volja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to want”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋôʎa/
• Hyphenation: vo‧lja

Noun

volja f (Cyrillic spelling воља)

1. will, volition
2. crop (anatomy)

Declension

Declension of volja

	singular	plural
nominative	vȍlja	volje
genitive	volje	vȏljā
dative	volji	voljama
accusative	volju	volje
vocative	voljo	volje
locative	volji	voljama
instrumental	voljom	voljama

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to want”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋòːlja/

Noun

vọ́lja f

1. will (volition)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	vólja
gen. sing.	vólje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vólja	vólji	vólje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vólje	vólj	vólj
dative (dajȃlnik)	vólji	vóljama	vóljam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vóljo	vólji	vólje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vólji	vóljah	vóljah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vóljo	vóljama	vóljami

Further reading

• “volja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024