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veje

See also: vejé, véje, and věje

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish wæghæ, from Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”). Cognate with English weigh and German wiegen (“to weigh”), German bewegen (“to move”) (whence Danish bevæge). The Germanic verb is related derived from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ- (“to ride, go, transport”), related to Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way”) and Latin vehō (“to transport”).

Verb edit

veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vejede, perfect tense har vejet)

  1. (transitive) weigh (determine the weight of something)
  2. (intransitive) to have a certain weight
  3. (intransitive) to have a certain mass
    Den vejer 35,7 g.
    It masses 35.7 g.
  4. (intransitive, with af) to measure something out by weighing it
    Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.
    The butcher weighed out 500 grams of sugar.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse vega (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *wiganą (“to fight”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”), related to Latin vincō (“to win”).

Verb edit

veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vog, perfect tense har vejet)

  1. (archaic) slay (kill in battle)
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Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

veje c

  1. indefinite plural of vej

Hungarian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • vője (preferred in the West and the Southwest of Hungary and in some northeastern parts;[1] the only option when not speaking of a family relationship, e.g. az ország első számú vője (“the No. 1 son‑in‑law of the country”))

Etymology edit

From the vej- stem of vő (“son-in-law”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛjɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ve‧je

Noun edit

veje

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of vő, one’s son-in-law

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative veje —
accusative vejét —
dative vejének —
instrumental vejével —
causal-final vejéért —
translative vejévé —
terminative vejéig —
essive-formal vejeként —
essive-modal vejéül —
inessive vejében —
superessive vején —
adessive vejénél —
illative vejébe —
sublative vejére —
allative vejéhez —
elative vejéből —
delative vejéről —
ablative vejétől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		vejéé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		vejééi —

For the plural form (“someone’s sons-in-law”), see vejei.

References edit

  1. ^ Nyelvjárásközi egybevető vizsgálat A magyar nyelvjárások atlasza és az Új magyar nyelvjárási atlasz alapján – doctoral dissertation by Edit Iglai, page 261

Further reading edit

  • veje , redirecting to vő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Northern Sami edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

veje

  1. inflection of veadjit:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian edit

Verb edit

veje (Cyrillic spelling веје)

  1. third-person singular present of vejati

Slovene edit

Noun edit

vêje

  1. inflection of veja:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish edit

Verb edit

veje

  1. inflection of vejar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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