), халя́вно (xaljávno)
  • халя́вщик m anim (xaljávščik), халя́вщица f anim (xaljávščica)
Phrases
  • халя́ва, приди́! (xaljáva, pridí!)
Proverbs
  • на халя́ву и у́ксус сла́док (na xaljávu i úksus sládok)

Descendants

  • English: khalyava

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

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “халява”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “халеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “холява”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress