# акула
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аку́ла (akúla), see below.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈkuɫa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

аку́ла • (akúla) f animal (genitive аку́лы, nominative plural аку́лы, genitive plural аку́л)
* shark

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “акула” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аку́ла (akúla), see the Russian entry for further etymology.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈkuɫɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

аку́ла • (akúla) f (relational adjective аку́лов)
* shark

#### Declension
### References

* “акула”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “акула”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аку̀ла”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 7
* “акула”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 22

## Kazakh
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аку́ла (akúla).

### Noun

акула • (akula)
* shark

#### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* а́ккула (ákkula), о́кула (ókula) — dialectal (Northern)
* а́кула (ákula) — dialectal (Arkhangelsk)

### Etymology

First attested as а́ккула f (ákkula) in 1747 and 1789, а́ккулъ m (ákkul) in 1788, акулъ m (akul) in 1755. Likely inherited from Middle Russian (or possibly a back-formation), attested only as a derivative акулий (akulij) used to describe liver oil of a Greenland shark in a source going back to late 16th or early 17th century.
Borrowed from Sami language (compare Skolt Sami akkli, Kildin Sami а̄һклэӈӈк (āhkleŋŋk), Northern Sami áhkạlakkis (“Greenland shark”)), further borrowed Old Norse hákarl (compare dialectal Norwegian håkall).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈkuɫə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

аку́ла • (akúla) f anim (genitive аку́лы, nominative plural аку́лы, genitive plural аку́л, relational adjective аку́лий, diminutive аку́лка or аку́лочка, augmentative аку́лища)
* shark

#### Derived terms

* акулёнок m anim (akuljónok)
* акулёныш m anim (akuljónyš)
Compounds:
* аку́ла капитали́зма f anim (akúla kapitalízma)
* аку́ла пера́ f anim (akúla perá)
* бе́лая аку́ла f anim (bélaja akúla)
* се́рая аку́ла f anim (séraja akúla)
* From аку́лий (akúlij):
** аку́лий зуб m (akúlij zub)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: akula
* → Armenian: ակուլա (akula)
* → Bashkir: акула (akula)
* → Belarusian: аку́ла (akúla)
* → Bulgarian: аку́ла (akúla)
* → Bezhta: акула (akula)
* → Crimean Tatar: akula
* → Georgian: აკულა (aḳula)
* → Ingrian: akula
* → Kazakh: акула (akula)
* → Kyrgyz: акула (akula)
* → Macedonian: ајкула (ajkula)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    → Cyrillic script: а̏јкула
    → Latin script: ȁjkula
* → Tatar: акула (aqula)
* → Tundra Nenets: акула (akula)
* → Turkmen: akula
* → Ukrainian: аку́ла (akúla)
* → Uyghur: ئاكۇلا (akula)
* → Uzbek: akula

### References

* ↑ Sorokin, Yury S., editor (1984), “а́ккула и акул”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka. Leningrad Branch, page 38
* ↑ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “аку́ла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* ↑ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “акула”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 22
* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2007) “аку́ла”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 135
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “аку́ла”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 58
* ↑ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “аку́ла”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 35
* ↑ Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1975), “акулий”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – бяшенина), Moscow: Nauka, page 27

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “акула”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

## Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | ‍ |
| Zamanälif | akula‍ |
| Jaŋalif | |
| Yaña imlâ | ‍ |

### Noun

акула • (aqula)
* shark

## Tundra Nenets
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian акула (akula).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [(ŋ)ʌkuɫʌ]
* Hyphenation: аку‧ла

### Noun

акула • (akula)
* shark

#### Declension
### References

* Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 12

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Russian аку́ла (akúla), see above.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈkuɫɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

аку́ла • (akúla) f animal (genitive аку́ли, nominative plural аку́ли, genitive plural аку́л)
* shark

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “акула”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “акула”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)