вес

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ves"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛs]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Homophone: вес (ves)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis

Proto-Slavic *vьsь

Old Church Slavonic вьсь (vĭsĭ)

Bulgarian вес

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вьсь (vĭsĭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьsь. Akin to Bulgarian вила (vila, “villa”) (of Latin origin) and further to archaic English wick (“dwelling”) (found in Gatwick, Reykjavík, etc.). Possibly also related to the ethnonym ви́кинг (víking), which is the origin of Bulgarian ви́тег (víteg), ви́тез (vítez, “hero, knight”).

Noun

вес • (ves) f

1. (historical) hamlet (small settlement, camp)

   Synonyms: махала́ (mahalá), ви́лна зо́на (vílna zóna)

Usage notes

Used until the Ottoman conquest to denote temporary or isolated settlements that lacked the infrastructure to be qualified as full-fledged villages. After the Ottoman conquest, such settlements became known as махала́ (mahalá) - a term used as an administrative unit up until 1995.

Declension

Declension of вес

	singular	plural
indefinite	вес ves	ве́си vési
definite	веста́ vestá	ве́сите vésite

Derived terms

• ве́сец (vésec)/ви́сец (vísec) (obsolete)
  • Ве́хчани (Véhčani) (village near Ohrid, Macedonia)
  • Белове́шчево (Belovéščevo) (village near Sandanski, Southwestern Bulgaria)
  • Долга́вец (Dolgávec)/Долга́ец (Dolgáec) (village near Prilep, Macedonia)

References

• “вьсь¹”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “*вес”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 136

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *wí

Proto-Indo-European *wi-so-sder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *wišas

Proto-Slavic *vьśь

Old Church Slavonic вьсь (vĭsĭ)

Bulgarian вес

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вьсь (vĭsĭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronoun

вес • (ves) (indefinite) (archaic, dialectal)

1. all, every
2. whole

Declension

Declension of вес (no comparative)

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	вес ves	вся vsja	все vse	вси vsi
definite (subject form)	весят vesjat	всята vsjata	всето vseto	всите vsite
definite (object form)	веся vesja

Alternative forms

• въс (văs)
• вси (vsi) — Western dialects

References

• “вес”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вес”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Further reading

• “вьсь²”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Anagrams

• все (vse)

Nivkh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ves/

Noun

вес (ves)

1. (Amur, East Sakhalin, zoology) raven
2. (Amur, zoology) crow

Synonyms

• весӄар (vesqar)
• (raven): атат (atat) (East Sakhalin)
• (crow): атк (atk) (East Sakhalin)

References

• 丹菊逸治 (Itsuji Tangiku) (2014), ニヴフ語サハリン方言語彙集 (“Sakhalin Nivkh word list”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Sapporo: 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター (“Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University”), page 243

Russian

Alternative forms

• вѣсъ (věs) — pre-1918 spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲes]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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• Rhymes: -es

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věsъ. Related to ве́сить (vésitʹ, “to weigh”) and висе́ть (visétʹ, “to hang”). For the semantic shift compare Latin pondus (“weight”) and Latin pendo (“to hang, to suspend, to weigh”).

Noun

вес • (ves) m inan (genitive ве́са, nominative plural веса́ or ве́сы, genitive plural весо́в or ве́сов, relational adjective весово́й)

1. weight
2. influence, authority, importance

Declension

Declension of вес (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c/a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́с vés	веса́△, ве́сы vesá△, vésy
genitive	ве́са vésa	весо́в, ве́сов vesóv, vésov
dative	ве́су vésu	веса́м, ве́сам vesám, vésam
accusative	ве́с vés	веса́△, ве́сы vesá△, vésy
instrumental	ве́сом vésom	веса́ми, ве́сами vesámi, vésami
prepositional	ве́се vése	веса́х, ве́сах vesáx, vésax
partitive	ве́су vésu

^△ Irregular.

Derived terms

Compounds:

• на вес зо́лота (na ves zólota)

Related terms

• ве́сить (vésitʹ)
• ве́ский (véskij)
• ве́ско (vésko)
• весо́мо (vesómo)
• весо́мость (vesómostʹ)
• весо́мый (vesómyj)
• весы́ (vesý)
• взве́шивать (vzvéšivatʹ)
• напереве́с (naperevés)
• невесо́мость (nevesómostʹ)
• уве́систый (uvésistyj)

Etymology 2

Noun

вес • (ves) m inan (genitive ве́са, uncountable)

1. hanging position, suspended position, balanced position; mostly in the expression на весу́ (na vesú, “suspended”, literally “in the hanging position”)

Declension

Declension of вес (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	ве́с vés
genitive	ве́са vésa
dative	ве́су vésu
accusative	ве́с vés
instrumental	ве́сом vésom
prepositional	ве́се vése
locative	на весу́ na vesú

Anagrams

• сев (sev)