Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech vlas, from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvlas]
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vlas m inan

  1. a single hair (a filament growing from the skin of the head of humans)

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

Dutch

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Linum usitatissimum

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch vlas, from Old Dutch *flas, from earlier *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to fold, plait, weave); thus distantly related to vlechten.

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vlas n (uncountable)

  1. the plant flax, Linum usitatissimum
  2. the fibers of said plant

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  • ? Mahican: pnax

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋɫas/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈvlas/

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vlas m inan

  1. a single hair (a filament growing from the skin of the head of humans)
    neuškoditi za vlas / na vlasě(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

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vlȃs f (Cyrillic spelling вла̑с)

  1. hair (single)

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Slovak

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsъ.

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vlas m inan (related adjective vlasový)

  1. a hair
  2. thread

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