wesele
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wezele, wesel, wesil, weesylle, wasyll
Etymology
From Old English weosule; from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛːzəl(ə)/
Adjective
wesele
- weasel, polecat
- A meal made of a pig or a capon stuffed with pork mince.
Descendants
- English: weasal
- Scots: wasyll, weazell, waesel, quhasill
References
- “wēsel(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wesele, wesiele, wiesele, wiesiele, from Proto-Slavic *veselьje. By surface analysis, wesoły + -ie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛˈsɛ.lɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
- Syllabification: we‧se‧le
Noun
wesele n (augmentative weselisko)
- wedding reception (“festivities accompanying a marriage ceremony”)
- Synonyms: gody, przyjęcie weselne
- (archaic) mirth
- Synonyms: radość, wesołość
Declension
Declension of wesele
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wesele | wesela |
| genitive | wesela | wesel |
| dative | weselu | weselom |
| accusative | wesele | wesela |
| instrumental | weselem | weselami |
| locative | weselu | weselach |
| vocative | wesele | wesela |
Derived terms
- weselnik
- weselny
Related terms
- wesoły
Further reading
- wesele in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wesele in Polish dictionaries at PWN