volna

See also: volná, Volná, and voľná

Hungarian

Etymology

From the vol- stem of van +‎ -na.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvolnɒ]
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  • Hyphenation: vol‧na
  • Rhymes: -nɒ

Verb

volna

  1. third-person singular conditional present of van
    Synonym: lenne
    jó volna ― it would be good

Usage notes

See at lenne.

Particle

volna

  1. (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

  1. 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
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