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волна

волна

Macedonian

Noun

волна (volna) f

  1. wool

Inflection


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 and Slovak vlna, and Polish wełna. Cognate with Lithuanian vilna (wool), Latvian vilnis (wave), Old High German wella, Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, Albanian valë (wave), Old Slavonic вьлати (vĭlati, undulate), German wallen (undulate), and Russian вали́ть (valítʹ), вал (val).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɐlˈna]

Noun

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

  1. wave
  2. wavelength
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɐlˈna]
  • IPA(key): [ˈvolnə]

Noun

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

  1. (dialectal) wool of sheep or goats
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