вечер

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr]

• Audio:

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Noun

ве́чер • (véčer) f or m (relational adjective вече́рен)

1. evening, eve, eventide

Usage notes

• Declension as a masculine noun is archaic.

Declension

Declension of ве́чер (normal feminine declension)

	singular	plural
indefinite	ве́чер véčer	ве́чери véčeri
definite	вечерта́ večertá	ве́черите véčerite

Declension of ве́чер (archaic masculine declension)

	singular	plural
indefinite	ве́чер véčer	ве́чери véčeri
definite (subject form)	ве́черът véčerǎt	ве́черите véčerite
definite (object form)	ве́чера véčera
count form	—	ве́чера véčera

Derived terms

• вчера (včera, “yesterday”)
• довечера (dovečera, “tonight, this evening”)
• привечер (privečer, “dusk”)
• вечеря (večerja, “dinner”)
  • вечерям (večerjam, “to dine”)
• вечерня (večernja, “evening event”)
• навечерие (navečerie, “almost eve”)
• вечерница (večernica, “Evening star (Venus)”)
• свечерявам (svečerjavam, “to become evening, to dusk”)

Adverb

ве́чер • (véčer) (not comparable)

1. in the evening

References

• “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вечер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 139
• “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• речев (rečev)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr]

Noun

вечер • (večer) f (relational adjective вечерен)

1. evening

Declension

Declension of вечер

	singular	plural
indefinite	вечер (večer)	вечери (večeri)
definite unspecified	вечерта (večerta)	вечерите (večerite)
definite proximal	вечерва (večerva)	вечериве (večerive)
definite distal	вечерна (večerna)	вечерине (večerine)
vocative	вечер (večer)	вечери (večeri)

See also

times of day: времиња од денот (vreminja od denot)edit

• зора (zora)
• утро (utro)
• претпладне (pretpladne)
• пладне (pladne)
• попладне (popladne)
• вечер (večer)
• ноќ (noḱ)
• полноќ (polnoḱ)

Russian

Alternative forms

• ве́черъ (véčer) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros

From Old East Slavic вечеръ (večerŭ), from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos), Latin vesper, Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲet͡ɕɪr]

• Audio:

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Noun

ве́чер • (véčer) m inan (genitive ве́чера, nominative plural вечера́, genitive plural вечеро́в, relational adjective вече́рний, diminutive вечеро́к)

1. evening (after 8 PM)
   • 1956, “Подмосковные вечера [Podmoskovnyje večera, Moscow Suburban Evenings]”, Mikhail Matusovsky (lyrics), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (music)‎^[1]performed by Vladimir Troshin:

     Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
     Подмосковные вечера.

     Jesli b znali vy, kak mne dorogi
     Podmoskovnyje večera.

     If ye would know, how dear [they are] to me
     The Moscow suburban evenings.

2. tonight, this evening

   Ве́чер обеща́ет быть прия́тным. ― Véčer obeščájet bytʹ prijátnym. ― Tonight is going to be a pleasant night.

3. (formal) party, social gathering, soiree

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́чер véčer	вечера́△ večerá△
genitive	ве́чера véčera	вечеро́в večeróv
dative	ве́черу véčeru	вечера́м večerám
accusative	ве́чер véčer	вечера́△ večerá△
instrumental	ве́чером véčerom	вечера́ми večerámi
prepositional	ве́чере véčere	вечера́х večeráx

^△ Irregular.

Related terms

Adverbs

• ве́чером (véčerom)
• вечо́р (večór)

Adjectives

• вече́рний (večérnij)

Nouns

• вечери́нка (večerínka)
• вече́рня (večérnja)
• ве́черя (véčerja)

Verbs

• вечере́ть (večerétʹ)
• вечеря́ть (večerjátʹ)

Proverbs

• у́тро ве́чера мудрене́е (útro véčera mudrenéje)

Descendants

• → Yakut: биэчэр (biecer, “evening (event)”)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “вечер”, 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.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ве̏че̄

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêt͡ʃeːr/
• Hyphenation: ве‧чер

Noun

ве̏че̄р f (Latin spelling vȅčēr)

1. evening

Declension

Declension of вечер

	singular	plural
nominative	ве̏че̄р	ве̏че̄ри
genitive	ве̏чери	ве̏че̄рӣ / вече́рӣ
dative	ве̏чери	ве̏че̄рима / вечѐрима
accusative	ве̏че̄р	ве̏че̄ри
vocative	ве̏чери	ве̏че̄ри
locative	ве̏чери	ве̏че̄рима / вечѐрима
instrumental	ве̏черју	ве̏че̄рима / вечѐрима

References

• “вечер”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋeˈt͡ʃɛr]

Noun

вече́р • (večér) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of вече́ря (večérja)