vald

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See also: väld and våld

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta, from Proto-Germanic *waldą. Cognate to Finnish valta and Swedish våld.

Noun

vald (genitive valla, partitive valda)

  1. parish, municipality

Declension

Declension of vald (ÕS type 22e/riik, d-l gradation)
singular plural
nominative vald vallad
accusative nom.
gen. valla
genitive valdade
partitive valda valde
valdasid
illative valda
vallasse 		valdadesse
vallesse
inessive vallas valdades
valles
elative vallast valdadest
vallest
allative vallale valdadele
vallele
adessive vallal valdadel
vallel
ablative vallalt valdadelt
vallelt
translative vallaks valdadeks
valleks
terminative vallani valdadeni
essive vallana valdadena
abessive vallata valdadeta
comitative vallaga valdadega

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Noun

vald n (genitive singular valds, uncountable)

  1. power, authority

Declension

Declension of vald (singular only)
n5s singular
indefinite definite
nominative vald valdið
accusative vald valdið
dative valdi valdinum
genitive valds valdsins

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Pronunciation

Noun

vald n (genitive singular valds, nominative plural völd)

  1. (also in the plural) power, authority
  2. authority, power
    • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
      Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
      A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
    • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
      Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
      I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
  3. force, violence
    Með valdi.
    With force.
  4. (in the plural) a cause
    Hún dó af þínum völdum.
    She died because of you.

Declension

declension of vald
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vald valdið völd völdin
accusative vald valdið völd völdin
dative valdi valdinu völdum völdunum
genitive valds valdsins valda valdanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta.

Noun

vald

  1. might

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Pronunciation

Noun

vald n (definite singular valdet, indefinite plural vald, definite plural valda)

  1. might, power, authority
    Synonyms: makt, rådvelde, herredøme
  2. (uncountable) violence
  3. land, property
Derived terms
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Male given names:

Female given names:

Noun

vald m (definite singular valden, uncountable)

  1. violence

Etymology 2

Participle

vald

  1. past participle of velja

References

  • “vald” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “vald” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Participle

vald

  1. past participle of välja

Adjective

vald

  1. elected, chosen

Declension

Inflection of vald
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vald — —
Neuter singular valt — —
Plural valda — —
Masculine plural3 valde — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 valde — —
All valda — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Noun

vald

  1. power, authority
  2. regime, government
  3. freedom, liberty
  4. space, room

Inflection

Inflection of vald (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. vald
genitive sing. valdan
partitive sing. valdad
partitive plur. valdoid
singular plural
nominative vald valdad
accusative valdan valdad
genitive valdan valdoiden
partitive valdad valdoid
essive-instructive valdan valdoin
translative valdaks valdoikš
inessive valdas valdoiš
elative valdaspäi valdoišpäi
illative valdaha valdoihe
adessive valdal valdoil
ablative valdalpäi valdoilpäi
allative valdale valdoile
abessive valdata valdoita
comitative valdanke valdoidenke
prolative valdadme valdoidme
approximative I valdanno valdoidenno
approximative II valdannoks valdoidennoks
egressive valdannopäi valdoidennopäi
terminative I valdahasai valdoihesai
terminative II valdalesai valdoilesai
terminative III valdassai —
additive I valdahapäi valdoihepäi
additive II valdalepäi valdoilepäi

Derived terms

References

Wikious
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