veće

See also: vece, vécé, veče, and ve-ce

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věťe.

Alternative forms

• vijéće (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋěːt͡ɕe/
• Hyphenation: ve‧će

Noun

véće n (Cyrillic spelling ве́ће)

1. council
2. larger (neuter comparative of velik)

Declension

Declension of veće

	singular	plural
nominative	veće	veća
genitive	veća	veća
dative	veću	većima
accusative	veće	veća
vocative	veće	veća
locative	veću	većima
instrumental	većem	većima

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêt͡ɕe/
• Hyphenation: ve‧će

Conjunction

vȅće (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ће)

1. (archaic, rare) Alternative form of vȅć
   • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:

     To ne bio soko tica siva, / veće bio svetitelj Ilija.

     That was not a grey falcon-bird, / but rather it was the saint Elijah.