volna

See also: volná, Volná, and voľná

Hungarian

Etymology

From the vol- stem of van +‎ -na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolnɒ]

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• Hyphenation: vol‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Verb

volna

1. third-person singular conditional present of van

   Synonym: lenne

   jó volna ― it would be good

Usage notes

See at lenne.

Particle

volna

1. (after the past-tense form of a verb) would have, forms the past conditional

   láttam (“I saw [it], I have seen [it]”) → láttam volna (“I would have seen [it]”)

   Oda kellett mennem. ― I had to go there. →

   Oda kellett volna mennem. ― I should have gone there.

   Melegebb volna/lenne, ha nem nyitottad volna ki az ablakot! (the first instance is a verb form, interchangeable with lenne; the second is a particle)

   It would be warmer if you hadn't opened the window!

   (literally, “…if you wouldn't have opened…”)

See also

• -na/-ne (“would”) (conditional suffix in the present tense)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔ̀ːʋna/

Noun

vółna f

1. wool

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.	vôlna
gen. sing.	vôlne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vôlna	vôlni	vôlne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vôlne	vôln	vôln
dative (dajȃlnik)	vôlni	vôlnama	vôlnam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vôlno	vôlni	vôlne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vôlni	vôlnah	vôlnah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vôlno	vôlnama	vôlnami

Further reading

• “volna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “volna”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references