вече

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вѧще (vęšte), вѧщьше (vęštĭše, more), from Proto-Slavic *vęťьjь, probably through intermediate forms *вещше (*veštše)*ветше (*vetše). Compare Macedonian веќе (veḱe).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ве́че • (véče) (not comparable)

  1. already
  2. (dialectal) besides

Alternative forms

  • веч (več)contracted, poetic
  • ве́ще (véšte)dialectal, historical
  • ве́кье (vékje)dialectal
  • пове́че (povéče, more)
  • преве́че (prevéče, much more) (dialectal)

References

  • вече”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • вече”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • вѧще in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вече”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 139
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вещ(е), вещик”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣче (věče), from Proto-Slavic *věťe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲet͡ɕe]

Noun

ве́че • (véčen inan (genitive ве́ча, nominative plural ве́ча, genitive plural веч or ве́чей)

  1. (historical, politics) veche (a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries).

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêt͡ʃeː/

Noun

ве̏че̄ n (Latin spelling vȅčē)

  1. evening

Declension

Declension of вече
singular plural
nominative ве̏че̄ вечери
genitive вечери вечѐрӣ
dative вечери вечерима
accusative вече вечери
vocative вече вечери
locative вечери вечерима
instrumental вечерју вечерима