valach

See also: Valach

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvalax]

Noun

valach m anim

  1. gelding (castrated male horse)

Declension

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /valax/, [ˈʋalax]
  • Rhymes: -alax
  • Hyphenation: va‧lach
  • Homophone: Valach

Etymology 1

Derived from Romanian valah, from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin.

Noun

valach m pers (female equivalent valaška, relational adjective valaský or valašský)

  1. a shepherd assisting a bača
Declension
Declension of valach
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativevalachvalasi
genitivevalachavalachov
dativevalachovivalachom
accusativevalachavalachov
locativevalachovivalachoch
instrumentalvalachomvalachmi

Etymology 2

From German Wallach, itself of Slavic origin and related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun

valach m animal

  1. gelding
Declension
Declension of valach
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominativevalachvalachy
genitivevalachavalachov
dativevalachovivalachom
accusativevalachavalachy
locativevalachovivalachoch
instrumentalvalachomvalachmi

Further reading

  • valach”, 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, 2003–2026