See also: wolą, woła, and wołʼá

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Adverb edit

wola

  1. well

Descendants edit

  • Middle High German: wol, wole

References edit

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

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (to choose, want). First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

wola f

  1. 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], 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. will (one's independent faculty of choice)
  3. will, desire, intention
  4. 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], 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
    • Spowiedź powszechna - Confessio generalis, page 3:
      Davam szya vynyen bogv *wszechmogocemv..., czom szgrzessyl... slą volą
      [Dawam się winien Bogu wszechmogącemu..., com zgrzeszył... złą wolą]
  6. 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) 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]

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wola”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

Further reading edit

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔ.la/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: wo‧la

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Polish wola, from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (to choose, want).

Noun edit

wola f

  1. will, volition
  2. (obsolete) freedom, liberty
    Synonyms: swoboda, wolność
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

wola n

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

Adjective edit

wola

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of woli

References edit

Further reading edit

  • 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

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

wola

  1. (stative) to be loose

Conjugation edit

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 edit

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

Upper Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

wola f

  1. will

Xhosa edit

Etymology edit

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Verb edit

-wola?

  1. (transitive) to hug

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