воло

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volo, *voľe. Cognate to Belarusian валлё (valljó), Czech vole, Polish wole, Serbo-Croatian volja (“crop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɔɫɔ]

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Noun

во́ло • (vólo) n inan (genitive во́ла, nominative plural во́ла, genitive plural вол)

1. the crop of a bird, craw
2. the double chin of a human
3. goitre (an enlarged thyroid)
4. the skin of an ox or a cow hanging under their neck

Declension

Declension of во́ло (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	во́ло vólo	во́ла vóla
genitive	во́ла vóla	вол vol
dative	во́лу vólu	во́лам vólam
accusative	во́ло vólo	во́ла vóla
instrumental	во́лом vólom	во́лами vólamy
locative	во́лі vóli	во́лах vólax
vocative	во́ло vólo	во́ла vóla

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “во́ло”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 418
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “во́ло”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “воло”, 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), “во́ло”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN