влага

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɫaɡɐ]

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Noun

вла́га • (vlága) f (relational adjective вла́жен)

1. (uncountable) moisture (very small drops of water that are present in the air, on a surface or in a substance)

   Synonym: вла́жност (vlážnost)

2. (countable, archaic) humor (one of the basic substances in the body, such as blood, phlegm and bile)

Declension

Declension of вла́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	вла́га vlága	вла́ги1 vlági1
definite	вла́гата vlágata	вла́гите1 vlágite1

¹Archaic.

Anagrams

• глава (glava)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɫaɡa]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volga.

Noun

влага • (vlaga) f (relational adjective влажен)

1. humidity, moisture

Declension

Declension of влага

	singular
indefinite	влага (vlaga)
definite unspecified	влагата (vlagata)
definite proximal	влагава (vlagava)
definite distal	влагана (vlagana)
vocative	влаго (vlago)

Etymology 2

Verb

влага • (vlaga) third-singular present, impf (perfective влезе)

1. (intransitive, nonstandard) to enter

Conjugation

Conjugation of влага (imperfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	влагал (vlagal)	—	adjectival participle	—
feminine	влагала (vlagala)	—	adverbial participle	влагајќи (vlagajḱi)
neuter	влагало (vlagalo)	—	verbal noun	влагање (vlaganje)
plural	влагале (vlagale)	—	perfect participle	влагано (vlagano)
finite forms	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	влагам (vlagam)	влагав (vlagav)	—	—
2nd singular	влагаш (vlagaš)	влагаше (vlagaše)	—	влагај (vlagaj)
3rd singular	влага (vlaga)	влагаше (vlagaše)	—	—
1st plural	влагаме (vlagame)	влагавме (vlagavme)	—	—
2nd plural	влагате (vlagate)	влагавте (vlagavte)	—	влагајте (vlagajte)
3rd plural	влагаат (vlagaat)	влагаа (vlagaa)	—	—
compound tenses
perfect	сум влагал (sum vlagal)		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам влагано (imam vlagano)		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев влагал (bev vlagal)		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав влагано (imav vlagano)		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал влагано (sum imal vlagano)		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе влагам (ḱe vlagam)		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам влагано (ḱe imam vlagano)		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе влагав (ḱe vlagav)		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав влагано (ḱe imav vlagano)		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум влагал (ḱe sum vlagal)		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал влагано (ḱe sum imal vlagano)		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би влагал (bi vlagal)		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал влагано (bi imal vlagano)		conditional of има + perfect participle

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volga. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian влага/vlaga, Slovene vlaga, Ukrainian волога (voloha).

Noun

влага • (vlaga) f

1. moisture

Declension

Declension of влага (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	влага vlaga	влагѣ vlagě	влагꙑ vlagy
genitive	влагꙑ vlagy	влагоу vlagu	влагъ vlagŭ
dative	влагѣ vlagě	влагама vlagama	влагамъ vlagamŭ
accusative	влагѫ vlagǫ	влагѣ vlagě	влагꙑ vlagy
instrumental	влагоѭ vlagojǫ	влагама vlagama	влагами vlagami
locative	влагѣ vlagě	влагоу vlagu	влагахъ vlagaxŭ
vocative	влаго vlago	влагѣ vlagě	влагꙑ vlagy

Descendants

• Bulgarian: влага (vlaga)
• Russian: вла́га (vlága)

References

• “влага”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
• Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2016), “vlaga”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 18 (větъ – zakonъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 1067

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влага (vlaga), from Proto-Slavic *volga. Displaced the Old East Slavic inherited form воло́га (vológa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɫaɡə]

• Audio:

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Noun

вла́га • (vlága) f inan (genitive вла́ги, uncountable)

1. moisture

Declension

Declension of вла́га (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	вла́га vlága
genitive	вла́ги vlági
dative	вла́ге vláge
accusative	вла́гу vlágu
instrumental	вла́гой, вла́гою vlágoj, vlágoju
prepositional	вла́ге vláge

Pre-reform declension of вла́га (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	вла́га vlága
genitive	вла́ги vlági
dative	вла́гѣ vlágě
accusative	вла́гу vlágu
instrumental	вла́гой, вла́гою vlágoj, vlágoju
prepositional	вла́гѣ vlágě

Derived terms

• вла́жный (vlážnyj)
  • вла́жность (vlážnostʹ)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “влага”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Anagrams

• глава́ (glavá)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋlâɡa/
• Hyphenation: вла‧га

Noun

вла̏га f (Latin spelling vlȁga)

1. (uncountable) moisture

Declension

Declension of влага

	singular
nominative	влага
genitive	влаге
dative	влази
accusative	влагу
vocative	влаго
locative	влази
instrumental	влагом