veda
English
Noun
veda
- Alternative letter-case form of Veda (“malt loaf bread”).
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.ðə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈve.ðə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈve.ða]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Etymology 1
Noun
veda f (plural vedes)
- prohibition, ban
- closed season (period during which hunting is prohibited)
Etymology 2
Verb
veda
- inflection of vedar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “veda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛda]
- Rhymes: -ɛda
- Hyphenation: ve‧da
Verb
veda
- present masculine singular transgressive of vést
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈve.da/
- Rhymes: -eda
- Hyphenation: vé‧da
Verb
veda
- inflection of vedere:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowing from English Veda, in turn a borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda) and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see", hence figuratively "to know" or "recognize”).
Noun
veda m (definite singular vedaen, indefinite plural vedaer or vedaar, definite plural vedaene or vedaane)
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit वेद (veda). Cognate with Prakrit वेअ (vea), वेय (veya).
Noun
veda m
Declension
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | vedo | vedā |
Accusative (second) | vedaṃ | vede |
Instrumental (third) | vedena | vedehi or vedebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vedassa or vedāya or vedatthaṃ | vedānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vedasmā or vedamhā or vedā | vedehi or vedebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vedassa | vedānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vedasmiṃ or vedamhi or vede | vedesu |
Vocative (calling) | veda | vedā |
Descendants
- → Burmese: ဗေဒ (beda.)
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “veda”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 562.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/ [ˈvɛ.ðɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.dɐ/ [ˈbɛ.ðɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛdɐ
- Hyphenation: ve‧da
Verb
veda
- inflection of vedar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Scanian
Etymology
From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʋèːða]
Verb
veda (preterite singular visste, supine vedað)
- to know
Conjugation
infinitive | veda | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
participle | veden | ||||
supine | vedað | ||||
active voice | present indicative | past indicative | present imperative | ||
jağ | vé | visste | — | ||
dú | vézt | visste | — | ||
hanð | vé | visste | — | ||
ví | veden | vissten | — | ||
í | veden | vissten | — | ||
dé | vé | visste | — |
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věďa, from *věděti (“to know”), i.e., veda is a literal translation of the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈveda]
Noun
veda f (genitive singular vedy, nominative plural vedy, genitive plural vied, declension pattern of žena)
- a system of knowledge of the laws of objective reality derived from a theoretical exploratory activity, science
- a specific scientific discipline
- historická veda ― historical science
Usage notes
- While in English the word science is often seen as meaning only the hard sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, in Slovak the word veda covers all scholarly disciplines, including the various social sciences that are sometimes referred to as arts in English.
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | veda | vedy |
genitive | vedy | vied |
dative | vede | vedám |
accusative | vedu | vedy |
locative | vede | vedách |
instrumental | vedou | vedami |
Derived terms
- vedec
- vedecký
- vedný
Further reading
- “veda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeda/ [ˈbe.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -eda
- Syllabification: ve‧da
Etymology 1
Deverbal from vedar (“to prohibit”).
Noun
veda f (plural vedas)
- prohibition, ban
- (hunting) closed season
- 2015 September 25, “Rapaces tiroteadas en la media veda”, in El País[1]:
- La media veda es un periodo, que se abre en verano y tiene casi un mes de duración, en el que se permite la caza de ciertas especies, como la paloma torcaz, la tórtola común y la codorniz.
- The half-closed season is a period which opens in summer and lasts for about a month in which hunting of particular species is permitted, such as the wood pigeon, the common turtledove, and the quail.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
veda
- inflection of vedar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “veda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وداع, borrowed from Arabic اَلْوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of elveda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veˈdɑː/
Noun
veda (definite accusative vedayı, plural vedalar)
Declension
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Derived terms
Related terms
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *veedäk, from Proto-Uralic *wixe-.
Verb
veda
Inflection
Inflection of veda (inflection type 23/toda) | |||
---|---|---|---|
1st infinitive | veda | ||
present indic. | veb | ||
past indic. | vei | ||
present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | ven | vein | — |
2nd singular | ved | veid | ve |
3rd singular | veb | vei | vegha |
1st plural | vem | veim | vegam |
2nd plural | vet | veit | vegat |
3rd plural | vedas veba |
veiba | vegha |
sing. conneg.1 | ve | vend | ve |
plur. conneg. | vegoi | venugoi | vegoi |
present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
1st singular | veižin | venuižin | venen |
2nd singular | veižid | venuižid | vened |
3rd singular | veiži | venuiži | veneb |
1st plural | veižim | venuižim | venem |
2nd plural | veižit | venuižit | venet |
3rd plural | veižiba | venuižiba | veneba |
connegative | veiži | venuiži | vene |
non-finite forms | |||
1st infinitive | veda | ||
2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
inessive | vedes | inessive | vemas |
instructive | veden | illative | vemha |
participles | elative | vemaspäi | |
present active | vei | adessive | vemal |
past active | venu | abessive | vemat |
past passive | vedud | ||
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons. |