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весілля

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Compare Polish wesele, Belarusian вяселле (vjasjellje), Slovak veselie, all meaning "wedding party", Romanian veselie (joy). By surface analysis, веселий (veselyj, happy, merry) +‎ (-ja). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *veselьje either directly or via Polish.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʋeˈsʲilʲːɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ilʲːɐ
  • Hyphenation: ве‧сі‧л‧ля

Noun

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весі́лля (vesílljan inan (genitive весі́лля, nominative plural весі́лля, genitive plural весі́ллів or весі́ль, relational adjective весі́льний)

  1. wedding, marriage ceremony

Declension

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Further reading

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