венец

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛˈnɛt͡s]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

вене́ц • (venécm

  1. wreath, garland, chaplet
  2. halo, nimbus, aureole, crown
  3. string (of onions, etc.)
  4. (botany) corolla
  5. (technology) ratchet ring
  6. (anatomy) gum, gingiva

Declension

Declension of вене́ц
singular plural
indefinite вене́ц
venéc
венци́
vencí
definite
(subject form)
вене́цът
venécǎt
венци́те
vencíte
definite
(object form)
вене́ца
venéca
count form вене́ца
venéca
  • ве́йка (véjka, twig)
  • ве́тва (vétva, sallow) (dialectal)
  • веньо́к (venjók), венъ́к (venǎ́k, wreath) (in Western dialects)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛnɛt͡s]

Noun

венец • (venecm (relational adjective венечен)

  1. wreath, garland

Declension

Declension of венец
singular plural
indefinite венец (venec) венци (venci)
definite unspecified венецот (venecot) венците (vencite)
definite proximal венецов (venecov) венциве (vencive)
definite distal венецон (venecon) венцине (vencine)
vocative венецу (venecu) венци (venci)
count form венеца (veneca)

Further reading

  • венец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • венец” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • венец in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲenʲɪt͡s]

Noun

ве́нец • (vénecm anim (genitive ве́нца, nominative plural ве́нцы, genitive plural ве́нцев, feminine ве́нка)

  1. Viennese
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old East Slavic вѣньць (věnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Cognate to вен (ven), венок (venok), ве́ник (vénik), вейка (vejka), вить (vitʹ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈnʲet͡s]

Noun

вене́ц • (venécm inan (genitive венца́, nominative plural венцы́, genitive plural венцо́в, diminutive ве́нчик)

  1. crown
    терно́вый вене́цternóvyj venéccrown of thorns
    коне́ц — де́лу вене́цkonéc — délu venécall's well that ends well
    • 1910, Дмитрий Философов [Dmitry Filosofov], chapter II, in Голубая весна; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Фо́рма — вели́кая вещь, но соверше́нство её́ должно́ быть результа́том до́лгих трудо́в, венцо́м поэти́ческой де́ятельности.
      Fórma — velíkaja veščʹ, no soveršénstvo jejó dolžnó bytʹ rezulʹtátom dólgix trudóv, vencóm poetíčeskoj déjatelʹnosti.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. wreath, garland
    вести́ под вене́ц
    vestí pod venéc
    lead to the altar
  3. (astronomy) corona
  4. (religion) halo
  5. (construction) row of beams
Declension
Descendants
  • Ingrian: ventsa

Further reading

  • венец in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru