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)
- 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
| 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 [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “village”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 363