хохол

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ. Compare Polish chachoł and Czech chochol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [xɐˈxol]

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)

	singular	plural
nominative	хохо́л xoxól	хохлы́ xoxlý
genitive	хохла́ xoxlá	хохло́в xoxlóv
dative	хохлу́ xoxlú	хохла́м xoxlám
accusative animate inanimate	хохла́ xoxlá	хохло́в xoxlóv
accusative animate inanimate	хохо́л xoxól	хохлы́ xoxlý
instrumental	хохло́м xoxlóm	хохла́ми xoxlámi
prepositional	хохле́ xoxlé	хохла́х xoxláx

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

хохлушка (xoxluška, noun)
хохляцкий (xoxljackij, adjective)
Хохляндия (Xoxljandija, noun)
хохоло́к (xoxolók, noun)

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