ves

See also: VES, vés, vês, and veš

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin vitium.

Noun

ves m

1. vice

Synonyms

• xanxë

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *wekW- 'to speak'. Cognate to Latin vocem (“voice”). Occurs in Gheg Albanian.

Verb

ves (first-person singular past tense vesa, participle vesur)

1. I ask

Derived terms

• pëves
• dëves

Related terms

• pyes

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Catalan

Noun

ves

1. plural of ve

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, village”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /vɛs/
• Homophone: vez

Noun

ves f

1. village

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ves	vsi
genitive	vsi	vsí
dative	vsi	vsím
accusative	ves	vsi
vocative	vsi	vsi
locative	vsi	vsích
instrumental	vsí	vsemi

Synonyms

• vesnice, obec

Related terms

• vesnický, náves

Further reading

• ves in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ves in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Galician

Verb

ves

1. second-person singular present indicative of ver

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Ladino

Alternative forms

• vez

Noun

ves f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביס‎)

1. time

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Portuguese

Verb

ves

1. second-person singular present indicative of vir

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛːs/

Adjective

ves (Cyrillic spelling вес)

1. (Kajkavian) all, complete, whole

Synonyms

• saj (Kajkavian)
• sav (Standard)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, village”).

Alternative forms

• vas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛːs/

Noun

ves f (Cyrillic spelling вес)

1. (Kajkavian) village

Synonyms

• selo (Standard)

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋes/

Noun

ves f (genitive singular vsi, nominative plural vsi, genitive plural vsí, declension pattern of kosť)

1. village

Usage notes

• This term, in the form Ves, is only used in certain place names. The generic term for a village is dedina.

Declension

Declension of ves

	singular	plural
nominative	ves	vsi
genitive	vsi	vsí
dative	vsi	vsiam
accusative	ves	vsi
locative	vsi	vsiach
instrumental	vsou	vsami

Synonyms

• dedina, obec

Derived terms

• vieska

Further reading

• ves in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋə́s/
• Tonal orthography: və̏s

Determiner

vès

1. all

Declension

Declension of ves (soft, irregular)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ves	vsa	vse
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	vso	vse
genitive	vsega	vse	vsega
dative	vsemu	vsej	vsemu
locative	vsem	vsej	vsem
instrumental	vsem	vso	vsem
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vsa	vsi	vsi
accusative	vsa	vsi	vsi
genitive	vseh	vseh	vseh
dative	vsema	vsema	vsema
locative	vseh	vseh	vseh
instrumental	vsema	vsema	vsema
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vsi	vse	vsa
accusative	vse	vse	vsa
genitive	vseh	vseh	vseh
dative	vsem	vsem	vsem
locative	vseh	vseh	vseh
instrumental	vsemi	vsemi	vsemi

Derived terms

• vsejédec

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bes/
• Homophones: bes, vez (non-Castilian)

Etymology 1

Verb

ves

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of ver.

Etymology 2

Noun

ves

1. plural of ve

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Catalan vés.

Verb

ves

1. (Catalonia) Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ir.

Usage notes

• Using ves as the imperative form of ir is considered non-standard; the standard form is ve.

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Swedish

Noun

ves

1. definite genitive plural of ve
2. definite genitive singular of ve
3. indefinite genitive plural of ve
4. indefinite genitive singular of ve