валал

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak valal, borrowed from Hungarian valál. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn валал (valal) and Slovak valal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvalal]
• Rhymes: -alal
• Hyphenation: ва‧лал

Noun

валал (valal) m inan (diminutive валалчик or валалчок, related adjective валалски)

1. village

   У варошу купую квартелї, а у валалє хижу купиц такой нєт хто.

   U varošu kupuju kvartelji, a u valalje xižu kupic takoj njet xto.

   In the city, they buy apartments, but in the village there is no one to buy a house as it were.

Declension

Declension of валал

	singular	plural
nominative	валал valal	валали valali
genitive	валала / валалу valala / valalu	валалох valalox
dative	валалу valalu	валалом valalom
accusative	валал valal	валали valali
instrumental	валалом valalom	валалами valalami
locative	валалє / валалу valalje / valalu	валалох valalox
vocative	валалу valalu	валали valali

Derived terms

nouns

• валалєц m pers (valaljec)
• валалчан m pers (valalčan)
• валалчанка f (valalčanka)
• валалчань m pers (valalčanʹ)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “валал”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “village”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 363