valah
Romanian
Alternative forms
- vlah
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *volxъ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhaz. Used mostly as an exonym by other peoples for Romanian or Eastern Romance-speaking peoples in the Middle Ages. Compare român for the endonym. See also Aromanian vlah, Megleno-Romanian Vlași.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaˈlax/
Noun
valah m (plural valahi, feminine equivalent valahă)
- Vlach, Romanian
- Wallachian
Declension
declension of valah
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) valah | valahul | (niște) valahi | valahii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) valah | valahului | (unor) valahi | valahilor |
| vocative | valahule | valahilor | ||
Adjective
valah m or n (feminine singular valahă, masculine plural valahi, feminine and neuter plural valahe)
- Vlach, Romanian
- Wallachian
Declension
declension of valah
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | valah | valahă | valahi | valahe | ||
| definite | valahul | valaha | valahii | valahele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | valah | valahe | valahi | valahe | ||
| definite | valahului | valahei | valahilor | valahelor | |||
Related terms
- Valahia