венец

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛˈnɛt͡s]
  • (file)

Noun

вене́ц • (venéc) m

  1. wreath, garland, chaplet
  2. halo, nimbus, aureole, crown
  3. string (of onions, etc.)
  4. (botany) corolla
  5. (technology) ratchet ring
  6. (anatomy) gum, gingiva

Declension

  • ве́йка (véjka, twig)
  • ве́тва (vétva, sallow) (dialectal)
  • веньо́к (venjók), венъ́к (venǎ́k, wreath) (in Western dialects)

References

  • венец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • венец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛnɛt͡s]

Noun

венец • (venec) m (relational adjective венечен)

  1. wreath, garland

Declension

Further reading

  • венец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • венец” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • венец in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲenʲɪt͡s]

Noun

ве́нец • (vénec) m anim (genitive ве́нца, nominative plural ве́нцы, genitive plural ве́нцев, feminine ве́нка)

  1. Viennese
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old East Slavic вѣньць (věnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Cognate to вен (ven), венок (venok), ве́ник (vénik), вейка (vejka), вить (vitʹ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈnʲet͡s]

Noun

вене́ц • (venéc) m inan (genitive венца́, nominative plural венцы́, genitive plural венцо́в, diminutive ве́нчик)

  1. crown
    терно́вый вене́цternóvyj venéccrown of thorns
    коне́ц — де́лу вене́цkonéc — délu venécall's well that ends well
  2. wreath, garland
    вести́ под вене́ц
    vestí pod venéc
    lead to the altar
  3. (astronomy) corona
  4. (religion) halo
  5. (construction) row of beams
Declension
Descendants
  • Ingrian: ventsa

Further reading

  • венец in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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