вено

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛˈnɔ] (Eastern dialects)
• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛno] (Western dialects)

Noun

вено́ or ве́но • (venó or véno) n

1. (dialectal) bride-price, bride-gift (price paid on behalf of the groom to bride's parents)

   Synonyms: прид (prid), при́дан (prídan), венча́нина (venčánina)

2. (dialectal) dowry (gift given to a newlywed family by the bride's kin)

   Synonyms: чеи́з (čeíz), зе́стра (zéstra), при́дан (prídan)

Declension

In Eastern dialects:

Declension of вено́

	singular
indefinite	вено́ venó
definite	вено́то venóto

In Western dialects:

Declension of ве́но

	singular
indefinite	ве́но véno
definite	ве́ното vénoto

References

• “вено”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вено”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 134

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Russian

Alternative forms

• вѣ́но (vě́no) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣно (věno), from Proto-Slavic *věno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲenə]

Noun

ве́но • (véno) n inan (genitive ве́на, nominative plural ве́на, genitive plural вен)

1. (historical) bride-price

Declension

Declension of ве́но (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́но véno	ве́на véna
genitive	ве́на véna	ве́н vén
dative	ве́ну vénu	ве́нам vénam
accusative	ве́но véno	ве́на véna
instrumental	ве́ном vénom	ве́нами vénami
prepositional	ве́не véne	ве́нах vénax

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɛnɔ]

Noun

ве́но • (véno) f inan

1. vocative singular of ве́на (véna)