vilna

See also: vilnā, viļņa, Vilna, and Viļņa

Latvian

Etymology 1

See vilns

Noun

vilna m

1. (dialectal form) (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of vilns

Etymology 2

Aitas vilna (1)

Vilnas dzija (2)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *wilnā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian vìlna, Old Prussian wilna, wilnis (“skirt [< made of wool]”), Old East Slavic вълна (vŭlna), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian dialectal во́лна (vólna, “wool, woolen fabric”), Belarusian во́ўна (vóŭna), Ukrainian во́вна (vóvna), Bulgarian въ́лна (vǎ́lna), Czech vlna, Slovak vlna, Polish wełna, Proto-Germanic *wullō (Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Old High German wolla, German Wolle, English wool), Hittite ḫulana-, Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā) (from *ul̥), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos) (Doric λᾶνος (lânos), Latin lāna ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian lana, Romanian lână, Portuguese lã).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vīlna]

Noun

vilna f (4th declension)

1. wool (the hair of certain animals (especially sheep)

   aitas vilna ― sheep wool

   bieza, gara vilna ― thick, long wool

   cirpt vilnu ― to shear wool

   kārst vilnu ― to card wool

   vērpt vilnu ― to spin wool

2. wool (something made of this animal hair: yarn, fabric, clothes)

   vilnas dzija, audums ― wool yarn, fabric

   vilnas cimdi, zeķes, sega ― wool gloves, socks, blanket

   vilnas lakats, kleita ― wool scarf, dress

Declension

Declension of vilna (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vilna	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vilnu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vilnas	—
dative (datīvs)	vilnai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vilnu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	vilnā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	vilna	—

See also

• dzija f

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun

vìlna f (accent paradigm 1)

1. wool

Declension

Declension of vìlna

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	vìlna	vìlnos
genitive (kilmininkas)	vìlnos	vìlnų
dative (naudininkas)	vìlnai	vìlnoms
accusative (galininkas)	vìlną	vìlnas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	vìlna	vìlnomis
locative (vietininkas)	vìlnoje	vìlnose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	vìlna	vìlnos

See also

• vilnonas m