вельми

вельми

Erzya

Verb

вельми • (velʹmi)

1. third-person singular present/future indicative of вельмемс (velʹmems)

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• велми (velmi)
• вел҄ьми (velʹĭmi)
• ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰿⰻ (velĭmi) – Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *velьmi. Cognates include Serbo-Croatian veoma, Slovak veľmi, Czech velmi, Belarusian вельмі (vjelʹmi), Ukrainian вельми (velʹmy) and Polish wielmi.

Adverb

вельми • (velĭmi)

1. very, very much

   Synonyms: мъногꙑ (mŭnogy), мъного (mŭnogo), ꙃѣло (dzělo), вьсьма (vĭsĭma), тврьдѣ (tvrĭdě)

2. strongly, loudly
   • from Похвала прѣдивьнаего пророка Илии by Clement of Ohrid:

     И рѫгаше сѧ имъ илиꙗ и рече· вельми оубо ꙁовѣте· еда бѫдѫтъ ꙁасъпали боꙃи ваши·

     I rǫgaše sę imŭ ilija i reče· velĭmi ubo zověte· eda bǫdǫtŭ zasŭpali bodzi vaši·

     Iliyah ridiculed them and said, precisely strongly call out, will your Gods really have fallen asleep?

Related terms

• велии (velij)
• великъ (velikŭ)
• вель- (velĭ-)

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi.

Adverb

вельми (velĭmi)

1. very, very much

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪlʲˈmʲi]

Adverb

вельми́ • (velʹmí)

1. (archaic) very, much, very much

   Synonyms: о́чень (óčenʹ), весьма́ (vesʹmá)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wielmi, from Proto-Slavic *velьmi. Replaced native Old East Slavic вельми (velĭmi), which would've produced **вільми (**vilʹmy).

Cognate with Belarusian ве́льмі (vjélʹmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɛlʲme]

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Adverb

ве́льми • (vélʹmy)

1. very, much, very much

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ве́льми”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 348
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ве́льми”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ве́льми”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ве́льми”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN