век

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Noun

век • (vjek) m inanimate

1. century (period of 100 years)

Declension

Declension of век

	singular	plural
nominative (назоўны)	век vjek	вякі́ vjakí
genitive (родны)	ве́ку vjéku	вяко́ў vjakóŭ
dative (давальны)	ве́ку vjéku	вяка́м vjakám
accusative (вінавальны)	век vjek	вякі́ vjakí
instrumental (творны)	ве́кам vjékam	вяка́мі vjakámi
locative (месны)	ве́ку vjéku	вяка́х vjakáx

Synonyms

• стаго́ддзе (stahóddzje)

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věkъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛk/

Noun

век • (vek) m

1. century (100 years)
2. age, epoch, era (particular period of time in history)

Inflection

Inflection of век

	singular	plural
indefinite	век	векове
definite (subject form)	векът	вековете
definite (object form)	века
count form	—	века
vocative form	веко	векове

Synonyms

• (century): столетие (stoletie)
• (age): епоха (epoha), ера (era)

Related terms

• вечност (večnost)
• вечен (večen)

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛk]

Noun

век • (vek) m (plural векови)

1. century
2. age (historical period)
3. lifetime, lifespan
4. duration

Inflection

Declension of век

	singular	plural
indefinite	век	векови
definite unspecified	векот	вековите
definite proximal	веков	вековиве
definite distal	векон	вековине
vocative	веку	векови
count form	—	века

Synonyms

• (century): столетие (stoletie)

See also

• вечен (večen)
• вечност (večnost)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲek]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *věkъ

Alternative forms

• вѣкъ (věk) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Noun

век • (vek) m inan (genitive ве́ка, nominative plural века́, genitive plural веко́в)

1. century

   21 век ― 21 vek ― 21st century

2. age
3. lifetime

Declension

Declension of век (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́к vék	века́△ veká△
genitive	ве́ка véka	веко́в vekóv
dative	ве́ку véku	века́м vekám
accusative	ве́к vék	века́△ veká△
instrumental	ве́ком vékom	века́ми vekámi
prepositional	ве́ке véke	века́х vekáx
locative	веку́ vekú

^△ Irregular.

Related terms

• веково́й (vekovój), многовеково́й (mnogovekovój)
• вековуха (vekovuxa)
• ве́чность (véčnostʹ)
• ве́чный (véčnyj)

See also

• столе́тие n (stolétije)

Etymology 2

Noun

век • (vek) n inan pl

1. genitive plural of ве́ко (véko)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): вије̑к

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Noun

ве̑к m (Latin spelling vȇk)

1. century (100 years)
2. a long period of time, especially historical; an era
3. lifetime

Declension

Declension of век

	singular	plural
nominative	ве̑к	ве̏кови
genitive	века	векова
dative	веку	вековима
accusative	век	векове
vocative	вече	векови
locative	веку	вековима
instrumental	веком	вековима

Derived terms

• ве̏чан