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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic вълна (vŭlna, “wool”), Proto-Slavic *vьlna (“wool”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
Pronunciation
Noun
во́вна • (vóvna) f inan (genitive во́вни, uncountable, relational adjective во́вняний or вовня́ний)
- (uncountable) wool (hair of sheep and some other ruminants)
Declension
Declension of во́вна (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вовна”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вовна”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN