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wola

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See also: Wola, wolą, Wolą, woła, and wołʼá

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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With we- > wo- (as in wohha, wollen etc.), from Proto-Germanic *wela. Cognate with Old Saxon wela Old English wel, Old Norse vel (Icelandic vel).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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wola

  1. well

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: wol, wole

References

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  1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vɔlʲaː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /vɔlʲɒ/

Noun

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wola f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) will (act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[1], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], page 29:
      Bo gnew v rozgnewanu iego a sziwot w woli iego (vita in voluntate eius)
      [Bo gniew w rozgniewaniu jego, a żywot w woli jego (vita in voluntate eius)]
  2. (attested in Lesser Poland) will (one's independent faculty of choice)
  3. (attested in Lesser Poland) will, desire, intention
  4. (attested in Lesser Poland) pleasure
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[4], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 1, 2:
      W zacone boszem wola iego (voluntas eius)
      [W zakonie bożem wola jego (voluntas eius)]
  5. intent
    • 15th century, Spowiedź powszechna - Confessio generalis, number 3:
      Davam szya vynyen bogv *wszechmogocemv..., czom szgrzessyl... slą volą
      [Dawam się winien Bogu wszechmogącemu..., com zgrzeszył... złą wolą]
  6. (attested in Greater Poland) agreement, acceptance, allowance
    • 1974 [1413], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kaliskie[5], volume IV, number 423, Kalisz:
      Jako była wola Januszowa..., kiegdy odbiła jego braci pani Burneta
      [Iaco bila wola Januszova..., kyegdi odbila yego braczi pani Burnetha]
  7. (property law, attested in Greater Poland) property owner's exemption from duties for a certain time
    • 1959 [1397], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 221, Poznań:
      Jaco Mikosz ne dal Woczechoui wole
      [Jako Mikosz nie dał Wociechowi wole]

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wola”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “wola”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: wo‧la
  • Homophone: Wola

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish wola.

Noun

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wola f

  1. will, volition
  2. (obsolete) freedom, liberty
    Synonyms: swoboda, wolność
  3. (Central Greater Poland) Synonym of pozwolenie
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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wola n

  1. inflection of wole:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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wola

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of woli

References

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Further reading

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  • wola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “wola”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “wola”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “wola”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 25

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wola

  1. (stative) to be loose

Conjugation

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Conjugation of wola
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st towola fowola miwola
2nd nowola niwola
3rd Masculine owola iwola, yowola
Feminine mowola
Neuter iwola
- archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ.

Noun

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wola f

  1. will

Xhosa

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Etymology

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Verb

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-wola?

  1. (transitive) to hug

Inflection

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