volja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to want”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋôʎa/
- Hyphenation: vo‧lja
Noun
vȍlja f (Cyrillic spelling во̏ља)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vȍlja | vȍlje |
| genitive | vȍljē | vȏljā |
| dative | vȍlji | vȍljama |
| accusative | vȍlju | vȍlje |
| vocative | vȍljo | vȍlje |
| locative | vȍlji | vȍljama |
| instrumental | vȍljōm | vȍljama |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋǒʎa/
- Hyphenation: vo‧lja
Noun
vòlja f (Cyrillic spelling во̀ља)
- crop (anatomy)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vòlja | vȍlje |
| genitive | vòljē | vóljā |
| dative | vȍlji | vòljama |
| accusative | vȍlju | vȍlje |
| vocative | vȍljo | vȍlje |
| locative | vòlji | vòljama |
| instrumental | vòljōm | vòljama |
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to want”). First attested in the 10th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋòːlja/
Noun
vọ́lja f
- will (volition)
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | vólja | ||
| gen. sing. | vólje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
vólja | vólji | vólje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
vólje | vólj | vólj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
vólji | vóljama | vóljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
vóljo | vólji | vólje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
vólji | vóljah | vóljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
vóljo | vóljama | vóljami |
Further reading
- “volja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026