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Czech
Noun
valach m anim
- gelding (castrated male horse)
Declension
Declension of valach (velar masculine animate)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived from Romanian valah, from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin.
Noun
valach m anim (genitive singular valacha, nominative plural valasi, genitive plural valachov, declension pattern of chlap)
- a shepherd assisting a bača
Declension
Related terms
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)
- gelding
Declension
References
- “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