vila

See also víla, and vil’ă

English

WOTD – 28 April 2011    

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian vila, Slovene vila.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈviːlə/

Noun

vila (plural vilas or vile)

1. (mythology) A type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology.
   • 1874, Elodie Lawton Mijatovic, Serbian Folklore:

     "The Vilas (fairies) live there, and they will certainly put out your eyes as they have put out mine, if you venture on their mountain."

   • 1998, Mike Dixon-Kennedy, Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend, p. 302:

     Duly married, the couple lived for some time in peace and contentment, until one day Marko boasted that his wife was a vila, whereupon she put on her wings and flew away.

   • 1995, Albert Bates Lord, The Singer Resumes the Tale, p. 52:

     She is answered, fittingly enough, by a vila, who declares that she is more beautiful than the girl.

Translations

type of fairy

• Finnish: haltijatar (fi), keiju (fi)

• Russian: вила (ru) (vila) f, самовила (ru) (samovila) f

Anagrams

• LAIV
• vail
• vial

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Catalan

Noun

vila f (plural viles)

1. Settlement, usually with a minimum of five thousand inhabitants (bigger than a town but smaller that a city), that has asked for the title officially. Previously, this title was granted by the king.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪla

Noun

vila f

1. villa

Declension

    declension of vila

	singular	plural
nominative	vila	vily
genitive	vily	vil
dative	vily	vilám
accusative	vilu	vily
vocative	vilo	vily
locative	vile	vilách
instrumental	vilou	vilami

Derived terms

• vilka
• vilový

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin villa (“vīlla”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈβi.l̪a/

Noun

vila f (plural vilas)

1. village; a small town
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 159 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria fez deſcobrir hũa poſta de carne que furtaran a uũs romeus na uila de Rocamador.

     How Holy Mary caused to be found a piece of meat which was stolen from some pilgrims in the village of Rocamadour.

Related terms

• vilão

Descendants

• Galician: vila
• Portuguese: vila

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Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• vilan

Etymology

Latin vilanus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvila/

Noun

vila m (oblique plural vilas, nominative singular vilas, nominative plural vila)

1. serf, countryman, peasant
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     Cerca fols la folatura, / Cortes cortez’ aventura, / E·l vilas ab la vilana [...].

     The fool searches for folly, the gentleman for gentle adventure, and the peasant for his peasant-girl.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese vila (“village”), from Latin villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'vila/
• (Portugal) IPA: /'vilɐ/

Noun

vila f (plural vilas)

1. town, village
2. (Brazil slang) low class residential area

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) guglia
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) guila
• (Puter, Vallader) aguoglia
• (Vallader) guoglia

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *acucŭla, diminutive of Latin ăcus (“needle”).

Noun

vila f (plural vilas)

1. (Sutsilvan) needle

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vila. Cognate with Bulgarian самовила and вила (“fairy”), Slovene vila (“fairy living in the forest or in the water”), Old Russian вила and Slovak víla (“fairy”). According to Vasmer, non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse veiðr (“hunt”) and Avestan  (vayeiti, “he pursuits, frightens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋǐːla/
• Hyphenation: vi‧la

Noun

víla f (Cyrillic spelling ви́ла)

1. fairy

Declension

    declension of vila

	singular	plural
nominative	vila	vile
genitive	vile	vila
dative	vili	vilama
accusative	vilu	vile
vocative	vilo	vile
locative	vili	vilama
instrumental	vilom	vilama

Etymology 2

From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋîla/
• Hyphenation: vi‧la

Noun

vȉla f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ла)

1. villa

Declension

    declension of vila

	singular	plural
nominative	vȉla	vile
genitive	vile	vȋlā
dative	vili	vilama
accusative	vilu	vile
vocative	vilo	vile
locative	vili	vilama
instrumental	vilom	vilama

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Old Norse hvíld (“rest, pause”), compare Danish hvile (“rest”), Old High German wīla (German Weile), Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “interval, time period”), English while.

Noun

vila c

1. a rest; relief from work, activity or exertion
2. a rest; the repose afforded by death
3. (physics) a rest; absence of motion

Declension

Declension of vila

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vila	vilan	vilor	vilorna
genitive	vilas	vilans	vilors	vilornas

Related terms

• pausvila
• sista vilan
• vilorum

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hvíla, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlanan.

Verb

vila

1. to rest; to relieve, to give rest to
2. to rest; to take a break; to cease working for a little while, to become inactive
3. to rest; to lean or lay
4. to rest; to lie or lean or be supported

Conjugation

Conjugation of vila

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	vila	—
Present tense	vilar	—
Past tense	vilade	—
Supine	vilat	—
Imperative	vila	—
Present participle	vilande
Past participle	—

Derived terms

• utvilad
• vila sina ögon på
• vila ut
• vilsam

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian villa

Noun

Wikipedia ^vec

vila f (plural vile)

1. house (large), mansion