век
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Belarusian вѣкъ (věk), from Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
век • (vjek) m inan (genitive ве́ку, nominative plural вякі́, genitive plural вяко́ў)
- century (period of 100 years)
- Synonym: (more common) стаго́ддзе (stahóddzje)
- lifetime, time of existence
- epoch, age
- касмі́чны век ― kasmíčny vjek ― Space Age
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | век vjek |
вякі́ vjakí |
| genitive | ве́ку vjéku |
вяко́ў vjakóŭ |
| dative | ве́ку vjéku |
вяка́м vjakám |
| accusative | век vjek |
вякі́ vjakí |
| instrumental | ве́кам vjékam |
вяка́мі vjakámi |
| locative | ве́ку vjéku |
вяка́х vjakáx |
| count form | — | ве́кі1 vjéki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Adverb edit
век • (vjek)
References edit
- “век” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “век”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 81
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
век • (vek) m
- century (100 years)
- Synonym: столетие (stoletie)
- age, epoch, era (particular period of time in history)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
век • (vek) m (plural векови, relational adjective вечен or вековит)
Declension edit
See also edit
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Alternative forms edit
- вѣкъ (věk) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Noun edit
век • (vek) m inan (genitive ве́ка, nominative plural века́, genitive plural веко́в, relational adjective веково́й)
- century
- Synonym: столе́тие (stolétije)
- XXI век, 21 век, два́дцать пе́рвый век ― XXI vek, 21 vek, dvádcatʹ pérvyj vek ― 21st century
- lifetime
- Synonym: жизнь (žiznʹ)
- age, epoch, era, period
- (geology) age
- Synonym: геологи́ческий век (geologíčeskij vek)
Usage notes edit
- A locative form веку́ (vekú) is found in the expression на своём веку́ (na svojóm vekú, “in one's lifetime”) but not otherwise used; compare в девятна́дцатом ве́ке (v devjatnádcatom véke, “in the 19th century”).
- A partitive form ве́ку (véku) is found in the expression приба́вить ве́ку (pribávitʹ véku, “to extend (someone's) life”, literally “to add a lifetime”).
- An alternative plural ве́ки (véki) is found in the following expressions:
- в кóи-то ве́ки (v kói-to véki, “very rarely, once in a very long time; finally”, literally “into some centuries”)
- во ве́ки веко́в (vo véki vekóv, “forever and ever”, literally “into the ages of ages”)
- на ве́ки ве́чные (na véki véčnyje, “forever”, literally “onto the eternal ages”)
- прожи́ть а́редовы ве́ки (prožítʹ áredovy véki, “to live a long life”, literally “to live an old curmudgeon's lifetimes”)
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ве́к vék |
века́, ве́ки△* veká, véki△* |
| genitive | ве́ка véka |
веко́в vekóv |
| dative | ве́ку véku |
века́м vekám |
| accusative | ве́к vék |
века́, ве́ки△* veká, véki△* |
| instrumental | ве́ком vékom |
века́ми vekámi |
| prepositional | ве́ке véke |
века́х vekáx |
| partitive | ве́ку* véku* |
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| locative | веку́* vekú* |
△ Irregular.
* Found in some expressions.
Related terms edit
See also edit
- столе́тие n (stolétije)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
век • (vek) n inan pl
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Noun edit
ве̑к m (Latin spelling vȇk)