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): [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛ]

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Adverb

ве́че • (véče) (not comparable)

1. already
2. (dialectal) besides

Alternative forms

• веч (več) — contracted, poetic
• ве́ще (véšte) — dialectal, historical
• ве́кье (vékje) — dialectal

Related terms

• пове́че (povéče, “more”)
• преве́че (prevéče, “much more”) (dialectal)

References

• “вече”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вече”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• вѧще in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вече”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 139
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вещ(е), вещик”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141

Russian

псковское вече

Alternative forms

• вѣ́че (vě́če) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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

Declension of ве́че (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́че véče	ве́ча véča
genitive	ве́ча véča	ве́ч, ве́чей△ véč, véčej△
dative	ве́чу véču	ве́чам véčam
accusative	ве́че véče	ве́ча véča
instrumental	ве́чем véčem	ве́чами véčami
prepositional	ве́че véče	ве́чах véčax

^△ Irregular.

Related terms

• вечево́й (večevój)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ве̏че̄р

Etymology

Inherited 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

Declension of вече

	singular	plural
nominative	ве̏че̄	вечери
genitive	вечери	вечѐрӣ
dative	вечери	вечерима
accusative	вече	вечери
vocative	вече	вечери
locative	вечери	вечерима
instrumental	вечерју	вечерима