vůl

See also: vul

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vól, from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvuːl]

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• Hyphenation: vůl

Noun

vůl m anim (related adjective volský)

1. ox (castrated male cattle)
2. (informal, derogatory) idiot (stupid person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

3. (informal, usually considered derogatory) dude (a term of address for a person)

Usage notes

The meaning 3 is used only in the vocative case (see vole).

Declension

Declension of vůl (hard masculine animate quant-alt)

	singular	plural
nominative	vůl	voli, volové
genitive	vola	volů
dative	volovi, volu	volům
accusative	vola	voly
vocative	vole	voli, volové
locative	volovi, volu	volech
instrumental	volem	voly

Derived terms

• ty vole
• volek
• volovina
• volské oko
• volský

 

See also

• býk

Further reading

• “vůl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “vůl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vůl”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)