волода
/[wɔˈɫɔdɐ]/
Ukrainiannoun
Definitions
- 1.language
- 2.dialectalgovernment
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- мо́ва
- влада
Related words (4)
- володі́ти
- воло́дати
- во́лость
- воло́да́р
Etymology
Borrowed from Latvian valoda (“language”). First attested in 1989 as воло́да (volóda), when the word was introduced by newspaper “Zbudinnje” into West Polesian microlanguage. By surface analysis, володі́ти (volodíty, “to own”) + -а (-a), literally “what they own and can speak”.
Forms
- воло́даcanonical • feminine • inanimate
- volódaromanization
- воло́диgenitive
- воло́днийadjective • relational
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | воло́да | воло́ди |
| Genitive | воло́ди | воло́д |
| Dative | воло́ді | воло́дам |
| Accusative | воло́ду | воло́ди |
| Instrumental | воло́дою | воло́дами |
| Locative | воло́ді | воло́дах |
| Vocative | воло́до | воло́ди |
Nominative
Singular
воло́да
Plural
воло́ди
Genitive
Singular
воло́ди
Plural
воло́д
Dative
Singular
воло́ді
Plural
воло́дам
Accusative
Singular
воло́ду
Plural
воло́ди
Instrumental
Singular
воло́дою
Plural
воло́дами
Locative
Singular
воло́ді
Plural
воло́дах
Vocative
Singular
воло́до
Plural
воло́ди