rahul's'kyj/rahul'stvo

[curt fredric woolhiser]

Dear SEELANGers:

Can anyone provide a translation of the Ukrainian adjective
"rahul's'kyj" and the  related noun "rahul'stvo"? A student of mine
is trying to translate a couple of articles from the youth music
magazine "Halas", where these words show up. The contexts are as
follows:

"I znovu kumedna sumis^ vidverto *rahul's'koho* surz^yku navpil z
halyc'kym dialektom zdavalasja osviz^ajuc^ym dus^em "s^arko", a
prostis^e -- pryrodnym i z^yvym s^matkom z^yttja" (about the group
"Braty Hadjukiny)

"Vybac^te, ale ce vzahali ne prosto "moveton", ce spravz^nje
*rahul'stvo*." (about the group "Samosoboys")


I understand everything else in these two sentences, but the exact
meanings of "rahul's'kyj" and "rahul'stvo" escape me. Would it be
something like "mocking" and "mockery"?

Djakuju zazdalehid' za dopomohu!


Curt Woolhiser

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Curt F. Woolhiser
Dept. of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Calhoun 415
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713-7217 USA

Tel. (512) 232-9133, (512) 471-3607
Fax: (512) 471-6710
Email: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu
Slavic Department Home Page:
http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/slavic/
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