volna
See also: volná
Hungarian
Etymology
From the vol- stem of van + -na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvolnɒ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: vol‧na
- Rhymes: -nɒ
Verb
volna
- third-person singular conditional present of van
- Synonym: lenne
- jó volna ― it would be good
Usage notes
See at lenne.
Particle
volna
- (after the past-tense form of a verb) would have, forms the past conditional
- láttam (“I saw [it], I have seen [it]”) → láttam volna (“I would have seen [it]”)
- Oda kellett mennem. ― I had to go there. →
- Oda kellett volna mennem. ― I should have gone there.
- Melegebb volna/lenne, ha nem nyitottad volna ki az ablakot! (the first instance is a verb form, interchangeable with lenne; the second is a particle)
- It would be warmer if you hadn't opened the window!
- (literally, “…if you wouldn't have opened…”)
See also
- -na/-ne (“would”) (conditional suffix in the present tense)
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vьlna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɔ̀ːʋna/
Noun
vółna f
- wool
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | vôlna | ||
| gen. sing. | vôlne | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | vôlna | vôlni | vôlne |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | vôlne | vôln | vôln |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | vôlni | vôlnama | vôlnam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | vôlno | vôlni | vôlne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | vôlni | vôlnah | vôlnah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | vôlno | vôlnama | vôlnami |
Further reading
- “volna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran