vlas

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvlas]
  • (file)

Noun

vlas m inan

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • vlas in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vlas in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • vlas in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Linum usitatissimum

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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vlas
  • Rhymes: -ɑs
  • Homophone: Vlas

Noun

vlas n (uncountable)

  1. The plant flax, 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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɫas/

Noun

vlas m inan (genitive singular vlasu, nominative plural vlasy, genitive plural vlasov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. a hair
  2. thread

Declension

Derived terms

  • vlasový
  • vlások
  • vláskový
  • vlasisko

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, 2024
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