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# calf — English to Ukrainian

How English *calf* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [calf in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/calf/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: calf (36). By style: everyday 5 · biblical 31.

## теля

Used about 17 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 12). Forms: теля, телятко.

- The cow lost its **calf**.
  Корова втратила своє **теля**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3385760](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3385760) [\#10547121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10547121))

- Bring the fattened **calf**, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
  і, привівши **теля** годоване, заколїть і ївши веселїмось:
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 15:23)

- I don't need such a skinny **calf**.
  Мені таке худе **теля** непотрібне.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#10489847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10489847) [\#10547129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10547129))

- Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened **calf** with hatred.
  Смачнїйша мисочка капусти, да з любови, анїж з приправою ненавистї **теля** товсте.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 15:17)

- The **calf** was born this morning.
  **Теля** народилося сьогодні вранці.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharptoothed and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2474234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2474234) [\#10547122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10547122))

## бичка

Used about 7 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 7).

- The LORD struck the people, because of what they did with the **calf**, which Aaron made.
  І послав Господь морову кару на людей за литого **бичка**, котрого виробив Арон.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 32:35)

- He took the **calf** which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
  І взяв **бичка**, що вони зробили, та й спалив його на вогнї, і розтовк його на прах; та й висипав у воду, та й дав її пити синам Ізрайлевим.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 32:20)

- As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the **calf** and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
  І сталось, що, наближившись до табору, побачив **бичка** і таньцї, і запалав Мойсей гнївом, та й кинув таблицї з рук, і розбив їх під горою.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 32:19)

- He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molded **calf**. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
  І позабирав їх із рук їх, і виробив форму, і зробив із них литого **бичка**. І казали люде: Ось бог твій, Ізраїлю, що вивів тебе з Египецької землї.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 32:4)

- I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made yourselves a molded **calf**. You had quickly turned away from the way which the LORD had commanded you.
  І глянув я, та й бачу, ви согрішили проти Господа, Бога вашого; ви зробили собі вилитого **бичка**; швидко ви звернули з дороги, що її заповідав вам Господь.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 9:16)

## жертву

Used about 1 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1).

- When those who bore the LORD’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened **calf**.
  І за кожним разом, як переносчики уйшли шість кроків, приношено в **жертву** бика й барана.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 6:13)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the **calf** of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  Бо й той (ідол) — дїло Ізраїля. Ремесник уробив його, як же йому бути Богом? в куски розпадеться бик Самарийський!
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HOS 8:6)

- Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a **calf**’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
  А ноги в їх були прості, а ступнї в їх були, як у телця, й бризькали вони іскрами, як розпалена мідь бризькає.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 1:7)

- He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and **calf** idols which he had made.
  Та понастановляв у себе жерцїв і до висот, і до козлів, і до телцїв, які повиробляв.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 11:15)

## Grammar

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