ведро

See also: вёдро, відро, вядро, and вѣдро

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vědro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛˈdrɔ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

ведро́ • (vedró) n

1. pail, bucket

   Synonym: ко́фа (kófa)

Declension

Declension of ведро́

	singular	plural
indefinite	ведро́ vedró	ведра́ vedrá
definite	ведро́то vedróto	ведра́та vedráta

References

• “ведро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ведро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vědro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛdrɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɛdrɔ

Noun

ведро • (vedro) n (plural ведра)

1. pail, bucket
2. a measure of liquid

Declension

Declension of ведро

	singular	plural
indefinite	ведро	ведра
definite unspecified	ведрото	ведрата
definite proximal	ведрово	ведрава
definite distal	ведроно	ведрана
vocative	ведро	ведра

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vedro.

Noun

ведро • (vedro) n

1. good weather

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣдро (vědro), from Proto-Slavic *vědro (“water bucket”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed- (“wet”). Akin to Old Armenian գետ (get, “river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈdro]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

ведро́ • (vedró) n inan (genitive ведра́, nominative plural вёдра, genitive plural вёдер, relational adjective ведёрный, diminutive ведёрко)

1. bucket, pail

   дождь льёт как из ведра́ ― doždʹ lʹjot kak iz vedrá ― it is raining cats and dogs

2. (historical) vedro; an ancient Russian measure of liquids equal to 12.3 liters (¹⁄₄₀ бочки)
3. (colloquial) rustbucket, bucket of bolts (a run-down automobile or machine)

Declension

Declension of ведро́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ведро́ vedró	вёдра vjódra
genitive	ведра́ vedrá	вёдер vjóder
dative	ведру́ vedrú	вёдрам vjódram
accusative	ведро́ vedró	вёдра vjódra
instrumental	ведро́м vedróm	вёдрами vjódrami
prepositional	ведре́ vedré	вёдрах vjódrax

Related terms

• бо́чка (bóčka)

Descendants

• → Armenian: վեդրո (vedro)
• → Azerbaijani: vedrə
• → Bashkir: биҙрә (biźrə)
• → Eastern Mari: ведра (vedra)
• → Georgian: ვედრო (vedro)
• → Ingush: ведар (vedar)
• → Komi-Permyak: ведра (vedra)
• → Komi-Zyrian: ведра (vedra)
• → Mandarin: 韋德羅／韦德罗 (wéidéluó)
• → Ossetian: ведра (vedra)
• → Udmurt: ведра (vedra)
• → Yakut: биэдэрэ (biedere)

Etymology 2

Noun

ведро • (vjódro) n inan

1. Alternative spelling of вёдро (vjódro)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• вје̏дро (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vědro.

Noun

ве̏дро n (Latin spelling vȅdro)

1. bucket
2. pail

Declension

Declension of ведро

	singular	plural
nominative	ведро	ведра
genitive	ведра	ведара
dative	ведру	ведрима
accusative	ведро	ведра
vocative	ведро	ведра
locative	ведру	ведрима
instrumental	ведром	ведрима