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vilna

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See also: vilnā, viļņa, Vilna, and Viļņa

Latvian

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Etymology 1

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See vilns

Noun

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vilna m

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular of vilns
 vilna on Latvian Wikipedia
Aitas vilna (1)
Vilnas dzija (2)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian vìlna, Old Prussian wilna, wilnis (“skirt [< made of wool]”), Old East Slavic вълна (vŭlna), Russian dialectal во́лна (vólna, “wool, woolen fabric”), Belarusian во́ўна (vóŭna), Ukrainian во́вна (vóvna), Bulgarian въ́лна (vǎ́lna), Czech vlna, Slovak vlna, Polish wełna, Proto-Germanic *wullō (Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Old High German wolla, German Wolle, English wool), Hittite ḫulana-, Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā) (from *ul̥), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos) (Doric λᾶνος (lânos), Latin lāna (Italian, Spanish lana, Romanian lână, Portuguese lã).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vilna f (4th declension)

  1. wool (the hair of certain animals (especially sheep)
    aitas vilna ― sheep wool
    bieza, gara vilna ― thick, long wool
    cirpt vilnu ― to shear wool
    kārst vilnu ― to card wool
    vērpt vilnu ― to spin wool
  2. wool (something made of this animal hair: yarn, fabric, clothes)
    vilnas dzija, audums ― wool yarn, fabric
    vilnas cimdi, zeķes, sega ― wool gloves, socks, blanket
    vilnas lakats, kleita ― wool scarf, dress
Declension
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Declension of vilna (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) vilna —
accusative (akuzatīvs) vilnu —
genitive (ģenitīvs) vilnas —
dative (datīvs) vilnai —
instrumental (instrumentālis) vilnu —
locative (lokatīvs) vilnā —
vocative (vokatīvs) vilna —
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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vilna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun

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vìlna f (accent paradigm 1)

  1. wool

Declension

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Declension of vìlna
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) vìlna vìlnos
genitive (kilmininkas) vìlnos vìlnų
dative (naudininkas) vìlnai vìlnoms
accusative (galininkas) vìlną vìlnas
instrumental (įnagininkas) vìlna vìlnomis
locative (vietininkas) vìlnoje vìlnose
vocative (šauksmininkas) vìlna vìlnos

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