vlas

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vlas, from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvlas]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

vlas m inan

  1. a single hair (a filament growing from the skin of the head of humans)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vlas, from Old Dutch *flas, from earlier *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to fold, plait, weave); thus distantly related to vlechten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vlɑs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vlas
  • Rhymes: -ɑs
  • Homophone: Vlas

Noun

vlas n (uncountable)

  1. flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)
  2. the fibers of said plant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ? Mahican: pnax

Further reading

Anagrams

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋɫas/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈvlas/

Noun

vlas m inan

  1. a single hair (a filament growing from the skin of the head of humans)
    neuškoditi za vlas / na vlasě(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋlâːs/

Noun

vlȃs f (Cyrillic spelling вла̑с)

  1. hair (single)

Declension

Declension of vlas
singular plural
nominative vlas vlasi
genitive vlasi vlasi
dative vlasi vlasima
accusative vlas vlasi
vocative vlasi vlasi
locative vlasi vlasima
instrumental vlasi vlasima

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vlas]

Noun

vlas m inan (relational adjective vlasový, diminutive vlások, augmentative vlasisko)

  1. a hair
  2. thread

Declension

Declension of vlas
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativevlasvlasy
genitivevlasuvlasov
dativevlasuvlasom
accusativevlasvlasy
locativevlasevlasoch
instrumentalvlasomvlasmi

Further reading

  • vlas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025