вея

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛjɐ]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vějati.

Verb

ве́я • (véja) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (intransitive) to blow, to wind, to gust
    Synonyms: ду́хам (dúham), лъ́хам (lǎ́ham), (dialectal) стру́жа (strúža)
    вя́търът ве́еvjátǎrǎt véethe wind is blowing
  2. (transitive) to winnow (to apply gust of air in order to separate chaff from grain)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • завея pf (zaveja), завявам impf (zavjavam)
  • извея pf (izveja), извявам impf (izvjavam)
  • навея pf (naveja), навявам impf (navjavam)
  • отвея pf (otveja), отвявам impf (otvjavam)
  • повея pf (poveja), повявам impf (povjavam)
  • привея pf (priveja), привявам impf (privjavam, to gust suddenly) (dialectal)
  • развея pf (razveja), развявам impf (razvjavam)
  • вея́ч m (vejáč), вея́чка f (vejáčka, winnower) (obsolescent, nowadays performed by a machine)
  • вие́лица (viélica), вея́вица (vejávica, whirlwind, strong gust of wind́)
See also

References

  • вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141
  • вѣꙗти”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věja, related via o-ablaut to Bulgarian ви́я (víja, to turn, to twine).

Noun

ве́я • (véja) f (diminutive ве́йка) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. stem, burgeon, twig
Usage notes

In the modern language, only the diminutive вейка (vejka) has survived.

Conjugation
  • ве́тва (vétva), ве́твие (vétvie, branching) (dialectal)
  • вене́ц (venéc, wreath)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲejə]

Participle

ве́я • (véja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ве́ять (véjatʹ)
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