valah

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English

Noun

valah

  1. Alternative spelling of wallah

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Walache, from Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Used mostly as an exonym by other peoples for Romanian or Eastern Romance-speaking peoples in the Middle Ages. Compare român for the endonym. See also Aromanian vlah, Megleno-Romanian Vlași. Doublet of vlah and olah.

Pronunciation

Noun

valah m (plural valahi, feminine equivalent valahă)

  1. Vlach, Romanian
  2. Wallachian

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative valah valahul valahi valahii
genitive-dative valah valahului valahi valahilor
vocative valahule valahilor

Adjective

valah m or n (feminine singular valahă, masculine plural valahi, feminine and neuter plural valahe)

  1. Vlach, Romanian
  2. Wallachian

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite valah valahă valahi valahe
definite valahul valaha valahii valahele
genitive-
dative
indefinite valah valahe valahi valahe
definite valahului valahei valahelor valahilor