Macedonian

Noun

вила • ‎(vila) f

1. fairy
2. pitchfork

Inflection

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈla]

Verb

вила́ • ‎(vilá)

1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of вить ‎(vitʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋǐːla/
• Hyphenation: ви‧ла

Noun

ви́ла f ‎(Latin spelling víla)

1. fairy

Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîla/
• Hyphenation: ви‧ла

Noun

ви̏ла f ‎(Latin spelling vȉla)

1. villa

Declension

References

• Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “вила”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress