valah
English
Noun
valah
- Alternative spelling of wallah.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Walache, from Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Used mostly as an exonym by other peoples for Romanian or Eastern Romance-speaking peoples in the Middle Ages. Compare român for the endonym. See also Aromanian vlah, Megleno-Romanian Vlași. Doublet of vlah and olah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaˈlah/
Noun
valah m (plural valahi, feminine equivalent valahă)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | valah | valahul | valahi | valahii | |
| genitive-dative | valah | valahului | valahi | valahilor | |
| vocative | valahule | valahilor | |||
Adjective
valah m or n (feminine singular valahă, masculine plural valahi, feminine and neuter plural valahe)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | valah | valahă | valahi | valahe | |||
| definite | valahul | valaha | valahii | valahele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | valah | valahe | valahi | valahe | |||
| definite | valahului | valahei | valahilor | valahelor | ||||