"холуй" meaning in Ukrainian

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Noun

IPA: [xoˈɫui̯]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolujь. Cognates include Russian холу́й (xolúj), Belarusian халу́й (xalúj), Lower Sorbian chołuj (“plough”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*xolujь|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *xolujь, {{inh+|uk|sla-pro|*xolujь}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolujь, {{cog|ru|холу́й}} Russian холу́й (xolúj), {{cog|be|халу́й}} Belarusian халу́й (xalúj), {{cog|dsb|chołuj||plough}} Lower Sorbian chołuj (“plough”) Head templates: {{uk-noun|холу́й<b.pr>|adj=холу́йський}} холу́й • (xolúj) m pers (genitive холуя́, nominative plural холуї́, genitive plural холуї́в, relational adjective холу́йський), {{tlb|uk|colloquial|pejorative}} (colloquial, derogatory) Inflection templates: {{uk-ndecl|холу́й<b.pr>}} Forms: холу́й [canonical], xolúj [romanization], холуя́ [genitive], холуї́ [nominative, plural], холуї́в [genitive, plural], холу́йський [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], холу́й [nominative, singular], холуї́ [nominative, plural], холуя́ [genitive, singular], холуї́в [genitive, plural], холую́ [dative, singular], холує́ві [dative, singular], холуя́м [dative, plural], холуя́ [accusative, singular], холуї́в [accusative, plural], холує́м [instrumental, singular], холуя́ми [instrumental, plural], холую́ [locative, singular], холує́ві [locative, singular], холуї́ [locative, singular], холуя́х [locative, plural], холу́ю [singular, vocative], холуї́ [plural, vocative]
  1. lackey, flunky (servant who loyally fulfils demeaning or unpleasant orders) Tags: colloquial, derogatory Synonyms: лаке́й, попи́хач, пошту́ркач Hypernyms: слуга́, прислу́жник
    Sense id: en-холуй-uk-noun-UmkP03Mt Categories (other): Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern b, People Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern b: 49 51 Disambiguation of People: 92 8
  2. (by extension) lackey, groveller, toady (fawning, servile follower) Tags: broadly, colloquial, derogatory Synonyms: лаке́й, лизоблю́д, підлабу́зник, при́хвостень
    Sense id: en-холуй-uk-noun-g~AV~B2W Categories (other): Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header, Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern b Disambiguation of Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern b: 49 51
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      "form": "холу́ю",
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          "word": "лаке́й"
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          "word": "лизоблю́д"
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          "word": "підлабу́зник"
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          "word": "при́хвостень"
        }
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  ],
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}
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          "word": "слуга́"
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          "word": "прислу́жник"
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          "word": "лаке́й"
        },
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          "word": "попи́хач"
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        {
          "word": "пошту́ркач"
        }
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        {
          "word": "лаке́й"
        },
        {
          "word": "лизоблю́д"
        },
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          "word": "підлабу́зник"
        },
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          "word": "при́хвостень"
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    {
      "ipa": "[xoˈɫui̯]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "uk:Мельничук Олександр Савич"
  ],
  "word": "холуй"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ukrainian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (0c45963 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.