вечер

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr]

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ве́чер • (véčer) f or m (relational adjective вече́рен)

1. evening, eve, eventide

• Declension as a masculine noun is archaic.

ве́чер • (véčer) (not comparable)

1. in the evening

• “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вечер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 139
• “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• речев (rečev)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr]

вечер • (večer) f (relational adjective вечерен)

1. evening

• ве́черъ (véčer) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From Old East Slavic вечеръ (večerŭ), from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos), Latin vesper, Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲet͡ɕɪr]

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ве́чер • (véčer) m inan (genitive ве́чера, nominative plural вечера́, genitive plural вечеро́в, relational adjective вече́рний, diminutive вечеро́к)

1. evening (after 8 PM)
   • 1956, “Подмосковные вечера [Podmoskovnyje večera, Moscow Suburban Evenings]”, Mikhail Matusovsky (lyrics), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (music)‎^[1]performed by Vladimir Troshin:

     Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
     Подмосковные вечера.

     Jesli b znali vy, kak mne dorogi
     Podmoskovnyje večera.

     If ye would know, how dear [they are] to me
     The Moscow suburban evenings.

2. tonight, this evening

   Ве́чер обеща́ет быть прия́тным. ― Véčer obeščájet bytʹ prijátnym. ― Tonight is going to be a pleasant night.

3. (formal) party, social gathering, soiree

Adverbs

• ве́чером (véčerom)
• вечо́р (večór)

Adjectives

• вече́рний (večérnij)

Nouns

• вечери́нка (večerínka)
• вече́рня (večérnja)
• ве́черя (véčerja)

Verbs

• вечере́ть (večerétʹ)
• вечеря́ть (večerjátʹ)

Proverbs

• у́тро ве́чера мудрене́е (útro véčera mudrenéje)

• → Yakut: биэчэр (biecer, “evening (event)”)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “вечер”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• ве̏че̄

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋêt͡ʃeːr/
• Hyphenation: ве‧чер

ве̏че̄р f (Latin spelling vȅčēr)

1. evening

• “вечер”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [ʋeˈt͡ʃɛr]

вече́р • (večér) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of вече́ря (večérja)