vesna
Czech
Alternative forms
- vesno (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech vesna, from Proto-Slavic *vesna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛsna]
- Hyphenation: ve‧s‧na
Noun
vesna f
- (literary, rare) spring
- Synonym: jaro
- Skončila zima a přišla k nám vesna.
- The winter is over and the spring has come.
- Žili spolu jako dvě děti, ač dávno měli vesnu za sebou.
- They lived together like two children despite their youth's being gone.
Declension
See also
| Seasons in Czech · roční období (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| jaro (“spring”) | léto (“summer”) | podzim (“autumn”) | zima (“winter”) |
Further reading
- “vesna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “vesna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “vesna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Old Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna.
Pronunciation
Noun
vesna f
Declension
Declension of vesna (hard a-stem reducible)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vesna | vesně | vesny |
| genitive | vesny | vesnú | vesen |
| dative | vesně | vesnama | vesnám |
| accusative | vesnu | vesně | vesny |
| vocative | vesno | vesně | vesny |
| locative | vesně | vesnú | vesnách |
| instrumental | vesnú | vesnama | vesnami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
See also
| Seasons in Old Czech · roční časové (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| vesna, jěř, podletie (“spring”) | léto (“summer”) | podjesen, podzimie, podzim (“autumn”) | zima (“winter”) |
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vesna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna. Doublet of behar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋêsna/
- Hyphenation: ve‧sna
Noun
vȅsna f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏сна)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vesna | vesne |
| genitive | vesne | vesna |
| dative | vesni | vesnama |
| accusative | vesnu | vesne |
| vocative | vesno | vesne |
| locative | vesni | vesnama |
| instrumental | vesnom | vesnama |
Further reading
- “vesna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvesna]
Noun
vesna f (relational adjective vesnový)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vesna | vesny |
| genitive | vesny | vesien |
| dative | vesne | vesnám |
| accusative | vesnu | vesny |
| locative | vesne | vesnách |
| instrumental | vesnou | vesnami |
See also
Further reading
- “vesna”, 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