отвес

From Proto-Slavic *otъvěsъ. Morphologically formed from от- (ot-) +‎ вес (ves, “hanging, pendant”).

• IPA^(key): [otˈvɛs]

отве́с • (otvés) m (relational adjective отве́сен)

1. (instrument) plummet, plumb bob
2. vertical (direction)

   Synonym: вертика́л (vertikál)

3. (by extension) sheer cliff (geological formation)

   Synonym: отве́сен скат (otvésen skat)

• ве́ся (vésja, “to hang”) (causative-iterative verb)
• вес (ves)
  • на́вес (náves, “shed”)
  • надве́с (nadvés, “protrusion”)
  • про́вес (próves, “pendant, bulge”) (rare)
  • уве́с (uvés, “slope of decline, descent”)
• веса (vesa) (obsolete)
  • заве́са (zavésa, “curtain”)

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

From Proto-Slavic *otъvěsъ.

• IPA^(key): [ɐtˈvʲes]

отве́с • (otvés) m inan (genitive отве́са, nominative plural отве́сы, genitive plural отве́сов)

1. plummet, plumb, plumb-line
2. vertical slope, vertical face; sheer cliff
3. (slang, eating disorders) body weight loss seen upon a new weighing on the scale