# вила
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈviɫɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vidla, an instrumental noun from ви́я (víja, “to twine, to curve”) +‎ -ла (-la, “instrumental suffix”).

#### Noun

ви́ла • (víla) f
* pitchfork

##### Derived terms

* ви́ла за копа́ене (víla za kopáene, “digging fork”)
* ви́лица (vílica), (dialectal) ви́лка (vílka, “fork”)
* гради́нска ви́ла (gradínska víla, “garden fork”)
* мотови́ла (motovíla), мотови́лка (motovílka, “reel, rocker”)

#### References

* “вила¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “вила¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vila, probably akin to Bulgarian ви́хър (víhǎr, “gale, wind torrent”), вие́лица (viélica, “blizzard”).
Another hypothesis (per Vasmer) relates the word to Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to chase, to pursue”), presumably with an original meaning prosecutor, haunter.

#### Noun

ви́ла • (víla) f
* vila (mythological creature from Slavic mythology similar to nymphs and fairies)
    Synonyms: фе́я (féja), ни́мфа (nímfa), ди́ва (díva)

##### Derived terms

* самови́ла (samovíla, “nymph”)
* вилени́к m (vileník), вилени́ца f (vileníca, “person possessed/abducted by a vilas”)

##### See also

* ди́ва (díva), диви́ня (divínja, “demon, evil spirit”)
** самоди́ва (samodíva, “nymph”)
* руса́лия (rusálija, “nymph of fertility”), руса́лка (rusálka, “siren”)
* ю́да (júda, “malevolent nymph”)

#### References

* “вила²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “вила²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin vīlla. Akin to dialectal Bulgarian вес (ves, “small settlement, camp, dwelling”) (outdated, historical).

#### Noun

ви́ла • (víla) f (relational adjective ви́лен)
* villa, mansion

##### Declension
#### References

* “вила³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “вила³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Komi-Permyak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ви́лы (víly).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋiˈla/, [ʋiˈɫä]
* Hyphenation: ви‧ла

### Noun

вила́ • (vilá)
* pitchfork

#### Declension

Possessive declension of вила :

### References

* R. M. Batalova, A. S. Krivoshchekova-Gantman (1985) Коми-пермяцко-русский словарь [Komi-Permyak-Russian dictionary]‎, Moscow: Русский язык

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈviɫa]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vila.

#### Noun

вила • (vila) f (plural вили)
* fairy

##### Related terms

* самовила f (samovila)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidla.

#### Noun

вила • (vila) f (plural вили)
* pitchfork

##### Derived terms

* вилар m (vilar)

##### Related terms

* вилушка f (viluška), виљушка f (viljuška)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin villa.

#### Noun

вила • (vila) f (plural вили)
* villa

### Declension
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vʲɪˈɫa]

### Verb

вила́ • (vilá)
* feminine singular past indicative imperfective of вить (vitʹ)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vila. Cognate with Bulgarian самовила (samovila) and вила (vila, “fairy”), Slovene vila (“fairy living in the forest or in the water”), Russian вила́ (vilá) and Slovak víla (“fairy”). According to Vasmer, non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse veiðr (“hunt”) and Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vaiie$^i$ti, “he pursuits, frightens”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋǐːla/
* Hyphenation: ви‧ла

#### Noun

ви́ла f (Latin spelling víla)
* fairy

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Latin villa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋîla/
* Hyphenation: ви‧ла

#### Noun

ви̏ла f (Latin spelling vȉla)
* villa

##### Declension
### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вила”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress