wola

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See also: Wola, wolą, Wolą, woła, and wołʼá

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

With we- > wo- (as in wohha, wollen etc.), from Proto-Germanic *wela. Cognate with Old Saxon wela Old English wel, Old Norse vel (Icelandic vel).

Pronunciation

Adverb

wola

  1. well

Descendants

  • Middle High German: wol, wole

References

  1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vɔlʲaː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /vɔlʲɒ/

Noun

wola f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) will (act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], page 29:
      Bo gnew v rozgnewanu iego a sziwot w woli iego (vita in voluntate eius)
      [Bo gniew w rozgniewaniu jego, a żywot w woli jego (vita in voluntate eius)]
  2. (attested in Lesser Poland) will (one's independent faculty of choice)
  3. (attested in Lesser Poland) will, desire, intention
  4. (attested in Lesser Poland) pleasure
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 1, 2:
      W zacone boszem wola iego (voluntas eius)
      [W zakonie bożem wola jego (voluntas eius)]
  5. intent
    • 15th century, Spowiedź powszechna - Confessio generalis, number 3:
      Davam szya vynyen bogv *wszechmogocemv..., czom szgrzessyl... slą volą
      [Dawam się winien Bogu wszechmogącemu..., com zgrzeszył... złą wolą]
  6. (attested in Greater Poland) agreement, acceptance, allowance
    • 1974 [1413], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kaliskie, volume IV, number 423, Kalisz:
      Jako była wola Januszowa..., kiegdy odbiła jego braci pani Burneta
      [Iaco bila wola Januszova..., kyegdi odbila yego braczi pani Burnetha]
  7. (property law, attested in Greater Poland) property owner's exemption from duties for a certain time
    • 1959 [1397], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 221, Poznań:
      Jaco Mikosz ne dal Woczechoui wole
      [Jako Mikosz nie dał Wociechowi wole]

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wola”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “wola”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: wo‧la
  • Homophone: Wola

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish wola.

Noun

wola f

  1. will, volition
  2. (obsolete) freedom, liberty
    Synonyms: swoboda, wolność
Declension
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wola n

  1. inflection of wole:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

wola

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of woli

References

Further reading

  • wola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “wola”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “wola”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

wola

  1. (stative) to be loose

Conjugation

Conjugation of wola
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st towola fowola miwola
2nd nowola niwola
3rd Masculine owola iwola, yowola
Feminine mowola
Neuter iwola
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ.

Noun

wola f

  1. will

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-wola?

  1. (transitive) to hug

Inflection

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