век
Belarusian
Etymology
From Old Belarusian вѣкъ (věk), from Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vʲek]
Noun
век • (vjek) m inan (genitive ве́ку, nominative plural вякі́, genitive plural вяко́ў)
- century (period of 100 years)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | век vjek | вякі́ vjakí |
genitive | ве́ку vjéku | вяко́ў vjakóŭ |
dative | ве́ку vjéku | вяка́м vjakám |
accusative | век vjek | вякі́ vjakí |
instrumental | ве́кам vjékam | вяка́мі vjakámi |
locative | ве́ку vjéku | вяка́х vjakáx |
count form | — | ве́кі1 vjéki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Synonyms
- стаго́ддзе (stahóddzje)
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɛk]
Noun
век • (vek) m
- century (100 years)
- Synonym: столетие (stoletie)
- age, epoch, era (particular period of time in history)
- Synonyms: епоха (epoha), ера (era)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | век vek | векове́ vekové |
definite (subject form) | векъ́т vekǎ́t | векове́те vekovéte |
definite (object form) | века́ veká | |
count form | — | ве́ка véka |
Related terms
- вечност (večnost)
- вечен (večen)
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɛk]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
век • (vek) m (plural векови, related adjective вечен or вековит)
- century
- age (historical period)
- lifetime, lifespan
- duration
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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)
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vʲek]
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), 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, related adjective веково́й)
- century
- Synonym: столе́тие (stolétije)
- XXI век, 21 век, два́дцать пе́рвый век ― XXI vek, 21 vek, dvádcatʹ pérvyj vek ― 21st century
- lifetime
- Synonym: жизнь (žiznʹ)
- age, epoch, era, period
- Synonyms: пери́од (períod), э́ра (éra), эпо́ха (epóxa)
- (geology) age
- Synonym: геологи́ческий век (geologíčeskij vek)
Usage notes
- A locative form веку́ (vekú) is found in the expression на своём веку́ (na svojóm vekú, “in one's lifetime”) but not otherwise used; compare в девятна́дцатом ве́ке (v devjatnádcatom véke, “in the 19th century”).
- A partitive form ве́ку (véku) is found in the expression приба́вить ве́ку (pribávitʹ véku, “to extend (someone's) life”, literally “to add a lifetime”).
- An alternative plural ве́ки (véki) is found in the following expressions:
- в кóи-то ве́ки (v kói-to véki, “very rarely, once in a very long time; finally”, literally “into some centuries”)
- в ве́ки веко́в (v véki vekóv, “forever and ever”, literally “into the ages of ages”)
- на ве́ки ве́чные (na véki véčnyje, “forever”, literally “onto the eternal ages”)
- прожи́ть а́редовы ве́ки (prožítʹ áredovy véki, “to live a long life”, literally “to live an old curmudgeon's lifetimes”)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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 |
△ Irregular.
Related terms
- веково́й (vekovój), многовеково́й (mnogovekovój)
- вековух́а (vekovux́a)
- ве́чность (véčnostʹ)
- ве́чный (véčnyj)
See also
- столе́тие n (stolétije)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
век • (vek) n inan pl
- genitive plural of ве́ко (véko)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- вије̑к (Ijekavian)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *věkъ.
Noun
ве̑к m (Latin spelling vȇk)
- century (100 years)
- a long period of time, especially historical; an era
- lifetime
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ве̑к | ве̏кови |
genitive | века | векова |
dative | веку | вековима |
accusative | век | векове |
vocative | вече | векови |
locative | веку | вековима |
instrumental | веком | вековима |
Derived terms
- ве̏чан