век

• viek — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Middle Belarusian вѣкъ (věk), from Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

• IPA^(key): [vʲek]

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век • (vjek) m inan (genitive ве́ку, nominative plural вякі́, genitive plural вяко́ў)

1. century (period of 100 years)

   Synonym: (more common) стаго́ддзе (stahóddzje)

2. lifetime, time of existence

   на сваі́м вяку́ ― na svaím vjakú ― during one's lifetime

3. epoch, age

   касмі́чны век ― kasmíčny vjek ― Space Age

век • (vjek)

1. forever, always

   век цябе́ не забу́ду ― vjek cjabjé nje zabúdu ― I will never forget you

• “век” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “век”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 81

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

• IPA^(key): [vɛk]

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

век • (vek) m

1. century (100 years)

   Synonym: столетие (stoletie)

2. age, epoch, era (particular period of time in history)

   Synonyms: епоха (epoha), ера (era)

• вечност (večnost)
• вечен (večen)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

• IPA^(key): [vɛk]

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

век • (vek) m (plural векови, relational adjective вечен or вековит)

1. century

   Synonym: столетие (stoletie)

2. age (historical period)
3. lifetime, lifespan
4. duration

• вечен (večen)
• вечност (večnost)

• IPA^(key): [vʲek]

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From Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

• вѣкъ (věk) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

век • (vek) m inan (genitive ве́ка, nominative plural века́, genitive plural веко́в, relational adjective веково́й)

1. century

   Synonym: столе́тие (stolétije)

   XXI век, 21 век, два́дцать пе́рвый век ― XXI vek, 21 vek, dvádcatʹ pérvyj vek ― 21st century

2. lifetime

   Synonym: жизнь (žiznʹ)

3. age, epoch, era, period

   Synonyms: пери́од (períod), э́ра (éra), эпо́ха (epóxa)

4. (geology) age

   Synonym: геологи́ческий век (geologíčeskij vek)

• A locative form веку́ (vekú) is found in the expression на своём веку́ (na svojóm vekú, “in one's lifetime”) but not otherwise used; compare в девятна́дцатом ве́ке (v devjatnádcatom véke, “in the 19th century”).
• A partitive form ве́ку (véku) is found in the expression приба́вить ве́ку (pribávitʹ véku, “to extend (someone's) life”, literally “to add a lifetime”).
• An alternative plural ве́ки (véki) is found in the following expressions:
  • в кóи-то ве́ки (v kói-to véki, “very rarely, once in a very long time; finally”, literally “into some centuries”)
  • во ве́ки веко́в (vo véki vekóv, “forever and ever”, literally “into the ages of ages”)
  • на ве́ки ве́чные (na véki véčnyje, “forever”, literally “onto the eternal ages”)
  • прожи́ть а́редовы ве́ки (prožítʹ áredovy véki, “to live a long life”, literally “to live an old curmudgeon's lifetimes”)

• столе́тие n (stolétije)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

век • (vek) n inan pl

1. genitive plural of ве́ко (véko)

• вије̑к (Ijekavian)
• ви̑к (Ikavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

ве̑к m inan (Latin spelling vȇk)

1. century (100 years)
2. a long period of time, especially historical; an era
3. lifetime

• ве̏чан