vládnuť
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsti. First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vlaːdnuc/, [ˈʋlaːdnuc]
- Rhymes: -aːdnuc
- Hyphenation: vlád‧nuť
Verb
vládnuť impf
- (intransitive) to reign (to have sovereign authority) [(optional) with nad (+ instrumental) ‘over’]
- Synonyms: panovať, kraľovať, (colloquial) vladáriť, (literary) tróniť
- Kráľ vládol nad svojou krajinou spravodlivo. ― The king ruled his country justly.
- (intransitive) to govern (to exercise political authority)
- V tejto krajine vládla ľavicová strana. ― A left-wing party governed in this country.
- (intransitive) to rule, to control (to have influence or control over a domain)
- V dome vládla stará matka rodiny. ― The old matriarch held decisive influence in the house.
- (intransitive) to wield, to command (to be skilled in manipulating an instrument or medium) [with instrumental]
- Synonym: ovládať
- Umelec vládol štetcom. ― The artist mastered the brush.
- (intransitive) to prevail, to dominate (to be a common occurance in a certain place or group)
- Synonyms: panovať, prevládať, prevažovať, byť
- Vo firme vládla disciplína a poriadok. ― Discipline and order prevailed in the company.
Conjugation
Conjugation of vládnuť (imperfective; class IV, pattern chudnúť)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “vládať, vládnuť”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 663
Further reading
- “vládnuť”, 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