веер

See also: beep

Belarusian

веер

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ве́ер (véjer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲejer]

Noun

ве́ер • (vjéjer) m inan (genitive ве́ера, nominative plural ве́еры, genitive plural ве́ераў)

1. fan (a hand-held device that is waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself)

   Synonym: вахля́р (vaxljár)

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 278:

     Місіс Ск'ютон спачывала на софе, а Эдзіт моўчкі сядзела воддаль, каля арфы. Маці, забаўляючыся веерам, тайком паглядала на дачку, але дачка панура задумалася, апусціўшы вочы, і перашкаджаць ёй было не варта.

     Misis Skʺjutón spačyvala na sófje, a Edzit mówčki sjadzjela vóddalʹ, kalja arfy. Maci, zabawljajučysja vjejeram, tajkóm pahljadala na dačku, alje dačka panura zadumalasja, apusciwšy vóčy, i pjeraškadžacʹ joj byló nje varta.

     [original: Mrs. Skewton reposed on her sofa, and Edith sat apart, by her harp, in silence. The mother, trifling with her fan, looked stealthily at the daughter more than once, but the daughter, brooding gloomily with downcast eyes, was not to be disturbed.]

Declension

Declension of ве́ер (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́ер vjéjer	ве́еры vjéjery
genitive	ве́ера vjéjera	ве́ераў vjéjeraw
dative	ве́еру vjéjeru	ве́ерам vjéjeram
accusative	ве́ер vjéjer	ве́еры vjéjery
instrumental	ве́ерам vjéjeram	ве́ерамі vjéjerami
locative	ве́еры vjéjery	ве́ерах vjéjerax
count form	—	ве́еры1 vjéjery1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “веер”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• “веер”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “веер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

веер

Etymology

According to Chernykh, from Dutch waaier in the early 18th century (revocalized under the influence of веять (vejatʹ)), from waaien (“to blow”), from Middle Dutch wâyen, from Old Dutch *wāien, from Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (which is also the source of веять).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲe(j)ɪr]

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Noun

ве́ер • (véjer) m inan (genitive ве́ера, nominative plural веера́, genitive plural вееро́в, relational adjective ве́ерный, diminutive вееро́к)

1. hand-held fan

Declension

Declension of ве́ер (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́ер véjer	веера́△ vejerá△
genitive	ве́ера véjera	вееро́в vejeróv
dative	ве́еру véjeru	веера́м vejerám
accusative	ве́ер véjer	веера́△ vejerá△
instrumental	ве́ером véjerom	веера́ми vejerámi
prepositional	ве́ере véjere	веера́х vejeráx

^△ Irregular.

Derived terms

• веерообра́зный (vejeroobráznyj)

Compounds:

• From веерный (vejernyj):
  • ве́ерное отключе́ние n (véjernoje otključénije) (several times more common in plural: ве́ерные отключе́ния n pl (véjernyje otključénija))

Phrases

• па́льцы ве́ером (pálʹcy véjerom)

Related terms

Native

• ве́тер m (véter)
• ве́ять impf (véjatʹ)

Borrowed

• атле́т m anim (atlét)
• ва́нна f (vánna)
• ве́нтиль m (véntilʹ)
• вентиля́тор m (ventiljátor)
• нирва́на f (nirvána)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “веер”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “веять”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.