Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь (settlement). Akin to Bulgarian вила (vila, villa) (of Latin origin) and further to archaic English wick (dwelling) (found in Gatwick, Reykjavík, etc.). Possibly also related to the ethnonym ви́кинг (víking, viking), which is the origin of Bulgarian ви́тег (víteg), ви́тез (vítez, hero, knight).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vɛs]
  • (file)

Noun edit

вес (vesm

  1. (historical) hamlet (small settlement, camp)
    Synonyms: махала́ (mahalá), ви́лна зо́на (vílna zóna)

Usage notes edit

Used until the Ottoman conquest to denote temporary or isolated settlements that lacked the infrastructure to be qualified as full-fledged villages. After the Ottoman conquest, such settlements became known as махала́ (mahalá) - a term used as an administrative unit until the 1980's.

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References edit

  • вьсь in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “*вес”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 136

Nivkh edit

Noun edit

вес (ves)

  1. (Amur, East Sakhalin, zoology) raven
  2. (Amur, zoology) crow

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věsъ. Related to ве́сить (vésitʹ, to weigh) and висе́ть (visétʹ, to hang). For the semantic shift compare Latin pondus (weight) and Latin pendo (to hang, to suspend, to weigh).

Noun edit

вес (vesm inan (genitive ве́са, nominative plural веса́, genitive plural весо́в, relational adjective весово́й)

  1. weight
  2. influence, authority, importance
Usage notes edit
  • The Russian equivalent of "weightless" is either без ве́са or без ве́су.
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

вес (vesm inan (genitive ве́са, uncountable)

  1. hanging position, suspended position, balanced position; mostly in the expression на весу́ (na vesú, suspended)
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