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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vęťьjь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Adjective
*vęťьjь
- more; comparative degree of *mъnogъ
- greater; comparative degree of *velьjь
Declension
Indefinite declension of *vęťьjь (comparative)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vęťьjь | *vęťьši | *vęťe |
Accusative | *vęťьšь | *vęťьšǫ | *vęťe |
Genitive | *vęťьša | *vęťьšę | *vęťьša |
Locative | *vęťьši | *vęťьši | *vęťьši |
Dative | *vęťьšu | *vęťьši | *vęťьšu |
Instrumental | *vęťьšemь | *vęťьšejǫ | *vęťьšemь |
Vocative | *vęťьšu | *vęťьše | *vęťьše |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *vęťьša | *vęťьši | *vęťьši |
Accusative | *vęťьša | *vęťьši | *vęťьši |
Genitive | *vęťьšu | *vęťьšu | *vęťьšu |
Locative | *vęťьšu | *vęťьšu | *vęťьšu |
Dative | *vęťьšema | *vęťьšama | *vęťьšema |
Instrumental | *vęťьšema | *vęťьšama | *vęťьšema |
Vocative | *vęťьša | *vęťьši | *vęťьši |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *vęťьše | *vęťьšę | *vęťьša |
Accusative | *vęťьšę | *vęťьšę | *vęťьša |
Genitive | *vęťьšь | *vęťьšь | *vęťьšь |
Locative | *vęťьšixъ | *vęťьšaxъ | *vęťьšixъ |
Dative | *vęťьšemъ | *vęťьšamъ | *vęťьšemъ |
Instrumental | *vęťьši | *vęťьšami | *vęťьši |
Vocative | *vęťьši | *vęťьšę | *vęťьša |
Definite declension of *vęťьjь (comparative)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vęťьjь | *vęťьšija | *vęťьšeje |
Accusative | *vęťьšьjь | *vęťьšǫjǫ | *vęťьšeje |
Genitive | *vęťьšajego | *vęťьšęję | *vęťьšajego |
Locative | *vęťьšijemь | *vęťьšiji | *vęťьšijemь |
Dative | *vęťьšujemu | *vęťьšiji | *vęťьšujemu |
Instrumental | *vęťьšijimi | *vęťьšǫjǫ | *vęťьšijimi |
Vocative | *vęťьšьjь | *vęťьšaja | *vęťьšeje |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *vęťьšaja | *vęťьšiji | *vęťьšiji |
Accusative | *vęťьšaja | *vęťьšiji | *vęťьšiji |
Genitive | *vęťьšuju | *vęťьšuju | *vęťьšuju |
Locative | *vęťьšuju | *vęťьšuju | *vęťьšuju |
Dative | *vęťьšijima | *vęťьšijima | *vęťьšijima |
Instrumental | *vęťьšijima | *vęťьšijima | *vęťьšijima |
Vocative | *vęťьšaja | *vęťьšiji | *vęťьšiji |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *vęťьšeji | *vęťьšęję | *vęťьšaja |
Accusative | *vęťьšęję | *vęťьšęję | *vęťьšaja |
Genitive | *vęťьšьjixъ | *vęťьšьjixъ | *vęťьšьjixъ |
Locative | *vęťьšijixъ | *vęťьšijixъ | *vęťьšijixъ |
Dative | *vęťьšijimъ | *vęťьšijimъ | *vęťьšijimъ |
Instrumental | *vęťьšijimi | *vęťьšijimi | *vęťьšijimi |
Vocative | *vęťьšiji | *vęťьšęję | *vęťьšaja |
Synonyms
- *boľьjь
Antonyms
- *mьňьjь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вяче (vjače)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: вѧщии (vęštij)
- → Russian: вя́щий (vjáščij)
- Bulgarian: вече (veče), ⇒ повече (poveče)
- Macedonian: веќе (veḱe), ⇒ повеќе (poveḱe)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: већи
- Latin: veći
- Slovene: vẹ̑čji (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic: вѧщии (vęštij)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: větší, víc
- Old Polish: więtszy, więcszy
- Polish: większy, więcej
- Slovak: väčší, viac
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wětšy
- Upper Sorbian: wjetši
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Вячеслав”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress