vreme
See also: vřeme
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врѣмѧ (vrěmę), from Proto-Slavic *vermę. Compare Megleno-Romanian vreami, Bulgarian време (vreme), Serbo-Croatian vreme, Russian время (vremja).
Pronunciation
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Noun
vreme f (plural vremuri or vremi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | vreme | vremea | vremuri | vremurile | |
| genitive-dative | vremi | vremii | vremuri | vremurilor | |
| vocative | vreme, vremeo | vremurilor | |||
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | vreme | vremea | vremi | vremile | |
| genitive-dative | vremi | vremii | vremi | vremilor | |
| vocative | vreme, vremeo | vremilor | |||
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier *vrěmę, from Proto-Slavic *vermę.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋrěːme/
- Hyphenation: vre‧me
Noun
vréme n (Cyrillic spelling вре́ме) (Ekavian)
- time
- Njena braća su došla na vreme. ― Her brother arrived on time.
- weather
- izvješće o vremenu ― weather forecast
- epoch
- 1847, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, “Luke 1: 5-12”, in Serbian Translation of the Bible:
- U vrijeme Iroda cara Judejskoga bijaše neki sveštenik od reda Avijna, po imenu Zarija, i žena njegova od plemena Aronova, po imenu Jelisaveta.
- There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vréme | vremèna |
| genitive | vrèmena | vreménā |
| dative | vrèmenu | vremènima |
| accusative | vréme | vremèna |
| vocative | vréme | vremèna |
| locative | vrèmenu | vremènima |
| instrumental | vrèmenom | vremènima |
Derived terms
References
- “vreme”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vermę.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋrɛ̀ːmɛ/
Noun
vréme n
Declension
| Declension of vreme (neuter, n-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | vreme | ||
| gen. sing. | vremena | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | vreme | vremeni | vremena |
| accusative | vreme | vremeni | vremena |
| genitive | vremena | vremen | vremen |
| dative | vremenu | vremenoma | vremenom |
| locative | vremenu | vremenih | vremenih |
| instrumental | vremenom | vremenoma | vremeni |
Further reading
- “vreme”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025