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вал

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See also: вял and Appendix:Variations of "val"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Blend of:

  • Inherited from Proto-Slavic *valъ (“surge, wave”).
  • Resultant noun of валя́ (valjá, “to tumble, to plummet”), iterative verb from *valъ.
  • Instrumental noun of ва́лям (váljam, “to roll”), causative/inchoative verb from *valъ.
  • Technical meaning borrowed from Russian вал (val), ultimately from the same origin as the native lemma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vaɫ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

вал • (val) m

  1. (obsolete) high wave, surge
  2. (dialectal) bonfire (large fire)
  3. mound, heap, rickle (accumulated mass)
  4. roller, cylinder
    вал на трактор ― val na traktor ― tractor's roller
  5. (technical) shaft
    коля́нов вал ― koljánov val ― crankshaft

Declension

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Derived terms

nouns
  • -вал (-val) (in compounds)
    • ветрова́л (vetrovál, “wind surge”)
    • самосва́л (samosvál, “tip-lorry”)
adjectives
  • вале́ж (valéž, “rainfall, snowfall”)
  • ва́лог (válog, “depression between highlands”) (dialectal)
  • валмо́ (valmó), ва́лка (válka, “ball, clump”) (dialectal)
  • ва́ляк (váljak, “roller (machine)”)

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Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *valə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *wala. Cognates include Finnish vala (“oath”), Lule Sami vuolle (“song”), Nganasan бәлы (bəlɨ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

вал • (val)

  1. word
    валонь смустезэ ― valoń smustezë ― the meaning of a word
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 15:
      No uleze tynk valonk “isťa, isťa”, “araś, araś”; i meze uli tede uskula, se šaitansto.
      All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
      (literally, “Let your words be [...]”)
  2. promise
    Synonyms: мель-вал (meľ-val), алтамо (altamo)
    максомс вал ― maksoms val ― to promise

Declension

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Derived terms

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Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вал (val).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋal/, [ˈʋäɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: вал

Noun

вал • (val)

  1. billow, wave

Declension

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1 Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I.
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References

  • Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949), Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 31
  • L. M. Beznosikova; E. A. Ajbabina; R. I. Kosnyreva (2000), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 75
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Nivkh

Pronunciation

Noun

вал (val)

  1. color

References

  • 丹菊逸治 (Itsuji Tangiku) (2014), ニヴフ語サハリン方言語彙集 (“Sakhalin Nivkh word list”)‎ (in Japanese), Sapporo: 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター (“Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University”)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic валъ (valŭ), from Proto-Slavic *valъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

вал • (val) m inan (genitive ва́ла, nominative plural валы́, genitive plural вало́в)

  1. billow, roller
  2. barrage fire
  3. rampart
  4. shaft, axle
  5. gross output
    вы́полнить план по валу ― výpolnitʹ plan po valu ― to implement the plan by bulk output

Declension

Declension of вал (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c) 
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Descendants

  • → Komi-Zyrian: вал (val)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вал”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “вал”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 132

Further reading

  • вал in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *valъ, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, roll”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ва̑л m inan (Latin spelling vȃl)

  1. wave

Declension

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Synonyms

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Udmurt

 вал on Udmurt Wikipedia

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *vɔ̇l, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wälɜ. Cognates include Erzya ведрекш (vedrekš, “heifer”) and Estonian veis (“bull, ox”).

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian вӧв (vöv), Komi-Permyak вӧв (vöv) and Komi-Yazva вӧл (völ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋäl]
  • Rhymes: -äl
  • Hyphenation: вал

Noun

вал • (val)

  1. horse

Declension

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Derived terms

nouns
  • валдурет (valduret)

References

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “вал”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 101
  • T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 14
  • Yrjö Wichmann; Toivo Emil Uotila (1987), Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 310
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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic валъ (valŭ), from Proto-Slavic *valъ

Pronunciation

Noun

вал • (val) m inan (genitive ва́ла, nominative plural вали́, genitive plural валі́в)

  1. billow, roller
  2. breaker, mound

Declension

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References

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