vilna

See also: vilnā, viļņa, Vilna, and Viļņa

Latvian

Etymology 1

See vilns

Noun

vilna m

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular of vilns
Aitas vilna (1)
Vilnas dzija (2)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian vìlna, Old Prussian wilna, wilnis (“skirt [< made of wool]”), Old East Slavic вълна (vŭlna), Russian dialectal во́лна (vólna, “wool, woolen fabric”), Belarusian во́ўна (vóŭna), Ukrainian во́вна (vóvna), Bulgarian въ́лна (vǎ́lna), Czech vlna, Slovak vlna, Polish wełna, Proto-Germanic *wullō (Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Old High German wolla, German Wolle, English wool), Hittite ḫulana-, Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā) (from *ul̥), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos) (Doric λᾶνος (lânos), Latin lāna (Italian, Spanish lana, Romanian lână, Portuguese lã).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vīlna]

Noun

vilna f (4th declension)

  1. wool (the hair of certain animals (especially sheep)
    aitas vilna ― sheep wool
    bieza, gara vilna ― thick, long wool
    cirpt vilnu ― to shear wool
    kārst vilnu ― to card wool
    vērpt vilnu ― to spin wool
  2. wool (something made of this animal hair: yarn, fabric, clothes)
    vilnas dzija, audums ― wool yarn, fabric
    vilnas cimdi, zeķes, sega ― wool gloves, socks, blanket
    vilnas lakats, kleita ― wool scarf, dress
Declension
See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vilna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun

vìlna f (accent paradigm 1)

  1. wool

Declension

See also

  • vilnonas m
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