volja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to want”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋôʎa/
- Hyphenation: vo‧lja
Noun
volja f (Cyrillic spelling воља)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vȍlja | volje |
| genitive | volje | vȏljā |
| dative | volji | voljama |
| accusative | volju | volje |
| vocative | voljo | volje |
| locative | volji | voljama |
| instrumental | voljom | voljama |
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to want”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋòːlja/
Noun
vọ́lja f
- will (volition)
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | vólja | ||
| gen. sing. | vólje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
vólja | vólji | vólje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
vólje | vólj | vólj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
vólji | vóljama | vóljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
vóljo | vólji | vólje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
vólji | vóljah | vóljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
vóljo | vóljama | vóljami |
Further reading
- “volja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025