волна

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlna (“wool”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Noun

волна • (volna) f

1. wool

Inflection

Declension of волна

	singular
indefinite	волна
definite unspecified	волната
definite proximal	волнава
definite distal	волнана
vocative	волно

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Russian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic вълна (vŭlna, “wave”), from Proto-Slavic *vьlna (“wave”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic вльна (vlĭna), Bulgarian вълна (vǎlna), Czech vlna, Slovak vlna and Polish wełna. Cognate with Lithuanian vilnìs (“wave”), Latvian vilnis (“wave”), Sanskrit ऊर्मि (ūrmí, “wave”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬌 (var^əmi), Baluchi گورم (gwarm), Old High German wella, German Welle, Albanian valë (“wave”), and further with Old Church Slavonic вьлати (vĭlati, “undulate”), German wallen (“undulate”), and Russian вали́ть (valítʹ), вал (val).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [vɐɫˈna]

Noun

волна́ • (volná) f inan (genitive волны́, nominative plural во́лны, genitive plural волн)

1. wave
2. wavelength

Declension

Declension of волна́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-f/d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	волна́ volná	во́лны vólny
genitive	волны́ volný	во́лн vóln
dative	волне́ volné	волна́м, во́лнам volnám, vólnam
accusative	волну́ volnú	во́лны vólny
instrumental	волно́й, волно́ю volnój, volnóju	волна́ми, во́лнами volnámi, vólnami
prepositional	волне́ volné	волна́х, во́лнах volnáx, vólnax

Pre-reform declension of волна́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-f/d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	волна́ volná	во́лны vólny
genitive	волны́ volný	во́лнъ vóln
dative	волнѣ́ volně́	волна́мъ, во́лнамъ volnám, vólnam
accusative	волну́ volnú	во́лны vólny
instrumental	волно́й, волно́ю volnój, volnóju	волна́ми, во́лнами volnámi, vólnami
prepositional	волнѣ́ volně́	волна́хъ, во́лнахъ volnáx, vólnax

Related terms

• волне́ние (volnénije)
• волни́стый (volnístyj)
• волнова́ться (volnovátʹsja)
• волново́й (volnovój)
• прили́вная волна́ (prilívnaja volná)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vьlna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈvoɫnə]
• IPA^(key): [vɐɫˈna]

Noun

волна́ or во́лна • (volná or vólna) f inan (genitive волны́ or во́лны, uncountable)

1. (dialectal) wool of sheep or goats

Declension

Declension of волна́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-d/b) 

	singular
nominative	волна́ volná
genitive	волны́ volný
dative	волне́ volné
accusative	волну́ volnú
instrumental	волно́й, волно́ю volnój, volnóju
prepositional	волне́ volné

Pre-reform declension of волна́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-d/b) 

	singular
nominative	волна́ volná
genitive	волны́ volný
dative	волнѣ́ volně́
accusative	волну́ volnú
instrumental	волно́й, волно́ю volnój, volnóju
prepositional	волнѣ́ volně́

Synonyms

• шерсть (šerstʹ) (the common term)