valach

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

valach m anim

  1. gelding (castrated male horse)

Declension

Further reading

  • valach”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • valach”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • valach”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Derived from Romanian valah, from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin.

Noun

valach m pers (genitive singular valacha, nominative plural valasi, genitive plural valachov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a shepherd assisting a bača
Declension

Etymology 2

From German Wallach, itself of Slavic origin and related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun

valach m inan (genitive singular valacha, nominative plural valachy, genitive plural valachov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. gelding
Declension

Further reading

  • valach”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024