весілля

Ukrainian

Etymology

Compare Polish wesele, Belarusian вяселле (vjasjellje), Slovak veselie, all meaning "wedding party", Romanian veselie (joy). By surface analysis, веселий (veselyj, happy, merry) + (-ja). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *veselьje either directly for via Polish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋeˈsʲilʲːɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

весі́лля • (vesíllja) n inan (genitive весі́лля, nominative plural весі́лля, genitive plural весі́ллів or весі́ль, relational adjective весі́льний)

  1. wedding, marriage ceremony

Declension

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