ве

See also: вэ, Ве, -ве, and Appendix:Variations of "ve"

Erzya

Ве. (1.1)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mordvinic *vej, from Proto-Uralic *üje (“night”). Cognates include Finnish yö, Estonian öö, Livonian īe, Northern Sami idja, Inari Sami ijjâ, Udmurt уй (uj), Komi-Zyrian вой (voj), Southern Mansi йӣ (jī), Hungarian éj.

Noun

ве • (ve)

1. night

   веть, вене ― veť , vene ― at night

   • 1999, Chislav Zhuravlev, Arsemat dy jozhot, page 66:

     Иля пеле чопода веде, пельть чопода тевде.

     Iľa pele čopoda vede , pelť čopoda tevde.

     Don't be afraid of dark nights, but of dark deeds.

Declension

Indefinite declension of ве (front-vowel stem (ки) type)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	ве (ve)	веть (veť)
genitive (of ...)	вень (veń)	—
dative (to ...)	венень (veneń)	—
ablative (than ...)	веде (vede)	—
inessive (in ...)	весэ (vesë)	—
elative (out of ...)	вестэ (vestë)	—
illative (into ...)	вес (ves)	—
prolative (through ...)	вева (veva)	—
translative (becoming ...)	векс (veks)	—
comparative (like ...)	вешка (veška)	—
abessive (without ...)	вевтеме (vevteme)	—

Derived terms

• вексэмезь (veksëmeź)
• вексэмемс (veksëmems)
• вене (vene)
• вень (veń)
• вень-венек (veń-venek)
• вень-вешка (veń-veška)
• веньберть (veńberť)
• веть (veť)

Etymology 2

From earlier *vej, from Proto-Mordvinic *vəjkä (see there for more).

Numeral

ве • (ve)

1. one

   Synonym: вейке (vejke)

   весть ― vesť ― once (literally, “one time”)

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 15:

     I ki saiďanzat tońt viese moľme ve valgeibe, moľt martonzo kavto.

     If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

2. (colloquial) only

   Synonym: ансяк (anśak)

   Ве мон сынь.

   Ve mon sïń.

   Only I came.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ве”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
• Entry #130 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Entry #145 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛ]

Pronoun

ве • (ve)

1. Short direct object form of вие (vie).

Moksha

Ве.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *vej, from Proto-Uralic *üje. Cognates include Erzya ве (ve).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ве

Noun

ве • (ve)

1. night

Declension

Declension of ве (ve)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	ве (ve)	вет (vet)
genitive (of ...)	вень (veń)
dative (to ...)	венди (vendi)
comparative (like ...)	вешка (veška)
ablative (than ...)	веда (veda)
lative (into ...)	ви (vi)
illative (into ...)	вес (ves)
inessive (in ...)	веса (vesa)
elative (out of ...)	веста (vesta)
prolative (through ...)	вева (veva)
causative (for ...)	венкса (venksa)
translative (becoming ...)	векс (veks)
abessive (without ...)	вефтома (veftoma)

Definite declension of ве (ve)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	весь (veś)	ветне (vetne)
genitive (of ...)	веть (veť)	ветнень (vetneń)
dative (to ...)	вети (veti)	ветненди (vetnendi)

References

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “ве”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 25

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɛ]

Noun

ве • (ve) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The letter в (v), the 3rd letter of the Ukrainian alphabet.

   Synonym: ві́ди (vídy)