вейка

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• viejka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Cognate with Ukrainian ві́я (víja), Old Czech vějička (“eyelid”). May be related to Proto-Slavic *věďa (“eyelid”); alternatively, from Proto-Slavic *věja (“tree branch”), or directly derived from ве́яць (vjéjacʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲejka]

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Noun

ве́йка • (vjéjka) n inan (genitive ве́йка, nominative plural ве́йкі, genitive plural ве́ек or ве́йкаў)

1. eyelash

Declension

Declension of ве́йка (inan velar neut-form accent-a mixed-reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́йка vjéjka	ве́йкі vjéjki
genitive	ве́йка vjéjka	ве́ек, ве́йкаў vjéjek, vjéjkaw
dative	ве́йку vjéjku	ве́йкам vjéjkam
accusative	ве́йка vjéjka	ве́йкі vjéjki
instrumental	ве́йкам vjéjkam	ве́йкамі vjéjkami
locative	ве́йку vjéjku	ве́йках vjéjkax
count form	—	ве́йкі1 vjéjki1

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

References

• “вейка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org