волода

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wɔˈɫɔdɐ]
  • Hyphenation: во‧ло‧да

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latvian valoda (language).[1] First attested in 1989 as воло́да (volóda), when the word was introduced by newspaper “Zbudinnje” into West Polesian microlanguage.[2][3] By surface analysis, володі́ти (volodíty, to own) +‎ (-a), literally what they own and can speak.

Noun

воло́да • (volódaf inan (West Polesian, uncommon)

  1. language
    Synonym: мо́ва (móva)

Etymology 2

Calque of Czech vláda. Compare Serbo-Croatian влада, Macedonian влада (vlada), Slovak vláda

Noun

воло́да • (volódaf inan (genitive воло́ди, nominative plural воло́ди, genitive plural воло́д, relational adjective воло́дний)

  1. (dialectal) government
    Synonym: влада (vlada)
Declension
Declension of воло́да
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative воло́да
volóda
воло́ди
volódy
genitive воло́ди
volódy
воло́д
volód
dative воло́ді
volódi
воло́дам
volódam
accusative воло́ду
volódu
воло́ди
volódy
instrumental воло́дою
volódoju
воло́дами
volódamy
locative воло́ді
volódi
воло́дах
volódax
vocative воло́до
volódo
воло́ди
volódy

References

  1. ^ Blinova (2016), page 114
  2. ^ Zb.1 (1989), page 3: “воло́да”
  3. ^ Zb.4/22 (1991), page 3: “Волода”