вол

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vol"

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian волъ (vol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

вол • (vol) m animal (genitive вала́, nominative plural валы́, genitive plural вало́ў)

1. ox

Declension

Declension of вол (anml hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	вол vol	валы́ valý
genitive	вала́ valá	вало́ў valóŭ
dative	валу́ valú	вала́м valám
accusative	вала́ valá	вало́ў valóŭ
instrumental	вало́м valóm	вала́мі valámi
locative	вале́ valjé	вала́х valáx
count form	—	валы́1 valý1

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

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɔɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

вол • (vol) m (relational adjective во́лски)

1. ox (castrated bull used for workforce)

Declension

Declension of вол

	singular	plural
indefinite	вол vol	воло́ве volóve
definite (subject form)	во́лът vólǎt	воло́вете volóvete
definite (object form)	во́ла vóla
count form	—	во́ла vóla
vocative form	во́ле vóle	воло́ве volóve

References

• “вол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• лов (lov)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɔɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

вол • (vol) m (plural волови, feminine крава, relational adjective воловски)

1. ox
2. a general insult (toward males), mostly implying insensitivity and crudeness

Declension

Declension of вол

	singular	plural
indefinite	вол (vol)	волови (volovi)
definite unspecified	волот (volot)	воловите (volovite)
definite proximal	волов (volov)	воловиве (volovive)
definite distal	волон (volon)	воловине (volovine)
vocative	волу (volu)	волови (volovi)
count form	—	вола (vola)

Russian

Alternative forms

• волъ (vol) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voɫ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

вол • (vol) m anim (genitive вола́, nominative plural волы́, genitive plural воло́в, relational adjective воло́вий)

1. ox, bullock
   • 1887, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава седьмая”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:

     — А ты с племя́нником ступа́й. Парни́ще тако́й, что кулако́м вола́ ушиби́ть мо́жет.

     — A ty s plemjánnikom stupáj. Parníšče takój, što kulakóm volá ušibítʹ móžet.

     “And you go with your nephew. Such a fine lad, he could fell an ox with his fist.”

Declension

Declension of вол (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́л vól	волы́ volý
genitive	вола́ volá	воло́в volóv
dative	волу́ volú	вола́м volám
accusative	вола́ volá	воло́в volóv
instrumental	воло́м volóm	вола́ми volámi
prepositional	воле́ volé	вола́х voláx

Anagrams

• лов (lov)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• во̑ (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋôːl/

Noun

во̑л m (Latin spelling vȏl)

1. (Croatia) ox

Declension

Declension of вол

	singular	plural
nominative	во̑л	во̀лови
genitive	вола	волова
dative	волу	воловима
accusative	вола	волове
vocative	во̏ле	волови
locative	волу	воловима
instrumental	волом	воловима

References

• “вол”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025