воля

Inherited from Old Ruthenian волѧ (volja),^[1] from Old East Slavic волꙗ (volja), from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolʲa]

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• Rhymes: -olʲa
• Hyphenation: во‧ля

во́ля • (vólja) f inan (genitive во́лі, uncountable, relational adjective валявы́, diminutive во́лечка)

1. will, willpower
2. freedom, liberty

   Synonyms: свабо́да (svabóda), во́льнасць (vólʹnascʹ)

• “воля”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “воля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "воля" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔlʲɐ]

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во́ля • (vólja) f

1. will, force of character/mind
2. determination, resolution, resolve, guts
3. freedom
4. desire, will

• ялов (jalov), ловя (lovja)

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolʲa/
• Rhymes: -olʲa
• Hyphenation: во‧ля

во́ля • (vólä)

1. wish, will
   • 1892, M. E. Evsevyev, Букварь для мордвы-мокши [Primer for the Moksha Mordovians]‎^[1], Kazan: Orthodox Missionary Society, page 34:

     Тонь воляця̈, кода менельса, станя̈ масты̃р лаҥксы̃н-га улеза.

     Toń voläcä̈ , koda meneľsa, stanä̈ mastï̃r laŋksï̃n-ga uleza.

     Your will, like in the sky, may it be so on the earth, too.

Inherited from Old Slovak voľa, from Proto-Slavic *voľa. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn во́ля (vólja) and Slovak vôľa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔʎa]
• Rhymes: -ɔʎa
• Hyphenation: во‧ля

воля (volja) f (augmentative волиско, related adjective вольни)

1. will, volition

   Synonym: дзека (dzeka)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “воля”, 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) “will”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 377

Inherited from Old East Slavic волꙗ (volja), from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolʲə]

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во́ля • (vólja) f inan (genitive во́ли, nominative plural во́ли, genitive plural воль)

1. will, willpower

   несокруши́мая во́ля ― nesokrušímaja vólja ― iron will

2. power
3. freedom

   дать во́лю ― datʹ vólju ― to give free rein

• → English: volia
• → Erzya: оля (oľa)
• → Ingrian: voli
• → Moksha: во́ля (vólä)

Inherited from Old East Slavic волꙗ (volja), from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɔlʲɐ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈwɔlʲɐ]

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во́ля • (vólja) f inan (genitive во́лі, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) will
2. (uncountable) freedom, liberty

• велі́ти (velíty)
• ві́льність (vílʹnistʹ)
• ві́льний (vílʹnyj)
• во́лити (vólyty)
• волі́ти (volíty)

• → English: volia

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “воля”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka