Váh

See also: vah

English

Etymology

From Slovak Váh.

Proper noun

Váh

1. Váh, a river in Slovakia

Translations

river in Slovakia

• Czech: Váh (cs) m
• German: Waag (de) f
• Hungarian: Vág (hu)
• Polish: Wag (pl) m
• Slovak: Váh m
• Swedish: Waag c

Anagrams

• HAV, hav

Slovak

Etymology

Said to be ultimately from Latin vagus (“wandering, roaming”), possibly by way of Germanic (obsolete Old High German wȃg (“stream”)). More at Váh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːx/
• Homophone: váh

Proper noun

Váh m inan (genitive singular Váhu, declension pattern of dub)

1. A river in Slovakia

Declension

Declension of Váh

	singulare tantum
nominative	Váh
genitive	Váhu
dative	Váhu
accusative	Váh
locative	Váhu
instrumental	Váhom

Derived terms

• vážsky
• Biely Váh m
• Čierny Váh m

Further reading

• “Váh”, 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