вече

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вѧще (vęšte), вѧщьше (vęštĭše, “more”), from Proto-Slavic *vęťьjь, probably through intermediate forms *вещше (*veštše) → *ветше (*vetše). Compare Macedonian веќе (veḱe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛt͡ʃe]

Adverb

ве́че • (véče) (no comparative)

  1. already
  2. (dialectal) besides

Alternative forms

  • веч (več) – contracted, poetic
  • ве́ще (véšte) – dialectal, historical
  • ве́кье (vékje) – dialectal
  • пове́че (povéče, “more”)
  • преве́че (prevéče, “much more”) (dialectal)

References

Russian

псковское вече

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣче (věče), from Proto-Slavic *věťe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲet͡ɕe]

Noun

ве́че • (véče) n inan (genitive ве́ча, nominative plural ве́ча, genitive plural веч or ве́чей)

  1. (historical, politics) veche (a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries).

Declension

  • вечево́й (večevój)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêt͡ʃeː/

Noun

ве̏че̄ n (Latin spelling vȅčē)

  1. evening

Declension

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