вес

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь (settlement). Akin to Bulgarian вила (vila, villa) (of Latin origin) and further to archaic English wick (dwelling) (found in Gatwick, Reykjavík, etc.). Possibly also related to the ethnonym ви́кинг (víking, viking), which is the origin of Bulgarian ви́тег (víteg), ви́тез (vítez, hero, knight).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛs]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

вес • (vesm

  1. (historical) hamlet (small settlement, camp)
    Synonyms: махала́ (mahalá), ви́лна зо́на (vílna zóna)

Usage notes

Used until the Ottoman conquest to denote temporary or isolated settlements that lacked the infrastructure to be qualified as full-fledged villages. After the Ottoman conquest, such settlements became known as махала́ (mahalá) - a term used as an administrative unit until the 1980's.

Declension

Declension of вес
singular plural
indefinite вес
ves
ве́сове
vésove
definite
(subject form)
ве́сът
vésǎt
ве́совете
vésovete
definite
(object form)
ве́са
vésa
count form ве́са
vésa

Derived terms

  • ве́сец (vésec)/ви́сец (vísec) (obsolete)
    • Ве́хчани (Véhčani) (village near Ohrid, Macedonia)
    • Белове́шчево (Belovéščevo) (village near Sandanski, Southwestern Bulgaria)
    • Долга́вец (Dolgávec)/Долга́ец (Dolgáec) (village near Prilep, Macedonia)

References

  • вьсь in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “*вес”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 136

Nivkh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ves/
  • IPA(key): /ves/
    • (younger speakers) IPA(key): [vʲes]

Noun

вес (ves)

  1. (Amur, East Sakhalin, zoology) raven
  2. (Amur, zoology) crow

Synonyms

  • весӄар (vesqar)
  • (raven): атат (atat) (East Sakhalin)
  • (crow): атк (atk) (East Sakhalin)

References

  • 丹菊逸治 (Itsuji Tangiku) (2014) ニヴフ語サハリン方言語彙集 (Sakhalin Nivkh word list)[1] (in Japanese), Sapporo: 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター (Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University)


Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲes]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -es

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věsъ. Related to ве́сить (vésitʹ, to weigh) and висе́ть (visétʹ, to hang). For the semantic shift compare Latin pondus (weight) and Latin pendo (to hang, to suspend, to weigh).

Noun

вес • (vesm inan (genitive ве́са, nominative plural веса́, genitive plural весо́в, relational adjective весово́й)

  1. weight
  2. influence, authority, importance
Usage notes
  • The Russian equivalent of "weightless" is either без ве́са or без ве́су.
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

вес • (vesm inan (genitive ве́са, uncountable)

  1. hanging position, suspended position, balanced position; mostly in the expression на весу́ (na vesú, suspended)
Declension

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