вея

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вѣꙗти (vějati), from Proto-Slavic *vějati.

Verb

ве́я • (véja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to blow, to wind, to gust
    Synonyms: ду́хам (dúham), лъ́хам (lǎ́ham), (dialectal) стру́жа (strúža)
    вя́търът ве́еvjátǎrǎt véethe wind is blowing
  2. (transitive) to winnow (to apply a current of air in order to separate chaff from grain)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • вея́ч m (vejáč), вея́чка f (vejáčka, winnower) (obsolescent, nowadays performed by a machine)
  • вие́лица (viélica), вея́вица (vejávica, whirlwind, strong gust of wind́)
  • завея pf (zaveja), завявам impf (zavjavam)
  • извея pf (izveja), извявам impf (izvjavam)
  • навея pf (naveja), навявам impf (navjavam)
  • отвея pf (otveja), отвявам impf (otvjavam)
  • повея pf (poveja), повявам impf (povjavam)
  • привея pf (priveja), привявам impf (privjavam, to gust suddenly) (dialectal)
  • развея pf (razveja), развявам impf (razvjavam)
See also

References

  • вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141
  • вѣꙗти”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věja, related via o-ablaut to Bulgarian ви́я (víja, to turn, to twine).

Noun

ве́я • (véjaf (diminutive ве́йка) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. stem, burgeon, twig
Usage notes

In the modern language, only the diminutive вейка (vejka) has survived.

Conjugation
Declension of ве́я
singular plural
indefinite ве́я
véja
ве́и
véi
definite ве́ята
véjata
ве́ите
véite
  • ве́тва (vétva), ве́твие (vétvie, branching) (dialectal)
  • вене́ц (venéc, wreath)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲejə]

Participle

ве́я • (véja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ве́ять (véjatʹ)