галас

Ukrainian

Etymology

Attempts to derive it from го́лос (hólos, “voice”) and connections with Ossetian гъалас (ǧalas) or Czech harašiti (“to rustle; make a harsh crackling sound”) were insufficiently substantiated.

Possibly an -ас (-as) suffix formation from the гал- (hal-) element, the same as in the noun гала́й (haláj, “screamer”) and the verb гала́кати (halákaty), that is from Proto-Slavic *galъ (“noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Belarusian га́лас (hálas), Polish gałuszyć (“to rumble”), gałda (“noise, uproar”), and Russian галде́ть (galdétʹ, “to make a racket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaɫɐs]

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Noun

га́лас • (hálas) m inan (genitive га́ласу, uncountable)

1. noise, din, racket

   Synonyms: гам m (ham), га́мір m (hámir)

Declension

Declension of га́лас (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	га́лас hálas
genitive	га́ласу hálasu
dative	га́ласові, га́ласу hálasovi, hálasu
accusative	га́лас hálas
instrumental	га́ласом hálasom
locative	га́ласу, га́ласі hálasu, hálasi
vocative	га́ласе hálase

Derived terms

• галасува́ти (halasuváty)
• галасли́вий (halaslývyj)

Descendants

• → Polish: hałas
  • → Czech: halas
  • → Slovak: halas

Further reading

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “га́лас”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “галас”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “га́лас”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “га́лас”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 458