hvala

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvɛaːla/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːla
• Homophone: kvæla

Noun

hvala m

1. genitive plural of hvalur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷaːla/, /ˈkʰvaːla/

Noun

hvala m

1. indefinite genitive plural of hvalur

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• fála (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʋǎːla/
• Hyphenation: hva‧la

Noun

hvála f (Cyrillic spelling хва́ла)

1. praise

Declension

Declension of hvala

	singular	plural
nominative	hvala	hvale
genitive	hvale	hvala
dative	hvali	hvalama
accusative	hvalu	hvale
vocative	hvalo	hvale
locative	hvali	hvalama
instrumental	hvalom	hvalama

Interjection

hvala (Cyrillic spelling хвала)

1. thank you!, thanks!

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʋàːla/

Noun

hvála f

1. praise

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	hvála
genitive	hvále
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	hvála
genitive (rodȋlnik)	hvále
dative (dajȃlnik)	hváli
accusative (tožȋlnik)	hválo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	hváli
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	hválo

Derived terms

• hvaliti

Interjection

hvála

1. thank you, thanks

Derived terms

• hvála lépa
• nàjlépša hvála