vlas

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vlas, from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vlas m inan

  1. a single hair (a filament growing from the skin of the head of humans)

Declension

Declension of vlas (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vlas vlasy
genitive vlasu vlasů
dative vlasu vlasům
accusative vlas vlasy
vocative vlase vlasy
locative vlase, vlasu vlasech
instrumental vlasem vlasy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • vlas in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vlas in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • vlas in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Linum usitatissimum

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vlas, from Old Dutch *flas, from earlier *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”); thus distantly related to vlechten.

Pronunciation

Noun

vlas n (uncountable)

  1. The plant flax, Linum usitatissimum
  2. The fibers of said plant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • →? Mahican: pnax

Further reading

Anagrams

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋɫas/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈvlas/

Noun

vlas m inan

  1. a single hair (a filament growing from the skin of the head of humans)
    neuškoditi za vlas / na vlasě ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of vlas (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative vlas vlasy vlasi, vlasové
genitive vlasa, vlasu vlasú vlasóv
dative vlasu vlasoma vlasóm
accusative vlas vlasy vlasy
vocative vlase vlasy vlasi, vlasové
locative vlasě, vlasu vlasú vlasiech
instrumental vlasem vlasoma vlasy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

vlȃs f (Cyrillic spelling вла̑с)

  1. hair (single)

Declension

Declension of vlas
singular plural
nominative vlas vlasi
genitive vlasi vlasi
dative vlasi vlasima
accusative vlas vlasi
vocative vlasi vlasi
locative vlasi vlasima
instrumental vlasi vlasima

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

vlas m inan (genitive singular vlasu, nominative plural vlasy, genitive plural vlasov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. a hair
  2. thread

Declension

Declension of vlas
singular plural
nominative vlas vlasy
genitive vlasu vlasov
dative vlasu vlasom
accusative vlas vlasy
locative vlase vlasoch
instrumental vlasom vlasmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vlas”, 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
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