valah

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Walache, from Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Used mostly as an exonym by other peoples for Romanian or Eastern Romance-speaking peoples in the Middle Ages. Compare român for the endonym. See also Aromanian vlah, Megleno-Romanian Vlași. Doublet of vlah and olah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlah/

Noun

valah m (plural valahi, feminine equivalent valahă)

1. Vlach, Romanian
2. Wallachian

Declension

Declension of valah

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) valah	valahul	(niște) valahi	valahii
genitive/dative	(unui) valah	valahului	(unor) valahi	valahilor
vocative	valahule		valahilor

Adjective

valah m or n (feminine singular valahă, masculine plural valahi, feminine and neuter plural valahe)

1. Vlach, Romanian
2. Wallachian

Declension

Declension of valah

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	valah		valahă	valahi	valahe
	definite	valahul		valaha	valahii	valahele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	valah		valahe	valahi	valahe
	definite	valahului		valahei	valahelor	valahilor

Related terms

• Valahia